What's the best Terry Gilliam film?
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Sweet FA
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Really?
'After her mother dies from a heroin overdose, Jeliza-Rose is taken from the big city to a rural farmhouse by her father. As she tries to settle into a new life in a house her father had purchased for his now-deceased mother, Jeliza-Rose's attempts to deal with what's happened result in increasingly odd behavior, as she begins to communicate mainly with her bodiless Barbie doll heads and Dell, a neighborhood woman who always wears a beekeeper's veil.'
Sounds ace! What's wrong with it?
(Then again, I fear you're not to be trusted: "Brazil is a bit shit in my opinion" indeed
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'After her mother dies from a heroin overdose, Jeliza-Rose is taken from the big city to a rural farmhouse by her father. As she tries to settle into a new life in a house her father had purchased for his now-deceased mother, Jeliza-Rose's attempts to deal with what's happened result in increasingly odd behavior, as she begins to communicate mainly with her bodiless Barbie doll heads and Dell, a neighborhood woman who always wears a beekeeper's veil.'
Sounds ace! What's wrong with it?
(Then again, I fear you're not to be trusted: "Brazil is a bit shit in my opinion" indeed
)
jodal
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Ha, I know I am in the minority when it comes to Brazil even though I do count myself as a fan of Gilliam. However, Tideland is one of the worst films I watched last year. The idea is ok, a fucked up take on Alice in Wonderland kind of thing and should be perfect material for Terry G to play with bu the film is totally unwatchable and often feels like an episode of sesame street on drugs (not in a good way).Sweet FA said:Really?
'After her mother dies from a heroin overdose, Jeliza-Rose is taken from the big city to a rural farmhouse by her father. As she tries to settle into a new life in a house her father had purchased for his now-deceased mother, Jeliza-Rose's attempts to deal with what's happened result in increasingly odd behavior, as she begins to communicate mainly with her bodiless Barbie doll heads and Dell, a neighborhood woman who always wears a beekeeper's veil.'
Sounds ace! What's wrong with it?
(Then again, I fear you're not to be trusted: "Brazil is a bit shit in my opinion" indeed
Orang Utan
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Reno
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rich! said:
I taped it at the time. Unfortunately the VHS tape has deteriorated so badly by now, it's completely unwatchable.
It was part of a really good animation season. That was when Channel 4 would occasionally put on something that didn't pander to the lowest common denominator.
Buddy Bradley
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Reading this thread, I had to go see what's on the Brazil DVD - the extras look a bit crap, though...
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Reno
The In Kraut
Buddy Bradley said:
Reading this thread, I had to go see what's on the Brazil DVD - the extras look a bit crap, though...
The 3 disc Criterion edition is the one to get if you want etras. It's a bit pricey though.
Buddy Bradley
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Ooh, that looks excellent!Reno said:
Reno
The In Kraut
Dhimmi said:
Thanks for trying to score points by being glib and thanks especially for misrepresenting what I said by cutting off half of the quote, but why not check this out:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0027683/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0032672/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0029210/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0036818/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0031456/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0037705/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0036078/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0035559/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0034975/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0032697/
Having grown up in Germany I sort of know what films were being made under Hitler because most of them still play on the telly there and many of them were rather innocuous comedies, not much different from what was being made in any other country at the time. With a few exceptions the propaganda wasn't in the main features, it was in the news reels that went with them. Curious fact: the biggest star of the Teutonic romantic comedy, the Meg Ryan of the Third Reich was a London born actress called Lillian Harvey.
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