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Gilliam: Best to wor...still pretty damn good

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1. Brazil (1985)

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2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Gilliam shared directorial duties with Terry Jones.

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3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

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4. 12 Monkeys (1995)

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5. Time Bandits (1981)

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6. Tideland (2005)

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7. The Fisher King (1991)

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8. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

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9. The Meaning of Life (1983)

In which Gilliam wrote and directed "The Crimson Permanent Assurance", which you can view on its Listal page.

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10. Life of Brian (1979)

Which Gilliam co-wrote with the rest of the Pythons.

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11. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

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12. The Brothers Grimm (2005)

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13. Miracle of Flight (1974)

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14. Storytime (1968)

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Terry Gilliam has been one of my favorite writers, directors, and animators since I first got into Monty Python in the mid 80s. I love the ways he mixes darkness and humor, as well as his frequent celebrations of imagination.

Here's more or less how I would rank his films.

(List title inspired by Xanadon't's Scorsese list, with his permission.)

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Xanadon't

Posted: 2 years, 2 months ago at Mar 24 4:38

Good looking list man, just as I always expect. Like your intro here and "...frequent celebrations of imagination" is an excellent way to put it.

Gilliam has always been a hit & miss director with me. (a bit like Kubrick) I generally can always appreciate his signature style even if I don't enjoy it, and respect his talent. But just doesn't appeal to my wave length as consistently as a lot of directors. In fact I sturggle to think of anyone else whose work I range so drastically in my personal response.

Anyway, good to see a tribute to him done well here!

Hootsaidtheowl

Posted: 1 year, 7 months ago at Nov 14 0:51

This list just reminds me of how much I really need to watch Time Bandits sometime. I've only been told to watch it at least a hundred times from a friend and many seem to rank it high up in his films.

the count

Posted: 1 year, 4 months ago at Jan 24 4:48

Nice list.
Our ratings are pretty much the same, but the order is not.
Check out my list... :)

http://www.listal.com/list/terry-gilliam-best-worst

xxixii

Posted: 1 year ago at Jun 5 11:21

What about Jabberwocky?

never heard of Tideland so thats on my to-watch list

xxixii

Posted: 1 year ago at Jun 11 10:14

curious - has anyone seen the "butchered" version of Brazil - the one with the happy ending, different modern (for the 80s) music and dream sequences taken out?

the giraffe

Posted: 1 year ago at Jun 11 17:49

@xxixii - I have the happy ending version of Brazil (I own the Criterion Collection DVD) but haven't brought myself to watch it yet.