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In this short animation for the pre-Monty Python TV series Do Not Adjust Your Set, Terry Gilliam cut up treacly Christmas cards and transformed them into deranged scenes of yuletide chaos. Here's Terry's method for creating these animations, in case you were wondering. More »
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This video has been around since 2009, so maybe you've already seen it — but it's a pretty great, thought-provoking discussion nonetheless. Terry Gilliam, interviewed by TCM, explains the major difference between movies like Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and the mega-successful but more comforting works by Steven Spielberg. Even if you don't agree with Gilliam, it's still pretty thought-provoking stuff. [via Javier Grillo-Marxuach on Twitter] More »
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In 1985, Universal Studios bigwig Sid Sheinberg decided that director Terry Gilliam's cut of Brazil wasn't going to be marketable in America. Sheinberg and a group of editors therefore attempted to make the film more commercially palatable — the fruits of their labor was the cheerier, 94-minute "Love Conquers All" cut of the film. More »
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If you've never seen the 1962 science fiction film La Jetée — which inspired Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys — then you're going to have a new chance to check it out. The Criterion Collection is putting out a new Blu-ray version of La Jetée along with Sans Soleil, another film from Chris Marker. More »
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In this charming clip from the 1974 BBC children's program the Do-It-Yourself Animation Show, Monty Python luminary Terry Gilliam explains how he makes his famously bizarro animations. Mildly NSFW for blink-and-you'll-miss-it snippets of collage nudity. More »
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The trend of fancy minimalist movie posters is still helping us see our favorite films in a new light — and one of our favorites is this poster for Terry Gilliam's Brazil. Experience the dystopian weirdness all over again! More »
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The Dutch animated short The Monster Nix has finally released some creepy footage to the masses. Exposing us all to the horrific lumbering bird voiced by Tom Waits. Now we're extra excited to see what Terry Gilliam's part is! More »
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What's the real truth about the "cursed" speedway at Talladega? Terry Gilliam uncovers the truth in his spooky short film The Legend of Hallowdega, appearing online Halloween night. You can watch the trailer now, at the link. [Legend of Hallodega] More »
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Here's talk of a 3-D conversion that's so curious and unasked for that it should definitely happen — Terry Gilliam wants to convert his 1981 dwarven time-travel flick Time Bandits into 3-D. Let's make this a reality, folks. More »
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Science fiction has rocked cinemas for a century, and the genre has produced many undisputed classics during that time. But which movies are essential viewing for anyone interested in the genre? We broke down the 25 must-watch science fiction films. More »
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Arcade Fire's new album's generating tons of excitement, but we're more stoked about their collaborations with genre film's leading lights. Spike Jonze is directing their science fiction short film, and Terry Gilliam's directing the webcast of their August 5 concert. More »
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Paul Di Filippo, whose Steampunk Trilogy originally made me fall in love with the subgenre, surveys the state of steampunk literature, and he is pleased. In his witty essay, he points to Monty Python's Terry Gilliam as a steampunk progenitor. More »
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If you're looking to invest in some extremely foreign currency, try Jon Heilman's Battlestar cubits. Sure, they're only replicas, but how else will you impress those Twelve Colonies high-rollers? Also check out Jon's time map, from Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits. More »
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Terry Gilliam's new journey into psychedelia, Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, is opening in several more theaters this weekend. We've got answers to your most pressing questions from director Gilliam and cast. More »
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You sort of expect concept art from a Terry Gilliam movie to be even more anarchic and topsy-turvy than the movie itself. And newly released Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus concept art doesn't disappoint. More »
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A new crop of clips from The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus show us snatches of Heath Ledger's final performance and those of the actors who replaced him. But more than that, they take us inside Terry Gilliam's beautifully surreal mindscape. More »
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Terry Gilliam's latest poster for his tripped out Dr. Parnassus movie is absolutely gorgeous. Check out Lily Cole in her full stunning glory. Plus a mind-bending behind-the-scenes clip. More »
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Terry Gilliam's Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus may or may not wind up making sense, but at least its visuals represent a return to his surrealistic, mind-melty glory days, judging from some new images of Farrell, Ledger, Law, Depp... and Waits. More »
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For years, Terry Gilliam tried to get a movie version of Watchmen made without success, before deciding that the book was unfilmable. So what did he make of Zack Snyder's faithful, CGI-filled version from earlier this year? More »
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The first trailer for Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus explains little more about the plot behind Heath Ledger's final bow. But it does offer glimpses of the flying jellyfish, neon motels, and Christopher Plummer-shaped balloons filling Gilliam's world. More »
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It appears the movie industry will not stop until every novel and short story by Philip K. Dick has been made into a movie. And now Terry Gilliam has his eyes on adapting one of Dick's post-apocalyptic novels. More »
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Take one part steampunk, add a dash of spy comedy, mix liberally with puppets and computer animation — and you've got the recipe for 1884: Yesterday's Tomorrow, a film concept by animator and frequent Terry Gilliam collaborator Tim Ollive. More »
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Twelve Monkeys and Brazil director Terry Gilliam showed Comic Con some new footage from The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, Heath Ledger's last film, which Gilliam calls "a compendium of all the things I used to be good at." Spoilers below... More »
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Terry Gilliam's next project, the twisted Zero Theorem, is officially on the scrapheap. Which means it could be years and years until we see more original science fiction coming from the warped Gilliam mind. More »
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In honor of Moon, opening today, we went kinda loony (get it?) coming up with our favorite lunar scenes in film and TV. (We restricted the list to our own planet's moon; sorry, Saturn and Endor fans.) Watch them here. More »
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Here's the first proper clip from Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, which just screened at Cannes. The film Heath Ledger was working on when he died, Imaginarium features Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law filling in for Ledger. So what did the critics think of it? Spoilers! More »
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People often talk about which science fiction books would make good movies. But which movies would make for excellent novels? And who should write them, in an ideal world? More »
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We caught up with Watchmen screenwriter David Hayter, and prodded him for details on his next project. Turns out Hayter wants to direct a work of "magical realism." More »
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We've only been waiting a decade for the return of Terry Gilliam, the visionary director, from the hole in space/time he vanished into. Luckily, his next project sounds just smart/weird enough to give us hope. More »
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Looking for your first sneak at Heath Ledger's final movie? Look no further - a teaser video for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has appeared online, and while it doesn't feature any actual scenes from the finished movie, it does have director Terry Gilliam explaining what the movie's about, concept artwork and pre-visualization CGI from the movie and, oddly enough, lots of reminders about Gilliam's earlier work. More »
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It's official - Publishers Weekly confirmed the rumors yesterday that Virgin Comics is, indeed, dead. Amongst the casualties of the cancelled comic line are Garth Ennis' Dan Dare, Grant Morrison's MBX web animation and, according to rumormeister Rich Johnston, Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits II. More than a decade after it was first suggested, is that last project cursed? We look at the evidence under the jump. More »
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Heath Ledger's death gave The Dark Knight some buzz, though for tragic reasons. But the makers of Ledger's final movie, Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, are concerned that even rumors of an Oscar nomination for the deceased actor can't help their movie find a US distributor. More »
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Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale. More »
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