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Watching the Directors: Terry Gilliam (Bluegrass Film Society)

noreply@blogger.com (Thivai Abhor) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:01:00 GMT

Terry Gilliam Watching the Directors Terry Gilliam has an identifiable aesthetic and a constant thematic affection that floats through all his movies - films like Brazil, 12 Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. To discuss such a weighty filmmaker, we are joined by Duke Senter from the Degree of Separation podcast and veteran of the Tarantino and Kubrick episodes....

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‘The Dark Knight’ Does ‘Entertainment Weekly’ (Pink Is The New Blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:16:31 GMT

... shrouded in tragedy, though, and may well be Ledger’s last cinematic testament (it’s unclear what Terry Gilliam will, or can, do with the actor’s unfinished footage from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus). And that loads The Dark Knight with a poignancy its creators never anticipated. Certainly one they never desired. Along with the grief it caused friends and family, Ledger’s death...

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'Gonzo' a clear-eyed look at wild-eyed Thompson (KOMO - News - Entertainment)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:47:49 GMT

... also included some of the more hallucinatory clips from that underappreciated movie, directed by Terry Gilliam and based on Thomspon's seminal book, as well as a moment from 1980's "Where the Buffalo Roam," starring Bill Murray as a cartoony version of Thompson.)Considering the wealth of available material and the rich subject matter, it's actually amazing Gibney got the running time...

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Review: A profile of a 'Gonzo' guy (Examiner)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:31:56 GMT

... of filmmakers, he doesn’t dip into Thompson’s brain and includes too many excerpts from the wilder Terry Gilliam’s adaptation of “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” He virtually ignores Thompson’s post-1970s years. His choices of period songs are embarrassing. (The lyric “I think I’m going out of my head” plays during a segment on vice presidential candidate Tom Eagleton’s electroshock...

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"Gonzo": a fitting tribute to Hunter S. Thompson (Seattle Times)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:37:19 GMT

To a generation that did not grow up reading the late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's trenchant political diatribes in Rolling Stone, the image of Johnny Depp, playing a Thompson-like journalist in Terry Gilliam's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," may have made the stronger impression.Or maybe not. Gilliam's 1998 movie, which tanked at the box office, was released five years before the...

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'Gonzo' looks at Thompson's journalism as well as his larger-than-life image (International Herald Tribune)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:42:04 GMT

... by Bill Murray (in Art Linson's underrated "Where the Buffalo Roam" from 1980) and Johnny Depp (in Terry Gilliam's overblown "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" from 1998) and travestied as the conspiratorial Uncle Duke in Garry Trudeau's "Doonesbury" comic strip, Thompson remains a durable icon of countercultural bad craziness.

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Review: Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Cinematical)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:02:00 GMT

Filed under: Documentary , New Releases , Theatrical Reviews Drug consumer par excellence, Hunter Thompson's legendary hallucinogenic and boozy escapades have by now been sufficiently documented, not to mention brought to pitch-perfect cinematic life by Terry Gilliam's 1998 adaptation of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas . Less well known, however, is his lifelong political conscientiousness,...

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Ledger's Joker 'unforgettable' (News.com.au)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:30:00 GMT

... was the last film Ledger completed before his death in January. He was part-way through filming Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus when he died.Share this article Please select your TV services to begin browsing.1. Select your Free-to-air region:2. Select your Subscription TV service:Please Once your preferences are saved, you can return anytime and see your customised...

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Thoughts on Wall-E (spoilerish) (Lagniappe: an unserious blog)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:06:00 GMT

... Wars, Titanic, Planet of the Apes, Silent Running, 2001, Matrix, Sleeping Beauty, City Lights, Terry Gilliam—and a lot of Idiocracy. Thumbs up. I'd be curious what my readers think of my theory of the ending.

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Review of The Seventh Python: "Proves that the exhibition of emotional scars is not needed to provide insight into the heart of a person" (tabloid baby)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:39:00 GMT

"...The Seventh Python manages to pull it all together using visual effects, editing techniques and witty commentary, all the while keeping focused exclusively on Innes' professional life."The film is subtly enhanced with a sprinkling of animation. Bonnie Rose, who founded www.neilinnes.org adds a style that is clearly in tribute to Terry Gilliam, even down to the crushing foot of fate....

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Tom Waits: Tom Waits awarded in El Paso (prefix)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:01:41 GMT

Tom Waits has been awarded an unusual honor as his Glitter and Doom tour rolls through the South. The gruff-voiced ...

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CINEMA: It Was A Dark and Stormy Knight (Phawker)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:04:21 GMT

ROLLING STONE: The Joker represents the last completed role for Ledger, who died in January at 28 before finishing work on Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. It’s typical of Ledger’s total commitment to films as diverse as Brokeback Mountain and I’m Not There that he does nothing out of vanity or the need [...]

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Secrets are Like Pine Cones (Hog On Ice)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:17:49 GMT

It Hurts to Sit on One You truly will not believe this. It's like something out of a Terry Gilliam movie. A major retail company has contacted me about selling my book. I can't tell you what kind of company,...

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Seattle Weekly)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Six names guaranteed to make you laugh: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Arthurian legends have never been treated with such impudent silliness as in Monty Python's 1975 geek comedy classic, lately turned a Broadway smash. Substituting cocon...

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It Never Did Get Weird Enough for Me (Notes from the Lounge)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:19:03 GMT

I saw Alex Gibney’s new Hunter Thompson documentary Gonzo last night, along with Dave Weigel, and like Dave , I was a bit underwhelmed. Not that it was bad, mind you—I’m not demanding that two hours of my life back—but it wasn’t nearly as good as it could have been, given the subject. As Dave says, it leans far too heavily on Terry Gilliam’s version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas when...

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A Field Guide to Literary References in Monty Python’s Flying Circus (The mental_floss Blogs)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:22:52 GMT

While it’s better known for dead parrots and crossdressing lumberjacks, Monty Python has a surprisingly academic background. Five of the six members of the group (Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, and Eric Idle) attended either Oxford or Cambridge. Cutting their teeth writing for other BBC series, the five eventually joined up, along with American Terry Gilliam,...

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Tom Waits Spins Yarns, Sings About Jesus at Tour Opener in Phoenix (Rock and Roll Daily)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:42:28 GMT

... on up to the house.” Sonically, Waits still sings like the devil he’s slated to play in the new Terry Gilliam flick, and he’s being backed by crack-squad of musicians precise enough to make his songs sound like they’re just always on the verge of coming apart at the seams — which is presumably how he wants them. Every instrument Waits played looked like it’s been salvaged, but that’s...

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AFI’s 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres (/Film)

orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:37:33 GMT

... Harvey (1950) Groundhog Day (1993) The Thief of Bagdad (1924) Big (1988) Observations: Where is Terry Gilliam’s Brazil? Gangster The Godfather (1972) Goodfellas (1990) The Godfather Part II (1974) White Heat (1949) Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Scarface (1932) Pulp Fiction (1994) The Public Enemy (1931) Little Caesar (1930) Scarface (1983) Observations: Godfather II is considered by everyone...

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Heath Ledger’s castmates pay tribute to him with heart tattoos (In Case You Didn't Know)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:30:09 GMT

A heart symbol tragic Heath Ledger scribbled on a letter to director Terry Gilliam’s daughter Holly has been turned into a tribute tattoo by the cast and crew of his final film...

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Monty Python website features The Seventh Python (tabloid baby)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:38:00 GMT

... features all five of the surviving Monty Python members – John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam – who in a nod to the expression “the Fifth Beatle” – have dubbed Neil Innes as “The Seventh Python”. Innes will be present for the World Premiere and will partake in a conversation about his career with Festival producer Martin Lewis.(Innes and Lewis...

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