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12 DAYS OF MONTYMAS - DAY FOUR The Best of Terry Gilliam (aka my all time fave Gilliam moments)
“The relationship between John and Mike is banned in many countries.”
— Terry Gilliam (via clementattlee)
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have some parallels from mine and friends’ tribute to the history of the joke! >:)
(which may or may not have been performed in the middle of an eloquent speakers association meeting)
ft. @ieaturrocks on the left
Monty Python as Barbie movie posters, inspired by @oneofthebeautifulpeople’s Beatles version
After I came across this group of highly unstable brilliant British petty artists in my youth, which was only due to the cosmic coincidence that I had no money and therefore had to sell my soul to a program cinema where I sell the tickets and ice cream had opened up a whole universe for me from which I have not come out until today.
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By the way, I've suffered a lot of damage from selling tickets because I've always missed the beginning of every movie that has ever been shown in this cinema.
Well, there were also gozilla movies that I didn't know the beginning of, but I think I always got the beginning right. Something about a nuclear contamination and a discovery and in the end a monster is dead.
Thank you for inspiring me and for making me realize that those who take themselves and life too seriously are victims of circumstances. Which I am still trying to find out.... but when I see someone with a stick up his ass who is so guaranteed to have no sense of humor, I imagine he would have to attack an officer with a stick....the rest is history.
Thank you and now we come to something completely different.
Sit on My Face.... You guys are amazing!
You have not only opened up a universe for me, but also a universe of Wikipedia entries. That really is an unreasonable life's work! And then the solo performances - wow!
K-12 (Dir: Melanie Martinez, 2019).
The movie debut of singer Melanie Martinez, released to coincide with her album of the same name.
The plot of K-12 follows on from and elaborates on the themes of Martinez’s previous album Cry Baby. However, prior knowledge of Cry Baby is not essential, as the movie is best enjoyed for its music and stunning visuals in what is, essentially, a long form music video. Albeit one with an ambitious cinematic grandeur.
With a distinctive colour palette utilising mostly pink and pastel shades, it has an arresting otherworldly quality, at times recalling the work of Terry Gilliam and the high kitsch of John Waters.
There is a certain brutal beauty to Martinez’s music which she has matched perfectly to the visuals. The dystopian fantasy addresses issues such as bullying and acceptance, but always in tuneful fashion!
As you might expect from Martinez the movie is sweary and creepy and not recommended for those of a sensitive nature. With its language, drug taking and no nips nudity, it is definitely not one to show the kids!
In truth, K-12 is a bit of an acquired taste and is probably limited largely to Melanie Martinez’s fan base. But it is artfully produced. Recommended especially to fans of Martinez but also to open minded movie lovers in the mood for an off kilter fantasy musical.
K-12 is available to steam on Melanie Martinez’s official YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/2HtaIvb61Uk
Check out my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME for more movie reviews! Link below.
Brazil by Terry Gilliam.
A good film, one that I felt was made exclusively for me. I was transformed upon first watching this. Brazil is an amazing masterpiece of a movie. Is it better than Blade Runner? ...Close.
Uncanny vibes, everything about it is freaky, every character in the film feels like they have this sinister agenda underneath this goofy facade, and it has an ending that's horrifyingly hopeless and really upset me upon first viewing. I was like, "Please, that is not the way it ended. Please no..." But I'm SO glad it ended like that, because apparently there was an alternate version where it ended happily. Forget that. It would not be as nearly as impactful if it didn't have that.
I should note that Terry Gilliam does this thing with fisheye lenses where he makes certain things in frame feel all the more close and intrusive to your personal space. The way he distorts the screen...say someone has a screwdriver or a syringe in their hand. It can really just bend around to really feel like it's about to get you. There's just something really intrusive about some of the visuals in this film.
Time Bandits by Terry Gilliam.
This just might be one of the very best "children's story" films ever produced. Outstanding imagination and poignant humanism.
It's a Roald Dahl–esque landmark to all fantasy films.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Terry Gilliam.
Based on the tall tales about the 18th-century German nobleman Baron Munchausen and his wartime exploits against the Ottoman Empire.
It is, to this day, a misunderstood film.
A titanic exercise in bravura filmmaking. A testament to the power of imagination. Moving and magical.
Gilliam is a master. ^^