Trilogy Of Imagination - Tumblr Posts
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. ^^