I pity Terry Gilliam. I also admire the hell out of him. But first and foremost, at this point in his career, I pity him.
The man is a true artist in every sense of the word. When he makes a movie, he makes it for himself, not for some studio preconstruction, and that is to be admire. But I pity him because it seems that his best days are behind him.
Gilliam has made his mark in Hollywood with a maverick film like “Brazil” as well as two studio pictures like “The Fisher King” and “12 Monkeys.” However, he has also been at the epicenter of colossal failures like “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen” and “The Brothers Grimm,” which have more in common with his latest film, “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.”
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