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Photos From Terry Gilliam's NYC Street Mixer!!

Seems like a great guy... by Jonesey1111	Oct 4th, 2006 11:19:11 PM
wish i wasn't in freezing-cold Calgary...
manly by troutpencil	Oct 4th, 2006 11:20:48 PM
He looks handsome. I hope tideland is better than Brothers Grimm. And that the PKD movie is badass.
Spooky, as I'm watching The Fisher King at the moment. by Vim Fuego	Oct 4th, 2006 11:24:40 PM
It's one of my favourite films. Incidentally; Is the "Castle" in the Fisher King really in New york? I've often wondered.
Gilliam is my hero... by nomihs	Oct 4th, 2006 11:30:04 PM
I just wish I had the balls to stand out on the street with a sign like that, just imagine the amount of attention I could draw to myself. It was pretty cool though.
WTF?!! by thebearovingian	Oct 4th, 2006 11:53:06 PM
I'm not in any of these pictures? I don't live in New York City? I'm not and I don't. Gilliam, you're a studio-less, homeless crack-whore bum. You're not?
Evil Twin? by ROBRAM89	Oct 4th, 2006 11:59:05 PM
Anybody ever notice how much he looks like an older Uwe Boll?
Actually... by Jaka	Oct 5th, 2006 12:14:06 AM
...I was just noticing how old he looks in general. Which, I think, means that I'm getting old. Damn.
Cool dude. by bioforge	Oct 5th, 2006 12:17:39 AM
Good to see a film maker who is willing to put in all the hard work. He could just sit back and piss and moan about the state of the industry. Go Terry.
Wish I had been there!! by JimmyLoneWolf	Oct 5th, 2006 12:34:14 AM
Terry Gilliam is the best successor to Federico Fellini we have. Noone has better sense of the grotesque and a more foundational understanding of magic realism. If it is indeed true that he is not attached to a studio, that is a damn shame. I thought the reason studios made so many "popcorn" movies was to raise funding so that bonafied visionaries like Gilliam can have room to play and engage their creative spirit without having their hands tied by nervous, bottom-line obsessed bean counters. Why can't one studio grow some balls and say "you know what, lets give Gilliam as much money as he needs and let him run with this and finish a movie HIS WAY for a change". I can't wait to see Tideland.
Gilliam dropped a screening of TIME BANDITS by RenoNevada2000	Oct 5th, 2006 01:04:15 AM
Gilliam dropped by a screening of TIME BANDITS on Monday at the Film Forum in Manhattan. It was written up here- http://tinyurl.com/p2ewm
Vim Fuego- by RenoNevada2000	Oct 5th, 2006 01:07:01 AM
The Castle is in New York. It's the Mertopolitan Life Insurance Building at 11 Madison Square.
Errrr that subject should read by RenoNevada2000	Oct 5th, 2006 01:08:15 AM
"Gilliam dropped by a screening of TIME BANDITS"
Can't get enough... by Massage...Bored	Oct 5th, 2006 01:14:51 AM
...of Terry Gilliam's work.
Tideland has my money by IndustryKiller!	Oct 5th, 2006 01:16:39 AM
Can't wait to see what he has in store. Brothers Grimm was a misstep in an otherwise sterling career and even during shooting the problems on that film mounted. it sounds like with Tideland Gilliam got to do what he wanted. I;m also looking forward to seeing Jeff Bridges, at this point in his career it seems he is a quirky directors wet dream.
Tideland does not disappoint by OhDaesu	Oct 5th, 2006 01:21:41 AM
it's one of the best, if not the best film I've seen this year
I'm SO-ooo JEALOUS! by Zardoz	Oct 5th, 2006 01:37:34 AM
I wish I could've been there! Gilliam's one of my all-time favorite directors and I hope I can meet him in person someday. Until then, at least I can still go see his films...
Gilliam looks like UWE BOLL!! by godoffireinhell	Oct 5th, 2006 02:09:51 AM
It's creeping me the fuck out.
Gilliam should fight Uwe Boll! by Uncapie	Oct 5th, 2006 02:35:38 AM
Well, there you go!
Gilliam should EAT Uwe Boll! by DOGSOUP	Oct 5th, 2006 03:17:30 AM
With potatoes as a side
Pure class. by Cash Bailey	Oct 5th, 2006 03:30:09 AM
That's Terry Gilliam. I hope TIDELAND makes $100 million.
Connery approves of Terry Gilliam's street appearance by BannedOnTheRun	Oct 5th, 2006 05:02:35 AM
I don't know if I'd call it "impromptu," though, as we all knew when and where in advance. I do wonder... what do you talk to him about? I mean, would it piss him off to say, I love your Python stuff, or, 12 Monkeys was the shit! He doesn't seems to have stopped looking forward...
I'd have asked him about donkey shows by godoffireinhell	Oct 5th, 2006 05:05:27 AM
you know, asked him where they do the best ones with the hottest girls. After what I read on the Tideland website seemingly years ago Gilliam really loves him some donkey shows. Of course maybe he was kidding.
How good is Gilliam? by kwisatzhaderach	Oct 5th, 2006 08:32:58 AM
By his standards The Brothers Grimm was appalling trash. By Hollywood's current standards, The Brothers Grimm was like Lawrence of Arabia. Looking forward to Tideland.
Studio support by kwisatzhaderach	Oct 5th, 2006 08:35:04 AM
The fact that Gilliam has no studio support is a crime. Who the fuck are these bozos running the studios? Do they really think audiences want to see My Super-Ex Girlfriend instead of Gilliam's work? Fuck em. It might become my life work to track these guys down and publicly humiliate them for their stupidity. Anybody with me?!
Where were the little people? by Handsome stranger	Oct 5th, 2006 09:05:06 AM
I spoke to terry for a a couple of minutes and he was adoreable BUT I sensed no midgets or dwarfs nearby. Tideland is getting such positive attention. I'm SO excited i could...
he is a genuine artist by occula	Oct 5th, 2006 09:46:19 AM
seeing those pics of him out on the street, goofing it with his fans, both genuinely upsets me and makes me smile. i mean, i know he did it coz he has a snarky sense of humor, but it points out a problem that has plagued him his entire career. it IS a crime he has no and has had no support for his entire career. want a serious wake-up call? watch 'lost in la mancha.' i teach a film class and gilliam's work is always in the forefront of my lectures as an example of what we should aspire to as filmmakers.
Those pictures are hilarious. by Orbots Commander	Oct 5th, 2006 09:53:22 AM
I half expected to see David Letterman and a camera crew following Gilliam around. Studio-Less Filmmaker, Will Direct For Food. Comedy gold I tells 'ya!
Terry was awsome!!! by Jew Askew	Oct 5th, 2006 09:56:30 AM
A truly amazing human being. I will cherish that sketch forever!!!
The same thing is happening in Toronto this Sat... by DanielKurland	Oct 5th, 2006 10:13:34 AM
Just thought I'd mention it for those Canadians.
Terry Gilliam is the Man by ArkadyRenko	Oct 5th, 2006 11:15:06 AM
Even the misfire BROTHERS GRIMM had some moments of pure Gilliamnism (and Monica Bellucci onscreen never hurts).
"Hey TG, couldn't pick just ONE fairytale to shit on?" by AnimeJune	Oct 5th, 2006 11:58:44 AM
"Did you have to shake them all into a blender and take a giant dump inside before pressing the puree button?" Or at least, that's what I would have asked if I'd been there. Oh, and, "Did we REALLY need a Robin Williams nude scene? Are you SURE the world couldn't have progressed to the state we're in WITHOUT everyone knowing how much hair Robin Williams has?" Disturbing man-ape comparisons aside, I did enjoy the "Fisher King". But "The Brothers Grimm" was such an abysmally awful movie, it makes me made just REMEMBERING that I spent two hours trapped in a theatre with that cinematic equivalent of nuclear waste.
IFC & Toto the Hero. by Mostholy	Oct 5th, 2006 12:22:33 PM
He also did a Q&A screening at the IFC center on 4th St. last night, of a 1991 Belgian flick called Toto the Hero. He was really friendly and personable, handling even people's aggro questions ("Will you cameo in my movie?") with aplomb. Plus, he signed my Brazil swag...all in all, a class act!
Gilliam should direct Steve Coogan and Depp together... by stlfilmwire	Oct 5th, 2006 01:33:57 PM
That would be awesome. Truly.
HAHAHHAHAH fan boys by ubersnarf	Oct 5th, 2006 01:56:35 PM
the picture with all the geeky white fan boys is my new favorite ever. classssiiicccc!
IFC Write-Up by Mostholy	Oct 5th, 2006 04:27:36 PM
FWIW, I wrote up the Gilliam IFC Q&A here: http://www.ghostinthemachine.n et/004236.html#004236
Tideland is dissapointing by leolo	Oct 5th, 2006 05:58:06 PM
Although it seems the book is great, specially being kind of a kid's tale... not for kids. It's a shame big studios have always picked on Gilliam, I believe he's loosing confidence.
It's all the bad-mouthing of Hollywood / studio system by Avon	Oct 5th, 2006 05:58:55 PM
..that Terry doesn't have a studio deal or any support/grounding to get his projects like Good Omens off the ground. It's such a shame, I really want to see that movie. Great book. But Gilliam wouldn't be Gilliam if he compromised on his own feelings... if he's good at anything, it's speaking his own mind and laying himself pretty open. That's how I see him, anyway.
Terry, you mad genius by Merkin Muffley	Oct 5th, 2006 10:57:46 PM
I love your work and admire your ethic. That's all I have to say.
Gamerz! by BannedOnTheRun	Oct 6th, 2006 03:01:29 AM
OK, just had a thought... I haven't seen Brothers Grimm (thankfully) but I did check out the production art. So if Gilliam doesn't have a studio, let's get the guy involved in art direction of a video game. I want "Paper Mario," art direction by Terry Gilliam. Seriously folks.
Any film geek billiionaires out there? by tehDude	Oct 6th, 2006 04:50:16 AM
There maybe one out there. Over here in the UK we had a russian football geek billionaire that bought a club (Chelsea) and spent hundreds of millions on a manager and players. Surely there is someone out there that loves movies instead. Someone that could give Terry 50 million and say "Do what you want." I mean come on, this is the guy that made Time Bandits ffs!!!
If I were a film geek billionaire by Jedi2dope	Oct 6th, 2006 07:56:04 AM
I'd happily hand him 60 million to do Don Quioxte. Time to start playing the lotto I think.
This IS something completely different...Nudge, Nudge.. by atomicstar	Oct 6th, 2006 11:28:27 AM
With all the crap that's being turned out it behooves me that someone with his talents and rep is not picked up. And to think the movie NAVY SEALS was actually made!!!! The Shame of it all... Welcome to Hollywood.
"I love Brazil: Gilliam is God." by pokadoo	Oct 6th, 2006 12:56:50 PM
- Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. (Terry should do an adaptation of that comic.)

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