Format:
1 online resource (288 pages)
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illustrations (black & white); digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781526125514
Content:
This book is the most sustained and comprehensive examination to date of one of cinema’s most challenging and lauded auteur. It proposes new ways of seeing Gilliam and his films that go beyond reductive readings of him as a gifted but manic fantasist. It analyses Gilliam’s work over nearly four decades, from Monty Python, to Brazil and Tideland
Content:
By investigating his work through a variety of lenses, including auterism, genre, adaptation, the grotesque and the gothic, the book opens up new ways of seeing Gilliam that go beyond that reductive figure, the gifted but manic fantasist. This book considers his work at greater length and in more detail than any previous study. It gives substantial critical space to Gilliam’s work in the Monty Python troupe, both on cinema and film and provides detailed readings of all his major work from television’s Monty Python’s Flying Circus to the controversial film Tideland. Situates Gilliam’s television and film work within the cinematic and broader cultural contexts of Britain, Europe and the US.
Content:
Terry Gilliam presents a sustained examination of one of cinema's most challenging and lauded auteurs, proposing fresh ways of seeing Gilliam that go beyond reductive readings of him as a gifted but manic fantasist. Analysing Gilliam's work over nearly four decades, from the brilliant anarchy of his Monty Python animations through the nightmarish masterpiece Brazil to the provocative Gothic horror of Tideland, it critically examines the variety and richness of Gilliam's sometimes troubled but always provocative output. 〈BR〉The book situates Gilliam within the competing cultural contexts of the British, European and American film industries, examining his regular struggles against aesthetic and commercial pressures. He emerges as a passionate, immensely creative director, whose work encompasses a dizzying array of material: anarchic satire, childhood and adult fantasy, dystopia, romantic comedy, surrealism, road movie, fairy tale and the Gothic. The book charts how Gilliam interweaves these genres and forms to create magical interfaces between reality and the illuminating, frightening but liberating worlds of the imagination. 〈BR〉Scrutinising the neglected importance of literature and adaptation in Gilliam's career, this study also observes him through the lenses of auteurism, genre, performance, design and national culture, explaining how someone born in Minnesota and raised in California came to be one of British television and film's most compelling figures
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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List of plates〈BR〉Series editors’ foreword〈BR〉Acknowledgements〈BR〉1. Introduction〈BR〉2. Something completely different〈BR〉3. Monsters and gods〈BR〉4. Time and meaning〈BR〉5. Dreams, fantasies and nightmares〈BR〉6. Pasts, presents and futures in America〈BR〉7. Transatlantic Gonzo 〈BR〉8. Fairy tales, nightmares and fantasies〈BR〉Filmography〈BR〉Bibliography〈BR〉Index
Language:
English
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