Subj : Re: The Brothers Grimm
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : RR
Date : Sun Aug 28 2005 22:13:06

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

John Iwaniszek wrote:

> Reviews are mixed, your general opinion seems to be the consensus, but
> most reviewers lay the blame at the feet of Weinstein and his
> interference with Gilliam and a lack of trust in Gilliam's vision. I
> urge you to read Godfrey Chesire's reviw, where he draws a comparison
> between Gilliam and Welles:
>
>
> http://indyweek.com/durham/current/movie.html

By the way John, I *did* read the above review/commentary, and I failed to
mention that in my other post. Thanks for the link.

While I generally love to read film criticism, I have almost no interest in
most critics' takes on Terry Gilliam. There are very few critics that seem
to revere his body of work the way I do. I recall sifting through negative
review after negative review of "Fear and Loathing" when it came out,
thinking all the while, "Did they see the same movie I saw?" The years have
been kind to "Fear and Loathing" and while I'm sure many a critic stands by
their original thoughts, the film has proven its greatness and will stand
the test of time. Many hated "The Fisher King" as well and that may be
(oddly) my favorite Gilliam film of all of them.

His work is something I've spent so much time viewing and dissecting, that
almost no one is going to enlighten me or provide me any new insights that
at the very least I haven't already considered on my own.

Yeah, I know all of that sounds incredibly pompous, but it's how I feel and
I'm uncertain that's there any other filmmaker I would say that kind of
stuff about.

-- 
RR

"It's been my experience that every
  time I think I know 'where it's at,'
      it's really somewhere else."
      - William Holden - S.O.B.

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