Simon Thompson takes a look at the fantastical career of Terry Gilliam…Terry Gilliam is a brilliant fantasist, whose work often returns to the theme of juxtaposing the soul crushing mundanity of everyday life with the surrealistic dreamscapes of one’s own imagination. In a Hollywood of bean counters and abacus pushers, Gilliam is a true auteur […]
Seven Famous Cursed Movie Productions
Disasters, terrible luck, radiation poisoning and death. We look at some famous cursed film productions…With Flickering Myth’s first foray into movie-making on The Baby in the Basket now underway, we’ve found ourselves faced with a number of problems throughout pre-production as recently covered in our pre-production update. We’ve dealt with unavoidable dropouts, unexpected costs and […]
Terry Gilliam provides an update on The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Having wrapped production this summer, Terry Gilliam has been chatting to The New York Times about his long-gestating passion project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, with the filmmaker revealing that he’s completed a rough cut which has been garnering a very positive response from those who have seen it. “We’ve almost finished the cut,” […]
Movie Review – The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, 2018.Directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, Olga Kurylenko, Jason Watkins, Joana Ribeiro, Jordi Mollà and Sergi López.SYNOPSIS:An advertising director returns to the Spanish village where he made a student film adaptation of Don Quixote, only to find his star now believes he is really […]
Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote gets a UK trailer
Sony Pictures has revealed a new trailer for Terry Gilliam’s long-gestating passion project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote ahead of its long-awaited UK release next month; watch it here…SEE ALSO: Read our review of The Man Who Killed Don QuixoteTHE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE is the story of Toby (Driver), a cynical advertising director, who […]
Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote gets a new poster
Following last month’s trailer for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, we now have a brand new for Terry Gilliam’s long-awaited passion project featuring Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Olga Kurylenko, Stellan Skarsgård, and Joana Ribeiro; take a look here…SEE ALSO: Read our review of The Man Who Killed Don QuixoteToby (Adam Driver), a cynical advertising director, finds himself trapped in the […]
New trailer for Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Screen Media Films has released a new trailer for director Terry Gilliam’s passion project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, which reveals the adventure comedy drama is set to arrive is US theatres for one night only on April 10th – thirty years after Gilliam first started working on his loose adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’ classic […]
Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote gets a new poster
After a turbulent two decade journey to the screen (not to mention some legal wranglings around its premiere in Cannes last year which resulted in the loss of U.S. distribution via Amazon), Terry Gilliam’s passion project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is finally gearing up for a release, and you can take a look at a […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, 2018.Directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, Olga Kurylenko, and Joana Ribeiro.SYNOPSIS:Toby, a disillusioned advertising executive, becomes pulled into a world of time jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes him to be Sancho Panza. He gradually becomes unable to tell dreams from reality.Terry Gilliam’s legendary, […]
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote producer refutes claim that Terry Gilliam has lost the rights
The saga of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote has taken another turn now following the news last week that a court has ruled in favour of former producer Paulo Branco granting him the rights to Terry Gilliam’s passion project.Branco had stated that his company Alfama would be seeking damages against Gilliam, the film’s producers […]
