The cinema of Terry Gilliam : it's a mad world / edited by Jeff Birkenstein, Anna Froula & Karen Randell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Birkenstein, Jeff.

Froula, Anna.

Randell, Karen.

Series:

Directors' cuts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gilliam, Terry.

Motion picture producers and directors--Great Britain--Criticism and interpretation.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Criticism and interpretation.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xi, 172 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Wallflower, 2013.

Summary:

Terry Gilliam has been making movies for over forty years. This volume offers an in-depth critical analysis of a selection of films from his directorial filmography, from his early work with Monty Python to The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnussus (2009). Gilliam the frenetic genius, auteur, and social critic continues to create indelible images on screen, if, that is, he can get funding for his next project. This collection, with eleven original essays from an international group of scholars, argues that when Gilliam makes a movie, he goes to war: against Hollywood caution and convention, against American hyper-consumerism and imperial militarism, against narrative vapidity and spoon-fed mediocrity, and against both the brutalising notion and cruel vision of the American Dream. This collection will appeal to scholars, students, and fans of Terry Gilliam alike. Directors' Cuts focus on the work of the most significant contemporary international filmmakers, illuminating the creative dynamics of World Cinema. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Steampunked: The Animated Aesthetics of Terry Gilliam in Jabberwocky and Beyond / Anna Froula Froula, Anna 16

2 Grail Tales: The Preoccupations of Terry Gilliam / Tony Hood Hood, Tony 32

3 'And Now for Something Completely Different': Pythonic Arthuriana and the Matter of Britain / Jim Holte Holte, Jim 42

4 The Baron, the King and Terry Gilliam's Approach to 'the Fantastic' / Keith James Hamel Hamel, Keith James 54

5 The Subversion of Happy Endings in Terry Gilliam's Brazil / Jeffrey Melton Melton, Jeffrey, Eric Sterling Sterling, Eric 66

6 The Fissure King: Terry Gilliam's Psychotic Fantasy Worlds / Jacqueline Furby Furby, Jacqueline 79

7 'You can't change anything': Freedom and Control in Twelve Monkeys / Geny Canavan Canavan, Geny 92

8 'It shall be a nation': Terry Gilliam's Exploration of National Identity, Between Rationalism and Imagination / Ofir Haivry Haivry, Ofir 104

9 'Won't somebody please think of the children?': The Case for Terry Gilliam's Tidelands / Kathryn A. Laity Laity, Kathryn A. 118

10 Divorced from Reality: Time Bandits in Search of Fulfilment / Jeff Birkenstein Birkenstein, Jeff 130

11 Celebrity Trauma: The Death of Heath Ledger and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus / Karen Randell Randell, Karen 145.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-172).

Includes filmography (pages 158-162).

ISBN:

0231165358

9780231165358

023116534X

9780231165341

OCLC:

824657529