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February 06, 2003
"Mister Gilliam, ah gotta thank you for, ah, that Baron Munchausen. Ah giggled in awe."
The Onion AV Club has a very good interview with Terry Gilliam.
O: Do you think fantasy in cinema has changed significantly since you started making films?I wish someone would give this man the money to film Good Omens. Or Watchmen - though I think Gilliam's right that it would be a crime to cut the story to two hours when it really needs a miniseries.
TG: Not really, except that it seems so much of it is... I think Star Wars kind of set the level of it, and that's just good comic-book romping. It's not the kind of fantasy that's awe-inspiring or terrifying, and that's where I'm interested in fantasy. Fantasy isn't just a jolly escape: It's an escape, but into something far more extreme than reality, or normality. It's where things are more beautiful and more wondrous and more terrifying. You move into a world of conflicting extremes. So much of the fantasy I see is just a sort of cartoon romp, a kind of wish-fulfillment. I remember, years ago, talking to George Lucas about evil. He thought Darth Vader was evil. And I said, "No, he's not evil. He's just the bad guy. You can see him coming a mile away - he wears black. Evil is Mike Palin in Brazil, your best friend, the father of three, a good man, who just does what he does."
[Via The Sideshow]
Posted by John at February 6, 2003 09:21 PM
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