The Making of Quixote

[Dominic F]

The spanish reviews i saw passing slaughtered the film... I think they're even meaner because quixote is such a cultural landmark, like sacred ground.

And by the way, regarding the film doing better in US and UK... If boxoffice mojo is to be believed, Parnassus did around 4 million dollars in France while it did 7 million dollars in the US (with 5 times more potential viewers) and 5 million in the UK and Zero Theorem did around 250 000 dollars in the US but 210 000 in France and 180 in the UK. Sorry but France is still one of the country which is the more welcoming for Gilliam films.

Gilliam is still a national treasure in the UK but his last few films haven't had great distribution/marketing/media presence. It's a sad state of affairs but cinemagoers over here who want to see quirkier independent stuff are getting smaller in number it seems. Mostly a few weeks in a few arthouse cinemas then it goes to Netflix or VOD if it is an independent film with a small distributor. It's a multiplex nation. If a movie doesn't have a big studio behind it with a big marketing budget it is rare for it to do well at cinemas and only finds its audience on 'home video'. I really hope a studio subdivision might grab the UK rights because I want to see it on the big screen.