03-13-2021, 06:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-14-2021, 07:26 PM by MercuryZap.)
He Dreams Of Giants - An Appreciation
It is a sophisticated, intelligent but wholly approachable film that presents a multifaceted portrait of an artist battling the weight of the ageing process and the historical baggage of their own mythic reputation.
There is little or no glamour in the world of film production as presented just a daunting horde of infernal practicalities to be wrestled with.
There is great beauty, however, in the natural landscapes and in the scapes of Terry's face as glimmers of that infectious enthusiasm of old for the creative process break through an almost cosmic weariness.
A human weariness that leant the version of Man Who Killed Don Quixote that finally emerged much of its melancholy power.
I wondered as I watched Keith Fulton & Louis Pepe's handsome, tender portrait could Gilliam have ever reached those beats as a younger man?
Does he even know, now?
It is a sophisticated, intelligent but wholly approachable film that presents a multifaceted portrait of an artist battling the weight of the ageing process and the historical baggage of their own mythic reputation.
There is little or no glamour in the world of film production as presented just a daunting horde of infernal practicalities to be wrestled with.
There is great beauty, however, in the natural landscapes and in the scapes of Terry's face as glimmers of that infectious enthusiasm of old for the creative process break through an almost cosmic weariness.
A human weariness that leant the version of Man Who Killed Don Quixote that finally emerged much of its melancholy power.
I wondered as I watched Keith Fulton & Louis Pepe's handsome, tender portrait could Gilliam have ever reached those beats as a younger man?
Does he even know, now?