It’s hard to believe something like 1991’s The Fisher King was a studio backed effort. An anomaly both as a mainstream cinematic event and within Gilliam’s own idiosyncratic filmography, the film received as much panning as praise upon its theatrical release (shortly after a premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it was part of a three way tie with Zhang Yimou and Philippe Garrel for the Silver Lion). In the decades since, the film has garnered something of a cult following, as have many of Gilliam’s earlier works of note, filled with an often unbridled zaniness necessitating time to marinate for full appreciation. Stuffed to the point of emotional, narrative, and logical imbalance, there are as many moments of beauty as inelegance. But Gilliam’s ambitious odd-couple outfit, based on a script from Richard Lagravenese, revels in its own unique flavoring.
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- 6/23/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
“I Love New York In June”
By Raymond Benson
I had seen Terry Gilliam’s The Fisher King only once, back in 1991 on its initial release, and I liked it very much. As years went on, though, my memories of it were such that I considered it to be atypical of Gilliam’s work. For me, he’s always been a hit-and-miss director; some of his pictures are absolute classics and others not so much. There is a certain beautiful sloppiness to his direction; to use a painting analogy, it’s as if he throws a lot of paint on the canvas and maybe it’ll turn out to be something coherent, funny, and meaningful. Gilliam, I think, is much more of a visual designer than a people-director—his films always look great, usually very original and envelope-pushing in their conception and the execution of the visuals. They are often big pictures on large canvases.
By Raymond Benson
I had seen Terry Gilliam’s The Fisher King only once, back in 1991 on its initial release, and I liked it very much. As years went on, though, my memories of it were such that I considered it to be atypical of Gilliam’s work. For me, he’s always been a hit-and-miss director; some of his pictures are absolute classics and others not so much. There is a certain beautiful sloppiness to his direction; to use a painting analogy, it’s as if he throws a lot of paint on the canvas and maybe it’ll turn out to be something coherent, funny, and meaningful. Gilliam, I think, is much more of a visual designer than a people-director—his films always look great, usually very original and envelope-pushing in their conception and the execution of the visuals. They are often big pictures on large canvases.
- 6/15/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival kicks off in Indio, Calif., this weekend, and is sure to attract a large number of celebrities.
Coachella 2014
Headlining the three-day music festival are OutKast, Queens of the Stone Age and Arcade Fire. Other notable acts include – but are not limited to – Broken Bells, Zedd, Ellie Goulding, Haim, Aloe Blacc, Skrillex, Pharrell Williams, Lorde, Kid Cudi, Beck, Calvin Harris, Disclosure, Lana Del Ray, Neutral Milk Hotel and Chance the Rapper.
As it's an arts festival as well, there will be art installations on the festival grounds by Robert Bose, the Do Lab, Festo, Charles Gadeken, Keith Greco, Poetic Kinetics, Studio Steel and more.
For nourishment, the concert organizers put together a variety of restaurant pop ups, craft food and alcohol options. Among the food choices are the La based Crossroads, Goldies, Mexicali Taco & Co., The Church Key, Beer Belly, Sweet Clementine’s Popsicles.
If...
Coachella 2014
Headlining the three-day music festival are OutKast, Queens of the Stone Age and Arcade Fire. Other notable acts include – but are not limited to – Broken Bells, Zedd, Ellie Goulding, Haim, Aloe Blacc, Skrillex, Pharrell Williams, Lorde, Kid Cudi, Beck, Calvin Harris, Disclosure, Lana Del Ray, Neutral Milk Hotel and Chance the Rapper.
As it's an arts festival as well, there will be art installations on the festival grounds by Robert Bose, the Do Lab, Festo, Charles Gadeken, Keith Greco, Poetic Kinetics, Studio Steel and more.
For nourishment, the concert organizers put together a variety of restaurant pop ups, craft food and alcohol options. Among the food choices are the La based Crossroads, Goldies, Mexicali Taco & Co., The Church Key, Beer Belly, Sweet Clementine’s Popsicles.
If...
- 4/11/2014
- Uinterview
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival kicks off in Indio, Calif., this weekend, and is sure to attract a large number of celebrities.
Coachella 2014
Headlining the three-day music festival are OutKast, Queens of the Stone Age and Arcade Fire. Other notable acts include – but are not limited to – Broken Bells, Zedd, Ellie Goulding, Haim, Aloe Blacc, Skrillex, Pharrell Williams, Lorde, Kid Cudi, Beck, Calvin Harris, Disclosure, Lana Del Ray, Neutral Milk Hotel and Chance the Rapper.
As it's an arts festival as well, there will be art installations on the festival grounds by Robert Bose, the Do Lab, Festo, Charles Gadeken, Keith Greco, Poetic Kinetics, Studio Steel and more.
For nourishment, the concert organizers put together a variety of restaurant pop ups, craft food and alcohol options. Among the food choices are the La based Crossroads, Goldies, Mexicali Taco & Co., The Church Key, Beer Belly, Sweet Clementine’s Popsicles.
If...
Coachella 2014
Headlining the three-day music festival are OutKast, Queens of the Stone Age and Arcade Fire. Other notable acts include – but are not limited to – Broken Bells, Zedd, Ellie Goulding, Haim, Aloe Blacc, Skrillex, Pharrell Williams, Lorde, Kid Cudi, Beck, Calvin Harris, Disclosure, Lana Del Ray, Neutral Milk Hotel and Chance the Rapper.
As it's an arts festival as well, there will be art installations on the festival grounds by Robert Bose, the Do Lab, Festo, Charles Gadeken, Keith Greco, Poetic Kinetics, Studio Steel and more.
For nourishment, the concert organizers put together a variety of restaurant pop ups, craft food and alcohol options. Among the food choices are the La based Crossroads, Goldies, Mexicali Taco & Co., The Church Key, Beer Belly, Sweet Clementine’s Popsicles.
If...
- 4/11/2014
- Uinterview
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