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Terry Gilliam Reflects On ‘Brazil’ As Film Celebrates 40th Anniversary & The Challenges Of Getting Movies Made Today: “I Really Don’t Want Any More Fights”
Terry Gilliam Q&A: Filmmaker and Monty Python alum reflects on ‘Brazil’ 40th anniversary, the challenges of getting movies made today and more.
Nominated for two Oscars and winning a pair of BAFTAs, the movie centers on Jonathan Pryce’s Sam Lowry, who works in the sprawling archives of a megalopolis ruled by faceless bureaucracy and an all-seeing Information Department. When a band of terrorists begins sowing chaos, Sam escapes the gray monotony of his desk job through vivid, dreamlike visions — until reality and fantasy collide with explosive consequences. In the discussion below, Gilliam, who has not directed a feature since Don Quixote, talks about not wanting “any more fights.” He says he’s lined up such talent as Johnny Depp, Adam Driver, Jeff Bridges, Jason Momoa and Tom Waits for his next project, Carnival at the End of Days, but that financing is proving a challenge.
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