Greg Bryant wrote: > > On Sun, 14 Jan 1996, Kristine J Butler (Kristine Butler) wrote: > > > > > It would be interesting to look at the three films by Gilliam as a > > "trilogy" (Brazil, The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys). Gilliam has definitely > > developed an oeuvre that is worth examining. > > That is an interesting idea...however, I believe that Gilliam already has > a trilogy, made up of _Time Bandits_, _Brazil_, and _Baron Munchausen_, > all grouped together by the shared theme of blending of reality and > fantasy (the operative definition for fantasy being that the action takes > place solely within a person's mind). In each film, the characters (and > audience for that matter) do not know when they are in reality or in a > fantasy world of their own creation, at least until Gilliam chooses to let > us all (characters and audience) know. > > Still this blending of reality and fantasy has been a consistent theme in > most of his films. > > Of course, I may be speaking out of turn, as I have not yet seen _12 > Monkeys_, and I have been avoiding spoilers. One thing more to note, is > that with Bandits, Brazil, and Baron, Gilliam took more of a role as > creator/director/autuer, while with Fisher King and 12 he was a hired > director working from someone elses script (which still doesn't preclude > Gilliam from imposing his own distinctive stamp on each). > > By the way, hello to all. I'm a new member of this list, and I have > enjoyed reading all of your posts for the past several weeks. I am a > reference librarian at a public library in Southwest Ohio, and a film > aficionado. Personal interests include American, foreign language, > and documentary films. As you might guess, many of my library customers > ask me for recommendations of what to watch. > > ------------------------- > * Greg Bryant * > * [log in to unmask] *unsubscribe [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]