Major Themes, Influences, and Artistic Styles

Terry Gilliam has an imagination like no other. He has a third eye, to see things in a new perspective. He loves wide angle lenses, and invites you to see the beautiful background in his films (Hamel). Another element he incorporates is his projects are bizarre costume selections and make-up on his actors/actress. Terry Gilliam makes sure to be outrageous rather than ordinary and that is what makes him so popular. Furthermore his major themes are distinguishing "higher" and "lower" layers of society, with a disturbing and ironic taste. He also makes sure people know what he trying to convey, he thrives on people having the knowledge of their field (Wiki). Lastly, what influences Gilliam to keep producing such creative films? Basically, his emotions and feelings. He has a hard time expressing them to others believe it or not, so withdraws from the world and tries to find himself. Also from his past experiences with the people he met along the way from"Monty Ponthy" to developing as a director. The most important influence would be his environment. He takes whats around him and tries to make a different sense of each object, from women to the smallest grain of sand (Hamel). Overall Terry Gilliam has inspired people with his artistic style, his trending themes and the things that influence him will influence others.

Work Cited

Keith Hamel. "Brazil". Web page. 10 April 2010. http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue06/features/brazil.htm.

"Terry Gilliam"". Wikipedia. 27 April 2010 .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Gilliam.


An example of how creative he is with the showing of his interview!

Career

Terry Gilliam's career is nothing more than remarkable. His first major position was held at a magazine company names HELP! He later became a part of the Monty Python's Flying Circus, 1969. During his time, he was skilled at animation and co-produced, “The Holy Grail", 1975 and "The Meaning of Life", 1983 (Taylor). Gilliam's break up with the Pythons encouraged him to produce his own work, “Jabberwocky”, 1977 and “Time Bandit”s, 1981. The Time Bandits would gross eight times it original budget and several films were nominated for Academy Awards, such as “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen” , 1988, “The Fisher King”, 1991 and the “Brothers Grimm”. Overall his gross at the box office is roughly $26,009,723 (Taylor). Gilliam's also most notable production is directing the “Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”, 2009, and “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”, 1998. He has won so many awards; it would take an entire section to name, so here are some beside the Academy Awards:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

* Cannes Film Festival Official Selection

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

* Venice Film Festival Official Selection

Tideland (2005)

* San Sebastian Festival Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize

Gilliam's work continues to be watched and receive many awards (Wikipedia).

work cited

Taylor, Rumssey. "Amazing Films". Web page. 10 April 2010. http://www.squidoo.com/terrygilliam.

"Terry Gilliam"". Wikipedia. 26 March 2010 .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Gilliam.