Comments on: Terry Gilliam Talks The “Simplistic” Films Of Steven Spielberg, Dumbing Down Of Audiences, ‘Don Quixote’ Start Date & More

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:23:39 +0000

I interviewed Terry Gilliam and found him to be as fascinating as some (some) of his films. I hope he never stops working.

By: blumpff

blumpff — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:23:39 +0000

That film needs to be made. Good luck this time Terry

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:23:39 +0000

Hank, the Kubrick quote was from a interview he gave to Michel Ciment. Ciment reported verbatim "The Schindler\’s List is not a movie about the Holocaust. The Holocaust is the death of 6 million people. The Schindler\’s List is about 600 jews who were saved. It is a happy end."

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:23:39 +0000

Why is Terry Gilliam so focused on what Spielberg is doing? Sounds like sour grapes to me. It's funny because it doesn't seem as though Spielberg gives Gilliam a second thought and would rather focus on making his own movies rather than criticize a peer.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:23:39 +0000

I love Gilliam and Spielberg. They're both brilliant. I don't see why people have to get so riled up about an honest and fairly accurate opinion. Some of Spielberg's ideas are "a bit simplistic." On the other hand, some of Gilliam's films are a bit convoluted and hard to follow. I'd love to see a film they collaborated on.

By: PLD

PLD — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:23:39 +0000

Dumbing down? Simplicity? Saying that 'Steven made a film about success, the Holocaust was about failure' is as dumb and simple an argument against Schindler's List as I've ever heard.

By: JLR

JLR — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:23:39 +0000

One of the biggest crybabies in cinema history. My God, this made the Clint Eastwood talking to the chair debacle look amusing.

By: daniel

daniel — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:23:39 +0000

I don't see what is wrong with audiences liking to see 'the same movie again and again.' There are movies for me where this is literally true, and I simply enjoy the experience. Filmmakers have no obligation to challenge anyone, or change the world — they have an obligation to themselves and their audience to make what they want to make — and whether that's Legally Blonde or The Act of Killing. I think Gilliam is simply frustrated, because his own films have been hard to get made; an understandable POV, but it's useless to put the responsibility for that off on other filmmakers or the audience itself.

By: Arye Michael Bender

Arye Michael Bender — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:23:39 +0000

The best films wake us up and make us think. In an era of dumbing-down and denial. that's when we need them the most.

By: hank

hank — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:23:39 +0000

I'd always read the Kubrick quote as "the success of Schindler's List, in relation to other holocaust films, is that it dealt with a group of people who lived, rather than a group of people who died."
Anyone care to fact check?

By: j

Fri, 13 May 2016 08:23:39 +0000

Thanks for publishing that.

Refreshing to hear an outspoken point of view, even though it might ruffle some feathers.

Here's an idea. A smart filmmaker should take up film criticism on an anonymous basis. He/she could share positive and negative insights with the audience without risking retribution.

By: catt

catt — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:23:39 +0000

Interesting Kubrick-quote. When you think about it, all of his films dealt more or less with the failure of man.