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Terry Gilliam in the Toaster Oven

Songs for the Struggling Artist

English - February 11, 2020 00:38 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
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“Mum! Dad! It’s evil! Don’t touch it!”

This is the final line of one of my all time favorite movies, Time Bandits. I loved Time Bandits as a child and in the many subsequent viewings of it, as an adult, it has not diminished in my estimation. It is a delightful film made by one of my favorite filmmakers.


And I didn’t just love Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits, no. I also admired his Brazil, The Fisher King, and even his relatively unknown and under-appreciated, Tideland. Tideland is a deep cut in the Gilliam oeuvre and I was a big fan.


After reading his interview in The Independent, to say that I’m disappointed in him is a massive understatement. I’d heard he’d said some pigheaded garbage before but this was sustained pigheaded garbage. This was relentless pigheaded garbage.


To read more of Terry Gilliam in the Toaster Oven, visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog.

This is Episode 186


Song: "Dream Away" by George Harrison, theme from Time Bandits


Image from Time Bandits


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