Who's sets are wilder? Gilliam or Kubrick? Both Stanley Kubrick and Terry Gilliam are widely known as two directors who like things to happen their way. Kubrick was obsessive about the detail, and anyone who has watched the behind the scenes special features from 12 Monkeys knows that Gilliam cares about a hamster wheel moving in the background. Kubrick passed away before the new century and we sadly lost a lot of the projects he never got around to making. Gilliam has made a career out of chasing his most insane ideas, finally finishing his Don Quixote movie a few years ago. You'd think Gilliam had learned his lesson and would be pursuing easier assignments, but that's not the case. Now, he's chasing Kubrick. "I was doing a film that was originally an idea by Stanley Kubrick," Gilliam said of the Kubrick-inspired project as part of a new interview with the Ventotene Film Festival. "There was a script, and I had a cast, but the lockdown has ruined everything," he added. That's right, Gilliam's next film is based on an original Stanley Kubrick idea. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 3 August, 2020