BFI at Home | Terry Gilliam at 80

[@stevewilson3153]

Terry, happy belated birthday. We met at the premier of "Time Bandits" in Hollywood. Shelly Duvall looked uncomfortable and clutched onto my wife, leaving me standing alone. You walked up to me and we had a lengthy conversation. I was a mental health therapist at Tideland Mental Health Center in Washington, North Carolina and thought "Fisher King" was genius. Then came "Tideland". For me, it was disturbing at best. Later I was in a therapy session with a young girl when she brought up "Tideland". She said it was her favorite movie ever, because it mad her feel "real". Her upbringing was similar to the story line of "Tideland". It changed the way I interacted with my patients forever. Thank you Mr. Gilliam for all you've done and continue to do. You are a world treasure.

[@RodM.Peters]

One of the absolute greatest filmmakers of all times. Been enjoying and admiring his movies for decades now. Wish him the very best.

[@adamthorntonillustration9281]

Still sharp as a drawing pin! I hope I'm like that at 80.

[@VulaneMthembu]

Happy 80th to an amazing mind.

[@jrlexjr]

I had an opportunity to interact with Terry in Philadelphia when he was filming 'Twelve Monkeys'. I had two questions for him: 1) Is 'Time Bandits' a children's film? TG: Of course. 2) In 'Time Bandits,' 'The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen,' and 'The Fisher King,' there are large men on majestic white horses. I am seeing you because of an encounter with a horse. Is there a reason? TG: "I like horses."

[@timwright4263]

3) We're all monkeys.

[@claytonchaney9171]

all good movies are children's stories

[@JettMoonwing]

On this day in 1940, Minneapolis, Minnesota, a legend did begin...

[@Weaverwerx]

My life is richer for having Terry Gilliam's movies in my life. Happy Birthday! Make a few more movies!

[@bobmonk4098]

All the Pythons, I simply love to hear them speak; they all quite precisely comprehend and represent the fundamental humor of a particular middleclass cultural worldview. Like all of us, I can and regularly do listen to them quite literally for hours, now via youtube, whether in individual interview or, more hilariously, as Team Python. Terry G (the bloody American, like me) makes the grade by virtue of his irrepressible sense of humor and his wonderfully tittering laughter. Whether still with us or having happily passed on, cheers to All the Pythons and all of their Fans!

[@andrewreeveart]

Aw....Jonathan Pryce's wishes. I'm not interested in "fame" "celebrity" or any of that bollocks. People who work to tell stories that mean things, they're people I admire. When a story pierces your heart and feels real despite the obvious fact it's imagined, then you know you're in good company with people you'll never meet, but will know on an unseen and profound level of intimacy. That's magic, and it's love. And it's a treasure we all get to keep and share. Xxx

[@Pauldjreadman]

Once a python always a python lol. One of the legends of the film industry. Happy birthday.

[@MrHEC381991]

When Terry Gilliam sets sail, I bet the Hollywood slags praising him for his body of work will be the same slags that turned him down in the past and never really gave this man a break or a chance to make the films he truly wanted to make.

[@gypate74]

Thank you Terry for the joy and amazement you brought to my existence. The World is a better place thanks to you, you are such a great mind and a genius. Hope you'll live forever and keep on making movies 🙏🙏🙏

[@NewYorkSong1]

Never miss one of Terry's movies! Happy B day!

[@danielkharlak539]

I just read his memoir "Gilliamesque". It was brilliant! I wish it was twice as long, hell, three times as long! As a filmmaker myself, all the behind-the-scenes stories from Gilliam's sets are pure gold. No filmmaker has ever fought harder or longer to realize his vision, year after year, decade after decade. The cojones on this man are tremendous! Happy birthday, maestro! I hope you get to make many more inimitable films!

[@dlollard]

Yeah... I love this guy as much as ever. Thanks for such a great career.

[@dlollard]

OMG Jonathan Pryce from Brazil ❤😢😢

[@jsergneri3433]

We saw you in the extra features on the DVD distribution of "The Fabulous Baron Munchausen" (1962) by Karel Zeman. You and Tim Burton and many others giving Zeman his due, it was great, and very good to see where some of your inspiration comes from. I say some because as you quipped in this interview, your omnivorous appetites show in your work, yes, the shit does come out as does the genius. Thank you for so much fun, laughing, dark, dirty, provocative film making - it has enhanced my life!

[@emilehsia1443]

Terry! Terry! Terry! Still love you and your works. Happy Birthday !!! Life is worth living because of your films.

[@glyph2011]

God bless Richard mentioning “The Defective Detective” one of the Greatest unmade Gilliam movies. Here’s hoping one day.... Happy belated birthday Terry! My favourite filmmaker :-)

[@inky5168]

A film making gem, superb character and great personality.

[@electricwizard3000]

How lucky we've been to have had the opportunity to experience the mind of Terry Gilliam in real-time, as future generations will rightly view him and his works as legend. I look forward to how ever many more years we have with this wondrous human being.

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

So Terry is packed, bursting and dripping. He should get that looked at.

[@iron_rain_band]

To many more Mr. Gilliam! Thanks for the tears and laughs. Cheers!

[@f.michaelbremer-cruz2708]

Thanks so much for this as it's been most interesting to watch. I never realized until I watched this, just how many of my favorite films were created or influenced by Terry Gilliam. Happy 80th Birthday to someone whose imagination, wit and talent has inspired some truly wonderful story telling. I appreciate you and all that you've shared with the world. :) Whether it was "Time Bandits" showing up when life was dark, or "the Adventures of Baron Munchausen" showing up when I needed to escape the woes of my life, Terry's storytelling was there to take me away to a magical place when I least expected it...and most needed it.

[@dirface]

Such hilarious, warm-hearted and intelligent films. Terry is just on another level. The definition of visionary.

[@nigelcarren]

I am working on a short-film at the moment and I was tempted to put my feet up and watch this this instead, but I am SURE Terry would not do that!!! So I will continue, as laborious and as cold as it is... Knowing that my reward will be THIS heartwarming upload to relish later... a little digital toast beside a huge fire! BRAVO Terry Gilliam... a true imagineer! 🏆🇬🇧

[@teacupalice]

I love his accent it’s like a mix between British and American

[@pallhe]

80? What? Love this man's work.

[@tarnopol]

A fine filmmaker. Zero Theorem was quite moving; very underrated.

[@mavis3916]

Sucked, big time. Unwatchable

[@darrendarke]

I simply adore him, I study filmmaking and he is such an inspiration for me. I totally agree with the abandonment of ego being integral to making films. They just get in the way, it's about working with other people and not against them. Surrendering yourself to making the best project we collectively can. And unlearning the serious anti-play rhetoric that is drilled into us as we become "adults" is a lesson for film but more importantly a lesson for life. Beautiful human.

[@cookiesontoast9981]

I really wish that one of these days BFI will release all of that humongous collection of silent films on the Internet for the world to see, I want to see them all! It's a shame they're not shared a lot more.

[@Pauldjreadman]

Just buy them.

[@harryhallerize]

Happy 80th Mr. Gilliam..BRAZIL, one of the films that define my life...Greetings from Lima, Perú..

[@nancyduffy2720]

80 going on 5! What a genius!! That is the best retrospective one person's body of work I have ever seen!! Agreed, the world is a better place for Mr Gilliam's vision! Thank you, Terry! 💜

[@EubulusKane3259]

Happy birthday. Watching his film since childhood,, I'm pretty sure this man carved out a whole space in my subconscious solely for storing his creations

[@janine.moonshine]

I recently read a modern-classic: “Slaughterhouse-Five”, Kurt Vonnegut’s. And I know they made a movie about it, but I enjoyed so much that reading I wouldn’t dare to watch any movie based on that book if it is not directed by Terry Gilliam 💛

[@tpwombat]

Might I also commend to you "Mother Night" by Vonnegut and the IMO excellent film adaptation. Not Gilliamesque at all, but IMO Vonnegutesque. IMO does the book excellent justice.

[@J.S.3259]

George Roy Hill was a fantastic director who made a great adaptation. Guillermo del Toro wants to remake it, and I hope to god that doesn't happen

[@mikearchibald744]

Likewise I think only Terry Jones could have done Catch 22. The series kind of blows.

[@jonathanpoole5316]

Definitely THE Yankee in The Court of King Arthur (sorry Danny Kaye) you know when I saw Brazil I really thought that was the career definer but then I saw 12 Monkeys and it is that rare item where the script and the production and the cast work a stellar piece of science fiction in the stellar fashion it warrants. It's a perfect film, credit to Terry Gilliam for spotting its potential and pulling it off. In the online media for a while now stories have been appearing about an anti-gravity drive which utilizes some form of electromagnetic radiation and may operate at some known (but secret) frequency (g/m/k hertz) and furthermore the occupants are synthesized avatars travelling through space TIME which would be a way around not being able to appear in the same time as yourself. So you never know! James, or his avatar, may really be trying to reach out to us! The other idea of note was crop circles were calendrical motifs denoting year, date and so on. You never know! The Avatars might be in insurance!

[@lebadass]

Happy birthday to TERRY!

[@BigCityPalooka]

SO very much better a birthday celebration than some fancy fete at some posh theater! This seemed so much more personal, so much more authentic; everyone's contribution was wonky and handmade, and minus the glitz of a big production, one could see so much of the real feeling for Terry. At any rate, happy birthday to a great filmmaker, and I wish him many, many more...

[@dlollard]

Two minutes in ... OK I already love this

[@Baruch_Inbar]

God bless Terry Gilliam! A brilliant and super creative filmmaker.

[@inpraiseoflifeitself]

11:37 "Art's a dangerous word. I'm a cartoonist!" (laughs)

[@MobiusBandwidth]

thank you. the only director who's work I will always want to see because of his involvement in it.

[@mpdalyful1]

Terry Gilliam was the only filmmaker to push robin Williams so hard during the Fisher king that Williams became very angry.

[@mpdalyful1]

There was a scene in the movie where Williams had to run really fast and Gilliam forced robin to do over again. Williams blew up.

[@mr.pudding51]

The 2 Commandments for Terry Gilliam: #1 Don't grow old. #2 Keep making films.

[@kennethleland3348]

Love this Oldfart Gilliam!

[@southendonseaarts]

An amazing visionary as a director Brazil will always be my favourite.

[@goodboyconformist]

What a beautiful and dear connectivity!!!

[@matthewburrows4359]

A true Maverick. A total visionary.

[@bramsanjanssan4908]

He's a gem.

[@stephenreaway]

Happy birthday, 🍰 Terry!! 🤗🤩

[@antoniod]

Gilliam's animation was making me laugh before PYTHON broke into the US, on THE MARTY FELDMAN COMEDY MACHINE(on ABC in 1972).

[@zsazsahegedus1885]

Happy Birthday!

[@simongrell5897]

He makes Fantastical films that are always so great !!

[@irenicum]

Brilliant, just brilliant.

[@lauravallescarreon1132]

Happy Birthday Mr. Gilliam! 😄

[@hanniffydinn6019]

My favourite director! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯😎😎😎😎😎😎🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@marcosmenescal2962]

One of my favorite directors, thanks for this wonderful video and happy Bday Sir Terry Gilliam!

[@leonardomattarmonteiro2824]

THE GREATEST AUTEUR of ALL TIME. SENSEI TERRY GILLIAM is unparalleled as far as GENIUS CINEMA is concerned. OLIVER STONE days ago. Now THIS THANK YOU British Film Institute! 🤘🤘

[@MelbourneShorts11]

This was fantastic. Thanks BFI.

[@rozembergbarbosa24]

Salvador Dali everywhere 🙃 Happy Birthday Terry Gillian for teach me what irony is with Monty python when i was a teen. You are a master and I adore you.

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

Wow, even Mr. Dark appears. Mr. Pryce is so overlooked.

[@marcl4000]

Interesting conversation. I saw «lost in La Mancha» and the final film. It took many years and J.Depp and J.Rochefort were not there anymore. Maybe it was not the film he wanted to make (I would have loved to see the giants :-) but I thought the essence of the original film was in the final one. Hats off to Gilliam’s perseverance. (Looking forward to see the role Terry is having in the latest Albert Dupontel’s film).

[@DigitalEelRich]

Barthy Hippday, TG! Great interview.

[@johnrowland3105]

Superb stuff.

[@danimalman2367]

Happy birthday dude!

[@movielover4244]

Great movies

[@jobzagudn]

That was absolutely banging! 🤘🏻

[@prpwnage9296]

Happy belated birthday Terry! Thank you for adding your unique sense of humour to our national treasure Monty Python's Flying Circus. I didn't understand Brazil or Jabberwocky but I really liked Twelve Monkeys.

[@brucegelman5582]

Long live the BIG SCREEN AND Gilliam too!

[@manfmnantucket]

I love Tideland! I wish it could be released on .. youtube, amazon prime, whatever...!

[@atlebakke]

Why not just buy the Arrow blu-ray to support the people that made and released this movie you supposedly love..

[@JettMoonwing]

It is on Amazon Prime. :)

[@Pauldjreadman]

Want to see it that badly, buy it.

[@TheLiveMusicGroup]

just get it on dvd duh

[@robwealer5416]

When I heard that his film was finally going to be released "Don Quixote" after years of setbacks, and then the pandemic show up almost right on the day, I figured it would be almost reasonable, given the funny quirks and how nature seems to conspire against his films in an almost personal fashion, to hold Gilliam accountable for this plague... that's just me of course. Happy Birthday... :)

[@bornin6473]

Having seen all his film as they came out I was surprised at how much I loved Don Quixote. I was not expecting it to be his most emotionally affecting film. But I love all of them. PS Despite the little BFI presentation they are not druggie films!

[@prof.heinous191]

Good on you Terry, eighty going on thirty-three, keep on keeping on!

[@Monkofmagnesia]

I can tell when Spielberg directed a movie or television episode by the way it looks. He has a certain visual style. Same thing for a Terry Gilliam film. Perhaps that is what is meant by Gilliamesque?

[@claytonchaney9171]

"Nightmares are worthwhile"....I'll carry that!

[@stewartmac9568]

BFI at Home:Many hippy return return return!To The laughing Buddha!Tideland part my life!Met so many your pals,(as the good gofer)Johnathan P,Michael P,Oz the shrink,P.Stewart.Never finished my Nazi satire....but wait?Mein got,HIMMEL!Truly yer brilliant guy! Thanks all the film pleasure!Have lovely photo for tideland.Send where to?Tat ta. Thanks Mac.2020.

[@TechnicJunglist]

Hero and genius. The 5 ppl that down voted have zero imagination.

[@-Vuce]

"Memories, you're talking about memories."

[@unchattytwit]

Mark Kermode and Jason the two best British film presenters. Terry Gilliham, Ridley Scott the greatest fantasy film makers ever.

[@cavecanem7075]

Thanks And Rock ON.............

[@josephpravda9452]

The Chris Marker of our time, full bloody stop. Adore his humility, however unrepresentative of his curious mind it may be.

[@stewartmac9568]

BFI at Home:Jason Solomon’s. Thanks Mr.Solomon.In addition to previous comments to “Laughing Buddha” Terry Gilliam.A further birthday wish is i hope he fulfilled his need?For Psilocybin!Dry them first so the sometime hosts don’t play with your stomach. Thanks.Mac.Dec.2020.

[@cooljackster7390]

13:56 John Cleese, 16:16 Michael Palin

[@EidolonMedia]

41 min in and it begins to feel like a Wim Wenders film.

[@morganadams6153]

Jeezzzz,,,,he looks like Ridley Scott with that beard...lol

[@aliensondope789]

"Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple." - Willy Wonka

[@gothicbuddhist]

We have lumps of it round the back..

[@DungeonStudio]

As much as I love Terry, I gotta say he took a turn after Fear & Loathing. All his movies before that had dark elements, yet could be defended with the word 'But...' - there's hope at the end, an escape, some form of affirmation. After Fear & Loathing though I could no longer use the word 'But...' for his films. They're just DARK! They're an experience still, yes. But an experience I care to revisit anytime soon...? But to keep Terry's spirits up - I've never seen one Woody Allen 'European' film yet. No interest to whatsoever. Though I love all his American epics. So you always suck me in Terry!

[@cepson]

The story about the elephant did not end the way I thought it would.

[@perperov]

[@warrenography]

How long have you been an animator? Four foot one. That is a long time.

[@Wayzor_]

just imagine the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Gilliam would have made. I bet he wouldn't have cut Rik Mayall.

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

And he co-directed Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

[@johnnybgoodeish]

I just wish Terry could have directed the Harry Potter films! They were OK films but a bit pedestrian. I'm sure Terry would have brought much more to them!

[@aethellstan]

Cheers to the English genius with an American accent born in the United States to American parents. p.s. who voted it down??

[@garyfenlon5769]

Why no Eric Idle?

[@anderslundblad4194]

a Good question.

[@Warnerama]

He probably asked for some cash to join

[@mikearchibald744]

The last time I saw Eric on film he looked like he'd aged quite a bit. Of course there was also no Bruce Willis. Maybe they saw the invitation and thought it was a joke.

[@danceteras2884]

🐚

[@j.b.9260]

No one has reported Michael's death yet.

[@SophieBird07]

Ageless mind.

[@thewkovacs316]

terry is totally mad...and that's a good thing

[@jeffreychongsathien]

0:55 "Almost call British"?! How unbelievably rude. It's utterly British.