Terry Gilliam’s Perfect 10 (movies)

Mark Kermode persuades/cajoles the director into compiling a list of his (sort of) 10 Favourite Films

[@DingbatToast]

Kermode has the energy of a passionate and charming man who is intensely interested in what you have to say but is very late for a train

[@Vingul]

Agree with the train bit.

[@beachcomber2008]

He is refreshingly smart.

[@DingbatToast]

@@Vingul 🤣

[@GreenMonkeySam]

This is me and I feel attacked

[@willyum3920]

That's funny but in fairness, the format of the show is only 10 mins so they have to get a wriggle on.

[@jordanmelnick1517]

Missed the opportunity to put 8 1/2 at 8.5 on the list and let Terry keep his 11.

[@bobbyologun1517]

indeed!

[@cruxofthecookie]

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[@xxxauraxxxxx]

I had this exact thought. Cheers.

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

Remember that this list was made before “Doolittle” was released.

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

@MichaelKingsfordGray I can see from your other posts you are an exceptionally unhappy person

[@makingitup5746]

@MichaelKingsfordGray i dont understand are u implying that because they have a username? do u understand how the internet works?

[@makingitup5746]

why are u so angry about these boring ass movies?

[@matthewstokes1608]

I had a nice birthday meal - and a drinking session to follow - with Terry Gilliam in Italy - and he was the most genuine and honest guy... It was such a privilege to talk of films with him - and other things - an experience I'll remember, even if he probably won't!

[@romanramirez7847]

Love Terry. Definitely one of the most underrated directors of all time.

[@gypate74]

Underrated I'm not sure. He divides, some love his work, some hate it. But one thing I'm sure of is that he will be recognized as one of the greatest filmmakers of all times as time will pass...

[@mavis3916]

He's world famous.. How is he underated

[@frankrogers2968]

@@mavis3916 I agree that he's underrated. He's not spoken of in the same breath as Scorsese, Bergman, Fellini, etc.

[@mavis3916]

@@frankrogers2968 rightly so, tery gilliamsfilms are enjoyable and well loved by many but the directors you mentioned are masters in, the art of cinema, but he will be remembered so I don't think he's unappreciated in the history of cinema

[@frankrogers2968]

@@mavis3916 I think Mr. Gilliam is a master. He's just not as appreciated as the other directors I mentioned.

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

Billy Wilder has made at least one great film in multiple genres. Film Noir - Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, The Lost Weekend & Ace in the Hole Romantic comedy - Sabrina, Ninotchka (screenplay) & The Apartment Comedy - Some Like it Hot, The Front Page & The Seven Year Itch Mystery/Thriller - Witness for the Prosecution War - Stalag 17

[@Doomsterlobster]

I don't think I've hated many films more than I hated Stalag 17. The tone is so off (is it a comedy? an adventure? a realistic drama about prisoners of war? It's neither funny, suspenseful nor disturbing/touching), and the characters and acting are intolerable. :D I'm really surprised that it's generally so well received.

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

@@Doomsterlobster Yeah, everyone's got a film they hate, that is universally loved. No accounting for taste.

[@johnradovich8809]

Couldn’t agree more. Check out Five Graves to Cairo!

[@proactivex]

The Mask? didn't make your list? really?

[@rolandowagner7775]

And that's why I ranked Billy Best Director of All Time years ago.

[@Mooseman327]

There were four screenwriters associated with One-Eyed Jacks. Two were officially credited. One was Guy Trosper who also wrote the screenplays for Birdman of Alcatraz and The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and the other was Calder Willingham, who also wrote Paths of Glory and The Graduate. The two uncredited writers were Rod Serling and Sam Peckinpah. Fascinating.

[@petewerehere]

"So, your top 10 list, Terry..." "This irritates me" "...Never heard of that one, but I'll write it down"

[@leslauner5062]

There is usually a difference between one's concept of 10 perfect movies and their 10 favorite movies.

[@robertdora7026]

Hear hear

[@synthoelectro]

Never been able to forget Time Bandits, amazing acting, great kids story (for the 80's and David Warner was amazing)

[@evelynwaugh4053]

It's the clearest explanation for the problem of evil, as well as being entertaining.

[@MikeDial]

This was fun. Terry's reasons for choosing the movies was better than the actual list

[@richardenglish2195]

This was painful. Kermode forcing Gilliam to make choices was more important than the actual list.

[@chefsanders9151]

12 Monkey's is an OUTSTANDING movie. Willis actually acts, Pitt before he was famous playing a crazy man (who I have known and he NAILED it).. the sets... the legendary "hamster scene"..... Its fantastic!

[@beachcomber2008]

True, but watch that possessive. Plurals don't use apostrophes.

[@VidkunQL]

The "Blueberry Hill" scene... Oh, my god...

[@chefsanders9151]

@@beachcomber2008 stupid speech to text. Thanks

[@beachcomber2008]

@@chefsanders9151 I didn't know speech to text did CAPS. (I'm off!).

[@riverotter68]

Bruce Willis best performance

[@dennismason3740]

More like "bullies Gilliam into making a list" in the way that you don't even realize till afterwards - the good doctor's essential skill, or one of them. Apparently Terry is a Vincent Van Gogh fan, good to know, suffering for the art and all that.

[@matthewcorya7514]

My all time favorite single scene is from the Fisher King when the whole train station starts dancing and we follow Robin and Amanda as the weave their way through. It really gave you a glimpse of what was going through the mind of Perry.

[@nationaltrevor255]

Standout scene from a fantastic film. Love the Chinese restaurant bit too..👍

[@chrisb222]

one of the best scenes ever filmed

[@owenfitzgerald8944]

"Nobody's me Terry" -Mark Kermode Good, that's good.

[@ryanjones4150]

This was awesome. Somewhere in my top 10 is Terry's 12 Monkeys - Bruce Willis' best performance, just love that film. Brazil is great as well.

[@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511]

i just recently rewatched it, after finding out there is a show, a tv show running into four seasons already. the movie is so good. really really excellent all round

[@kennethnorman8079]

I spent time with Jerry Lewis' first wife(a story in itself), but one of the things I had to ask her was about "The Day the Clown Cried", the project that basically scuppered Jerry Lewis' career as a film director. The film was not finished. Jerry had a completed script and filmed enough to assemble a rough edit, but had one of his breakdowns/heart attacks or something causing him to walk away from the whole thing. His ex-wife contended that if the project had been completed, Jerry would have swept the Oscars as director/actor. I've seen clips without sound from the shoot, but it was mostly "Making of" footage. For a legendary rumored project, it has only really been an open topic for the last 25 years or so. Jerry's ex-was dumfounded that I had even heard about the project as it was a topic that the JL camp deliberately avoided(until Roberto Benigni's Oscar). The only person I know who definitely saw the assemble footage was Harry Shearer. Maybe one day AI can finish it.

[@kennethnorman8079]

@@JordiH69 Bob Hope used to show up at the Ralph’s in Toluca Lake in the middle of the day in a limousine, he would then walk around the store with the aid of a cart loudly singing. He’s never put anything in the cart. He’d finish the song and get back in the limousine. The Ralph’s employees were used to it. “That just Bob”. As if that weren't weird enough. Some customers were spending the day at my record store and went to Boston Market in Burbank. While standing in line, they noticed, much to their amazement that Bob was in line ahead of them. Surprised, they asked him "Hey, aren't you Bob Hope?" and Bob responded "Get away from me you fucking moron". Thanks for the memories Bob. Horrible person and was only ever funny when Bing Crosby got to humiliate him and not really even then.

[@mixodorians12]

Doesn't he know just how good the Fisher King is? That film is my favourite film of all time.

[@charlie-obrien]

@@freakybeaky1 The best use of Grand Central in any film. Cheers

[@rrrrdavid1]

yes people see things differently and i like that

[@proto-geek248]

Right there w/ you. Absolutely love it.

[@WaterShowsProd]

I was an extra for 2 nights of shooting at Grand Central Station for The Fisher King. I was there for the waltz. It was an extraordinary experience.

[@johnpendarvis7885]

This interview galvanized me to watch The Apartment and One Eyed Jacks again. Thanks!

[@traviscutler9912]

Brazil is on my list, at the end of the movie I couldn't help but think that it was an interpretation of 1984 that was ultimately better than what a screen play of 1984 ever could.

[@grahamthompson2594]

Brazil was written in 1929, 19 years before Orwell wrote 1984.

[@starseed96]

@@grahamthompson2594 You mean the song, not the movie Brazil?

[@4akat]

Brazil makes more sense as the information age matures into a total reality.

[@travisjustinwhite]

And Baron Munchausen has a powerful strain of Don Quixote.

[@felipedeornelas8054]

@@starseed96 The song has absolutely nothing to do with the movie.

[@dtenor201]

Can't have a Top Ten without Brazil!

[@alanrogs3990]

The ONLY problem I have with Brazil is the sound. It's really not very good. I know it's very picky of me but movies from the 60's have better sound effects than Brazil.

[@felipedeornelas8054]

@@alanrogs3990 the visuals are awesome though.

[@alanrogs3990]

@@felipedeornelas8054 I agree. It's a great film but I kinda wish they re-mix the sound.

[@felipedeornelas8054]

@@alanrogs3990 I will pay more attention next time I watch it. My first time was actually just a couple of months ago.

[@alanrogs3990]

@@felipedeornelas8054 It's not super horrible but (for example) the first explosion, the one with a woman pushing the stroller, the sound is way too shrill. Not a good sound at all for an explosion. No bass to it.

[@1feloniouspunk]

I love it!!!!!!! I thought I was gonna hate this. Just like Terry. Love how you honored him and us and yourself! Brilliant! And I'm even British, so I really mean brilliant!

[@stephenderry9488]

If I did this we'd be whittling down to 10 all day, with me probably remembering more movies more quickly than we can whittle them off.

[@siasti]

The Day the Clown Cried is the unreleased Jerry Lewis film. The tagline was something like "He makes them laugh as he leads them to the gas chamber" Catchy!

[@charlie-obrien]

Another story of a clown and the concentration camps was filmed and earned an Oscar for Roberto Benigni, in the film “Life Is Beautiful” (1998). I'm not saying they are the same film but the similarity can't be denied.

[@siasti]

@@charlie-obrien Yes, I've seen it. I don't think he was actually a clown but I see your point. Jerry's film needs to be released. Maybe on some streaming service?

[@andrewa9694]

I wonder who owns the rights to this film? I am sure I've seen snippets of this film.

[@proto-geek248]

I have no clue why people think Jerry Lewis is good. He downright sucks.

[@randmiller88]

@@andrewa9694 Apparently Lewis donated an unfinished copy to the Library of Congress just a few years ago, before his death in 2017. He said that it should not be screened until at least 2024, so we might see it sooner than we think!

[@artofsam]

“I really hate it when people ask me to do a top ten list.” “That’s understandable, so anyway what would be in your top ten list?”

[@DungeonStudio]

Interesting how One Eyed Jacks suddenly hit Terry. I haven't seen it myself, but love the stories of how Stanley Kubrick was originally going to direct, and showing up at Marlon's house with other actors sitting on the floor in a circle with a gong. Stanley put up with it for a bit, but finally bailed. I'd be interested now to see if Marlon did it all his own way, or was there any influences of Stanley that may have seeped in?

[@dutchcanuck7550]

In Brando's 1979 Playboy interview, he told the story of what finally broke Kubrick. They'd been batting the script back and forth for weeks, and Kubrick finally said, "Marlon, what's this picture about?" and Brando was thinking, Now you're asking me?!? So he snapped back, "Stanley, it's about the $300,000 dollars I already paid Karl Malden to wait for us and not accept a different movie!" Kubrick says if that's what it's about, I'm in the wrong picture. He walks out. Brando is told by the producer that if he can't find another director in a week, the picture is dead. So Brando nominated himself and made the movie.

[@DungeonStudio]

LOL - Thanks! That sounds like pure Brando to me! LOL

[@Mooseman327]

There were four screenwriters associated with One-Eyed Jacks. Two were officially credited. One was Guy Trosper who also wrote the screenplays for Birdman of Alcatraz and The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and the other was Calder Willingham, who also wrote Paths of Glory and The Graduate. The two uncredited writers were Rod Serling and Sam Peckinpah. Four A-list screenwriters.

[@Wildmutationblu]

I've just ordered the Arrow version of One Eyed Jacks. Thank you Terry #1 for being a Python and #2 an awesome director and producer of wonderful movies.

[@charlie-obrien]

Here is a good discussion; would Python have been the phenom it became without Gilliam's strange twist of art and humor to offset the very British sketches the others performed?

[@brentulstad3275]

Arrow Video releases are pretty incredible for the passionate collector. Along with the Criterion Collection, I've got several of each myself.

[@mr.hostetter855]

The scene with the clocks in Pinnochio is darn-near hypnotic.

[@sayno2lolzisback]

For me, I loved the moments when the fairy appeared as I found all the blues and silvers so hypnotic. Also when the whale Tokyo Drifts into a bunch of rocks. It looks fantastic.

[@MoarRushPl0x]

I love One Eyed Jacks. One of my favorites as well. My dad and I used to watch it from time to time.

[@Vingul]

Man, Gilliam is so comfy to listen to, while Kermode has such a stressful energy. Fascinating interview nonetheless.

[@stephengibbons2260]

I'd loved this. Fingers crossed the rest of the series is on KZbin.

[@novakingood3788]

What's the matter with the bloody cameraman? Starting to feel slightly seasick.

[@HC-cb4yp]

"Tell me your top 10 films FAST FAST FAST!" "Well, I..." "Here's MY list..."

[@iododendron3416]

Did they break Terry's hand to get to his movie list?

[@farmercraig6080]

The apartment is on my top 10. Such a wonderful written film. Great lines throughout.

[@mlongpre100]

always wondered who changed the sheets

[@lorannamoody7011]

It’s one of the few movies with a perfect ending!

[@1Chiccone]

Excaliber, the absolute best telling of the story.

[@beachcomber2008]

Oh, yes. I had never imagined I would agree so completely with this list.

[@Oh4Chrissake]

All film directors put 8 1/2 in their list. I'll never be a film director.

[@davidsanderson5918]

I'm not a film director either but I will always watch certain movies again and again to enjoy revisiting the craft of everyone involved. 8 1/2 is all about that craft...and is due another revisit!

[@stephendeluca4479]

@@davidsanderson5918 I tried 8 1/2 a couple of times over the years and I find La Dolce Vita MUCH more satisfying and memorable. Honestly, I find Fellini's Roma more haunting and memorable than 8 1/2, too.

[@iamjamesmix]

It's kinda odd how they think. They (directors) all praise, as we viewers do as well, the best directors of all time, but when directors actually talk about their top 10 or favorite films, Kubrick, Chaplin, Tarkovsky, Kurosawa (yes I realize Seven Samurai was mentioned here), Leone..etc... are largely not talked about. Even today, many Directors hail Lars Von Trier as the best Director alive today, yet his films are rarely talked about further amongst the industry...

[@KootFloris]

My top 10 is over 75 movies. One of the biggest riddles in math, but true. I think this goes for many people.

[@hugh-johnfleming289]

After I read the inaugural AFI 100 I started a list that I abandoned at around 250. Growing up in a 'biz family' has repercussions.

[@rafaelandrade7627]

Mine too. And honestly, it kinda puzzles me that people can have favorite films. I have like 20 favorite films all tied at number 1

[@KootFloris]

@@rafaelandrade7627 Love it. That's my kind of math! Now, all we need is a scientist who is willing to prove the logic. ;)

[@pbrsteve5974]

Interviewer: Let's cut to a picture of each movie he mentions. Terry: Disney Interviewer: Nope

[@jamesdrynan]

Off the top of my head...The Music Man, In the Heat of the Night, 12 Angry Men, Sunset Boulevard, Godfather 2, Man who Shot Liberty Valance, 2001, Goodfellas, White Heat and Of Mice and Men, ( 1939. )

[@talastra]

Not in order: Mirror (Tarkovsky, this is my all-time #1 however), Harold and Maude (Ashby), Long Day's Journey into Night (Lumet; much Lumet in fact), Jacob's Ladder (Lyne, so envious of the writing), Fantasia 2000 (Disney), Metropolis (the anime, Rintaro), Tombstone (Cosmatos and Kurt Russell, "I'm you're Huckleberry"), Stalker (Tarkovsky), one scene in particular in Nostaghia (Tarkovsky), Beanpole (a recent discovery, currently very enthused and impressed, Balagov), Angel at my Table (Campion), Picnic at Hanging Rock (Weir), Cries & Whispers (Bergman), In the Bedroom (Field, stunning performances by Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson), Santa Sangre (Jodorowsky, the only film I still want to watch by him), Airplane! (Abrahams, Zucker, and pretty much anything else they did), Fitzcarraldo (Herzog, the only thing I like by him, except probably the remake of Nosferatu), Come and See (Klimov), The Thing (Carpenter, and much else besides), Videodrome (Cronenberg), Barton Fink (Coen), &c. My favorite Gilliam film is probably Fisher King, with 12 Monkeys right up there. I frankly also really like Jabberwocky. Was that 10?

[@unclvinny]

Picnic at Hanging Rock is terrific, I’m so glad I stumbled on it. Great list!

[@talastra]

@@unclvinny I got to see it in college on the big screen in one of those "Foreign Film Series" things that colleges do. Nice to see it big style. Like the movie River's Edge, Picnic at Hanging Rock seems to have layer after layer after layer of meaning; you can just keep digging down into it and discovering more.

[@lpowers]

Except you left ou Andrei Rublev. 😂

[@talastra]

@@lpowers You mean Alexei Gherman's "Hard to be a God". :) Tarkovsky is obviously always "deft" and both Ivan's Childhood and Andrei Rublev are statements. But it is not until Solaris that he discovers his "thing" and then perfects it in Mirror, Stalker, and Nostalghia. The "personal" change he undergoes when making a film not in Russia (for Nostalghia) begins to affect his judgment in that movie, and he has completely lost his way for Sacrifice. this is my too-brief summary. Meanwhile, the "Russian medievalism" in Gherman's "Hard to be a Good" is utterly staggering. It's like the opposite of Tarkovsky and completely full of its own genius for that very reason. Khrustalyov, My Car! is super-really good too. Gherman was getting better and better as he went along. We're fortunate that Hard to be a God was completed.

[@kelownatechkid]

Terry Gilliam - what a delight to hear his top 10

[@deschantier9844]

Excellent “episode” and entertaining look into Terry Gilliam

[@KasFromMass]

Sweet conversation with a legend.

[@damonhines8187]

I love this, and a few of Terry's would rank among mine.

[@ronwhite8503]

Gilliam, you are star; the standard of artwork in Pinocchio is second to none. Thought I was the only one waxing lyrical about it. Oh, yes, thank you for The Fisher King and Brazil. I'm not going to lie but even as a child in the sixties Terry Gilliam's animation was my favourite part of Monty Python.....still is!

[@jamesanthony5681]

Yeah, I especially liked the Gilliam movie where one of the pythons kept feeding the other python with an inordinate amount of food in that restaurant, to the point where he got so big that he ended up exploding. Sublime. Absolutely sublime.

[@nicklewandowski3877]

Thank you Terry Gilliam for everything

[@zmani4379]

This is like a therapy session for someone who's been procrastinating a homework assignment

[@paulvillarreal1588]

Wow. For Terry being one of my favorite filmmakers. I'm embarrassed to admit how few of the movies on his list I've seen. lol I've got some homework to do.

[@kaduisaui4596]

I would have loved to see them discuss The Seven Samurai in depth. Instead they showed an image of The Seventh Seal and moved on.

[@PaddySlattery]

How can you sneak Paths of Glory into the list and not talk about it!?? Or did the camera operator forget to hit record during that segment?

[@ZomBMarketing]

I was wondering the same thing, I only noticed it as I read the notepad.

[@vicnsal]

The Apartment and Seven Samurai, great movies!

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

This is wonderful. Thank you KZbin.

[@Widmerpool99]

Surprisingly canonical. Half of these could have come from a Sight & Sound poll.

[@petermgruhn]

"You have to do this and that and here's the rules and we're going to..." There'd have to be more in it for me than a few pints to sit and listen to that guy.

[@lilivonshtup3808]

I've found that I can't even stop at ten of my favorite directors, let alone movies.

[@savethezombies]

2:42 this is one of the things that make Gilliam movies some of my favorites. And watching Gilliam movies digitally is amazing because you can pause it and look at all those details. Back on VHS, when you paused, the screen got all staticky and distorted.

[@sloppyjoehillups]

Exactly. I had the image of the Johnny depp scene in the imaginarium of doctor parnassus come to mind. And the whole Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

[@GreySteel]

How is it possible this has only 13 k views?

[@wheelzwheela]

Probably because this is not original content but obviously from a tv show. It’s not new and it can be found elsewhere.

[@hauntedhose]

Nice to see Billy Wilder get recognized 😀

[@philipocarroll]

All of Terry Gilliam's movies are in the "guilty pleasures" bucket for me.

[@PRR5406]

Does Terry make himself available so freely? I was so pleased to see his rise in the last season of Python, and become an absolute necessity in the group's movies. He's a man of high principles and quality cinema art. I have, however, met Grahame Chapman!

[@losttribe3001]

So many great movies mentioned here and in the comments. I love Seven Samurai, but I’d place Harakiri above it if we are to talk about samurai films. In the modern era, I’d add Unforgiven, No Country For Old Men, and, a very close to the top for me, Children of Men. I agree with Citizen Kane and Seventh Seal. I would add La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928)...there is something about Reneé Jeanne Falconetti’s acting in that one... And guilty pleasure? I get a kick out Drop Dead Gorgeous, Deadpool, and anything by Mel Brooks. I’m curious as to what some of your guilty pleasures are?

[@gregtheelder6313]

I thought this dude was British for years. SHOCKING I will never look at Monty Python the same way 😜

[@beachcomber2008]

British? LOL.

[@iconoclast137]

he might as well be. being a member of monty python makes you honorary british i think

[@iododendron3416]

@@iconoclast137 he has a British citizenship now. He renounced his US citizen ship following the war in Iraq.

[@iconoclast137]

@@iododendron3416 i know how he feels

[@Nataloff]

This is the kind of discussion that film critics' societies go through every time they get together to dole out awards.

[@christophermacintyre5890]

He forgot to mention "Cats" and "Xanadu". An oversight, no doubt.

[@kevanbrown7620]

Gilliam's greatest films are Brazil, Life Of Brian (Writer and art director), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (co director with Terry Jones), 12 Monkeys, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, Time Bandits.

[@stephenward7856]

One Eyed Jacks - great choice!!!! LOOOVE that film.

[@hugh-johnfleming289]

It's shot so voluptuously for a "Western." And just out of balance, maybe, that keeps visual interest. I know the area they used and the light is spot on.

[@jamesanthony5681]

@@hugh-johnfleming289" It's shot so voluptuously for a "Western." " -your comment What the hell does that mean?

[@daudder]

A very good list

[@Stereotype23]

My 10 favorites off the top of my head - probably forgot a bunch: - Some Like it Hot - Singing in the Rain - Taxi Driver - Spirited Away - 12 Monkeys - The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring - Unforgiven - Blade Runner (I even consider the sequel as well) - Parasite - There Will Be Blood

[@robsanz9746]

I actually Really appreciate Blade Runner 2049, even slightly more than the original. There Will Be Blood is one of my favorites as well, and Unforgiven is a given. I own all 4 I mentioned. My Top 10 are above,see if U recognize any of them. 😉

[@honuman39]

I think it's impossible to be carved in stone but off the top of my head: Citizen Kane Cinema Paradiso Dr. Strangelove Withnail and I Spirited Away Old Boy Big Lebowski Solaris (the Russian '72 movie) No Country for Old Men Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[@jamesanthony5681]

What, none of the Police Academys?

[@Freddie_Dunning-Kruger_Jr.]

Rod Serling uncredited screenplay for 'One Eyed Jacks' plus 3 others, novel by Charles Neider

[@nathananderson8928]

Rod Serling also started The Planet of the Apes, until it got too expensive, but they kept his iconic Statue of

[@everydaybiker]

Fabulous

[@tammyd.970]

It must be nice being Terry Gilliam because then you don't have to debate which gilliam movie should go on the list! 😂. Glad to see The Apartment on the list. It is well respected but somehow criminally underrated at the same time. For me, top slots go to Some Like It Hot and Singin in the Rain, two of the best films ever made, and also my favorites. Now i have to see what my list would be.... Love the interviewer and his lovely fun chat with Gilliam! One for the archive.

[@jimisi7424]

Brazil. The only film that i have ever watched well over a hundred times

[@warrenpeece1726]

MP and the HG, MASH, Slapshot, and my #1 - Evil Roy Slade!

[@juryjone]

When he mentioned guilty pleasures, Evil Roy Slade was the first to come to mind. I have no business loving that movie as much as I do!

[@avengemybreath3084]

Nobody born after the Internet will ever be as engaging or present as the greats of the past.

[@lawrencegoldworm]

Mark is in love with his own voice. He needs to remember it's not about him.

[@denvan3143]

On his list of 10 best films _Eight And A Half_ should be # 8.5.

[@Coon_Pa-troll]

One-Eyed Jacks is the best movie no one ever talks about!

[@leewiltshire111]

The Best Western..without doubt..!!

[@ZoolGatekeeper]

@@leewiltshire111 You're sure? Better than Hombre? Better than Guns in the Afternoon? Better than Searchers? Better than Big Country? Better than Better than the Wlid Bunch? Better than Rio Conchos? Better than Stagecoach? Better than Duel in the Sun? Better than.. Ok, you know the drill... means, that I have doubts..

[@vicnsal]

Better than the Cohen’s True Grit?

[@jamesanthony5681]

@@leewiltshire111 Better than any of John Ford's? Nah, can't be.

[@onequickthing8950]

Yo, G! Fisher King got me so laid in the 90's. You can number that amongst your many accomplishments.

[@zazenbo]

1) I miss my wife 2) I miss my wife 3) I miss my wife 4) I miss my wife 5) I miss my wife 6) I miss my wife 7) I miss my wife 8) I miss my wife 9) I miss my wife 10) I miss my wife

[@shrishri8898]

Wtf can we do jack

[@matthewconnors1011]

If background artwork is criteria, I'm surprised Terry didn't have a Wes Anderson vehicle to toss in. Out of the gate you can pause on the five year plan notebook in Bottle Rocket and get lost in fantastic details.

[@charlie-obrien]

It's really the "top ten" that comes to mind. If Terry gave the interview a month later there would probably be quite a few changes. Isn't it interesting that most of the films' major players are no longer with us? No hurt feelings that way.

[@talastra]

Why would anyone mention Wes Anderson in a top 10 ever?

[@jamesanthony5681]

Too recent, for one reason. Let's see if any of his movies stand the test of time.

[@jeremyrice3719]

The Apartment is such a great movie. Lemon and McLain were magical.

[@jamesanthony5681]

Absolutely. Bob Lemon and Denny McLain were two of baseball's best pitchers!

[@spirovallis7936]

for Wilder,I'd take either Sunset Blvd. or Some Like it Hot.

[@NoosaHeads]

Couldn't agree with that list but i can see why TG would like them. I've seen Blow up any 40 times (yes really) and Groundhog Day about 20 times and Space 2001 around 20 times. I loved Its a Mad Mad world (seen it about a dozen times). Fargo - about ten times. My guilty pleasure is Under Siege. Brazil, Time Bandits and Baron Munchausen are very high on my list. I've seen the 1974 Day of the Jackal many times and i never tire of it. Amelie is one of the few foreign films I adore. Can i be forgiven for really liking Jailhouse Rock? Can i also be forgiven for loving A Fish Called Wanda? I know Hail Caesar was a bit of a flop and I can't stand Clooney, who I think is a miserable fraud, but I really liked that film on so many levels.("Would that it were"....). Who couldn't love The Producers or Young Frankenstein? If you don't like those films, you don't have a pulse. There's about 12 movies. They're not too highbrow and obviously, you can see I like comedies. Nursery's films like the Seventh Seal and Citizen Kane just depressed me. I go to the movies to be transported to a happy fantasy world. Shindler's list, whilst wonderful is too upsetting. Why do people want to see these films? Isn't they're enough sadness in the world?

[@JJJackson777]

Are there any more of these filmmakers top 10's by kermode ??

[@Alltoofinite]

Maybe I’m wrong… It’s probably because of the way he grew up… But he didn’t name one movie made after 1970… And there are at least 100 amazing fucking movies made after 1970

[@LaserRanger15]

This was quite interesting, though the interviewer should let the other guys speak without interrupting so much.

[@zerpblerd5966]

did I miss where he talks about Paths of Glory?

[@theoutlaw5806]

Eh ?

[@stephendeluca4479]

Exactly. Paths of Glory would have been on the list if he wasn't being stubborn and childish and outrageous with this guy. Or maybe he was full of it when he talked about Paths of Glory in the other video.

[@Vingul]

​@@stephendeluca4479 Paths of Glory did make the list. #8

[@talastra]

The OP is noting that Paths of Glory is on the list, but there was no discussion of it. I'm guessing it was edited out.

[@hank1519]

@@talastra Yes!

[@savethezombies]

:50 same. Maybe I could pick a top ten list of favorite 80s comedies, favorite animated movies, or favorite weird post modern movies; which of course would be dominated by Gilliam and Jean Pierre Jeunet. Same with music; hell, I have a hard time just picking my favorite 10 songs of 2022.

[@iwanttocomplain]

Got me thinking what my favourite film was. To my surprise I have one! Lots of the Flies (1963), Peter Brook. The most haunting and pensive price of cinema ever. Then two more are Castaway (1986), Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972), Werner Herzog also Mosquito Coast (1986).

[@charlie-obrien]

I believe you mean "Lord of the Flies", and yes, that story and it's film version is an unnerving reveal of how close to the surface our inherent savagery lies and how quickly it can take us over.

[@decodynamo]

You'd probably like Swept Away, since all your choices involve sweaty people on beaches, yelling at each other!

[@iandalziel7405]

This is mostly Mark's list really...

[@thegamedudeguy]

are there more videos like these ?

[@Skrenja]

I want that shirt Terry is wearing.

[@Razzjenk]

"You ain't gettin' no older than tomorrow..." One-Eyed Jacks, great choice.

[@stevecurcuru]

Just saw One Eyed Jacks after watching this - it’s a fun movie! Much better than either this interviewer or even Gilliam are giving it credit for. Interesting to see Brando’s choices as a director. Seaside setting was pretty refreshing for a Western.

[@cameron1975williams]

Did you know Kubrick was asked to direct it originally?

[@redrose97]

I agree, Pinocchio is just beautiful to watch

[@mahumike7531]

I CANT FIGURE FOR CERTAIN THAT HE IDENTIFIES WHICH VERSION OF PINNOCHIO!

[@barrymoore4470]

@@mahumike7531 He's almost certainly referring to the the original 1940 animated feature.

[@mahumike7531]

@@barrymoore4470 thx barry

[@robertroberts9563]

The Criterion version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Brazil are in my top 10.

[@gregorysgarrison]

I laugh like a maniac every time I see FaL. When it first came out I saw it in the theater 3 times and was the only one laughing through the whole thing, except for a few people laughing at me. I'm not even sure that it's a comedy. It is to me.

[@robertroberts9563]

@@gregorysgarrison The three commentaries on FaL are a must listen

[@dhollsynthmusic]

@@gregorysgarrison you must have experience of psychedelics...

[@gregorysgarrison]

@@dhollsynthmusic In my youth I was a circumnavigator of the human consciousness.

[@divinewind7405]

This is fun to watch but apparent that over half of them would be something completely different depending on the interviewer...✌🏻

[@cwburntorange]

Or the day.

[@kentallard8852]

the French interest in Jerry Lewis is because he was producing/directing/writing, they liked him for the auteur theory he represents not for the particular films content

[@jamesanthony5681]

The French thought he was a comedic genius, a Chaplin, no?

[@edwardgleeson850]

The Jerry Lewis concentration camp movie is called The Day the Clown Cried, which according to Jerry was "just bad . . . bad, bad, bad."

[@budusbusham3324]

And yet he still did Slapstick...

[@TTony-tu6dm]

Harry Shearer was one of the people who saw it. Check out what he had to say about it