Новинки Те́рренс Вэнс «Те́рри» Ги́ллиам

В автобиографии Терри Гиллиама написано и о работе в легендарной группе “Монти Пайтон”, и о съемках “Бразилии” и “Страха и ужаса в Лас-Вегасе”, о Джордже Харрисоне и Робине Уильямсе, Уме Турман и Джонни Деппе, о встречах с Вуди Алленом и Фрэнком Заппой, Ричардом Никсоном и Хантером Томпсоном. “Предпосмертные” мемуары, как называет их сам автор, это и история…

Сорок с лишним лет назад группа из пяти англичан - и одного приблудного американца - переписала законы комедийного жанра. "Воздушный цирк Монти Питона", получасовая ни на что не похожая телепрограмма, составленная из скетчей, шуток, абсурда и анимации, впервые появилась в эфире Би-би-си одним поздним вечером 1969 г., без всяких предварительных фанфар. Ее мировое…

Терри Гиллиам - бескомпромиссный иконоборец современного кинематографа, каждым своим фильмом разрушающий мифы о том, что можно и чего нельзя в массовом кино. К нему в полной мере применимо определение, данное Станиславом Лемом Филипу Дику: "визионер среди шарлатанов" (и неслучайно множество нереализованных проектов Гиллиама включает экранизации произведений Дика).…

Сценарий к кинофильму «Бразилия» по праву может считаться литературным произведением, а не простым рабочим документом для съемочной группы. Дело не только в том, что в нем присутствует множество сцен, которые либо не вошли в окончательный вариант картины, либо вообще не были сняты — сам язык «Бразилии» не позволяет относится к ней как к сценарию. Юмор, весьма…

Over thirty years ago, a group of six Englishmen - well, one was Welsh and another an interloping American - rewrote the rules of comedy. Monty Python's Flying Circus, an unheralded, previously unseen half-hour show of sketches, hilarities, inanities and animations, first appeared on the BBC late one night in 1969. Its impact has been felt the world over ever since. From its humble beginnings, it blossomed into the most influential movement in modern comedy. "The Pythons' Autobiography " is a unique look at arguably the most important comic team of the modern age, with 64 pages of photographs, many culled from the team's own personal collections, and many more seen for the first time. This is the definitive word on all things Pythonesque.

Although aimed primarily at an audience of fish (who, let's face it, account for over 40% of all living vertebrates) Monty Python's, film, "The Meaning of Life", spans the whole range of human experience. It starts with the birth of a seemingly insignificant human being (especially from a haddock's point of view) who, sure enough, turns out to play no further part in the film. Nevertheless, the movie manages to stagger on for another ninety minutes or so (equivalent to about six years, if you're a whiting!) during which time it encompasses subjects very close to the hearts of freshwater and marine fish alike, such as: the Great Rift in Ecumenical attitudes towards certain types of prophylactics and sex education in our schools.
For humans there is a running commentary by six well-known fish, an episode of that popular audience-participation game: Find the Fish, and a scene which demonstrates the dangers of eating canned fish. But to be quite honest, if you are intending to watch the movie, and you are human, you are advised to take along your goldfish, or some other finny friend, since some of the scenes may be frankly disturbing for non-aquatic life-forms.
But if, as with many aquatic and even semi-aquatic life forms, regular movie-going is no longer part of your life, we hope this book will convey some of the flavour and excitement of a film that has already been hailed as "an exceptionally fishy experience", "a salt and fresh-water delight" and "a real gill-tickler". We feel that little, apart from the unpleasant smell, has been lost in translating this exceptional and challenging work into literary form (remembering, after all, that it was a member of the fish species that discovered printing). So sit back, adjust your chair to slot 3 (Optimum Reading Position) or slot 5 if you're very old, put your feet up on the "Ped-a-Rest" leisure stool, pour yourself a glass of Chitty's Diet Cognac and enjoy these exceptional insights into what Life is really all about - why we're here, what it all means, how much it costs and will it keep in the salad bar of a medium-priced refrigerator. Who knows, as you turn these pages (or have them turned for you by the Hanigan-Mainbrace Auto-Reader Junior-matic) you may begin to glimpse what a rich and wonderful existence lies beneath the waters that cover 6l%c of this planet. Sixty-one per cent! So enjoy yourself, and remember, if you're not completely satisfied with this book after you've thoroughly perused its contents then you're stupid and worthless.

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