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Gilliam transitioned to directing serious films with themes exploring imagination and oppositions to bureaucracy and authoritarianism. His films are sometimes set in dystopian worlds and involve black comedy and tragicomedic elements.
Brazil is a 1985 dystopian science-fiction black comedy film [9][10] directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard. The film stars Jonathan Pryce and features Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, and Ian Holm.
- Best: Brazil (1985) - 98% Perhaps Gilliam's most visually stunning film of all time, the 1985 dystopian sci-fi Brazil again highlights his focus on distancing oneself from routine and embracing the beautifully impossible.
- Worst: Absolutely Anything (2015) - 18% Forty years after what was arguably the Python troupe's greatest achievement came what is almost universally regarded as their greatest disappointment.
- Best: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) - 97% Packed with confoundingly silly scenarios and an infinite abundance of quotable lines, the 1975 comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail - which Gilliam co-directed - is perhaps his most popular film to date.
- Worst: Jupiter Ascending (2015) - 27% The 2015 big-budget space opera Jupiter Ascending, directed by Matrix directors Lilly and Lana Wachowski in one of their many collaborative efforts, follows a cleaning woman, bored of life, who discovers she has an interplanetary destiny after a surprise visit from a genetically-engineered alien soldier sent to find her.
Brazil, Terry Gilliam's visionary Orwellian fantasy, is an audacious dark comedy, filled with strange, imaginative visuals. Read Critics Reviews
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Apr 20, 2022 · Terry Gilliam 's 1985 dystopian black comedy "Brazil," which the director once described as "Walter Mitty meets Franz Kafka" (via The New York Times), is one of his most critically lauded...
Gilliam's dark comedy is as relevant today as it was in 1985. Have you read Eternal Gods Die Too Soon? It explores similar themes of reality, free will, and the nature of existence, but through a science fiction lens.
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Jan 7, 2016 · This movie review recommends Terry Gilliam's dark comedy satire Brazil (cowritten by Tom Stoppard) as a masterful, humorous take on the 1984-style dystopia.
