A Critical Companion to Terry Gilliam

A Critical Companion to Terry Gilliam provides a fresh, up-to-date exploration of the director's films and artistic practices, ranging from his first film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) to his recently released and latest film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018). This volume presents Gilliam as a director whose films weave together an avant-garde cinematic style, imaginative exaggeration, and social critique. Consequently, while his films can seem artistically chaotic and thus have the effect of frustrating and upsetting the viewer, the essays in this volume show that this is part of a very disciplined creative plan to achieve the defamiliarization of various accepted notions of human and social life.

Author: Sabine Planka
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 11/11/2022
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d
ISBN13: 9781666912258
ISBN10: 1666912255
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- Performing Arts | Film | Direction & Production

About the Author
Sabine Planka is subject librarian for the humanities at the university library of FernUniversität Hagen (Germany) and visiting lecturer of children's literature at several universities. Ian Bekker is professor in the English Department at North-West University (South Africa). Philip van der Merwe is senior lecturer in the School of Languages at North-West University (South Africa).