— August 30, 2010 —
In this column, we consider poignant quotations from our cultural heroes.
Terry Gilliam Photography by William SeldenAmerican-born Terrence Vance “Terry” Gilliam is a screenwriter, film director, animator and actor. He is best known for being part of the hilarious comedy troupe Monty Python. A dynamic thinker, Gilliam started off his career drawing cartoons and comics throughout the early and mid 60s and became associate editor of Help!, in which his later fellow cast-member, John Cleese, featured. After the triumph of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which he co-directed, Gilliam went on to helm a number of widely-revered films, including Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), 12 Monkeys (1995), and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). Gilliam's films are often imaginative and full of fantasy, and fittingly he recently directed and co-wrote the Academy Award-nominated The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
In the A/W01 issue of AnOther, the former comic strip creator spoke of the importance of journaling.
“Everybody should keep their own sketchbook or diary and cling to it dearly. It’s the only way you will know some years later what the world was, whether you’ve changed or not, and how much you’ve been seduced and corrupted by everything around you.”
Text by Lucia Davies
Terry Gilliam recently directed the webcast for Arcade Fire’s show at New York’s Madison Square Garden and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is now available on DVD.
Lucia Davies is junior editor of AnOther. She has also contributed to titles that include Dazed & Confused, The Independent, It's Nice That, Nowness, Twin and Wonderland.
