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Seginustemple 05/21/21 3:33:16 AM #282:	The Man Who Killed Don Quixote Time Bandits and Holy Grail were childhood favorites of mine so I'm fascinated by this film's meta angle. It's been in development hell since I was born and tracks so closely with the themes of those early works of Gilliam's - time-traveling, larping, parody of historical fiction, it's own history adding a chronological dimension to the story. The director is compelled to go back and polish off old ideas. Somehow I still didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition to show up. Spoilers for Holy Grail in case it's considered a twist that the ending reveals it's all a historical re-enactment set in modern day. It's really similar to what's going on here, the delusions are just more powerful for Quixote and Sancho, bordering on the literal time travel of Time Bandits /spoilers. I actually liked how ambiguous it was about this, suggesting a point where the delusion approaches the real thing as long as disbelief is suspended. Isn't that the magic of movies? Is this about the past, the present, are they the same in a pretend space? Are they both Don Quixote?. Yet while this is an explicitly meta movie on multiple levels, I'm not sure if the surface story actually works that well. Longtime Gilliam collaborator Jonathan Pryce does a great job as the titular character and Adam Driver continues to charm with his goofy persona and exciting pec cleave but I'm not about any of the other characters. As some others have said the story feels disjointed at times. I agree with CoolCly's take that it got halfway to a message about an artist using people up but never followed through on it. And I suspect the plot of Don Quixote is not exactly the most riveting baseline to start from, but I fully admit I haven't read it. I understand it's cultural relevance as a parody of chivalry and delusion but I regret that the details are lost on me. I feel like I understand the film as it relates to Gilliam's work very well but have little familiarity with its connection to Miguel de Cervantes' classic novel so this one might merit a re-watch if I ever get around to the proper homework. 7/10 --- You bow to no one, azuarc <cite>Seginustemple posted [p:954139502] in Movie Club... [t:79402657]...</cite> <quote>The Man Who Killed Don Quixote Time Bandits and Holy Grail were childhood favorites of mine so I'm fascinated by this film's meta angle. It's been in development hell since I was born and tracks so closely with the themes of those early works of Gilliam's - time-traveling, larping, parody of historical fiction, it's own history adding a chronological dimension to the story. The director is compelled to go back and polish off old ideas. Somehow I still didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition to show up. Spoilers for Holy Grail in case it's considered a twist that the ending reveals it's all a historical re-enactment set in modern day. It's really similar to what's going on here, the delusions are just more powerful for Quixote and Sancho, bordering on the literal time travel of Time Bandits /spoilers. I actually liked how ambiguous it was about this, suggesting a point where the delusion approaches the real thing as long as disbelief is suspended. Isn't that the magic of movies? Is this about the past, the present, are they the same in a pretend space? Are they both Don Quixote?. Yet while this is an explicitly meta movie on multiple levels, I'm not sure if the surface story actually works that well. Longtime Gilliam collaborator Jonathan Pryce does a great job as the titular character and Adam Driver continues to charm with his goofy persona and exciting pec cleave but I'm not about any of the other characters. As some others have said the story feels disjointed at times. I agree with CoolCly's take that it got halfway to a message about an artist using people up but never followed through on it. And I suspect the plot of Don Quixote is not exactly the most riveting baseline to start from, but I fully admit I haven't read it. I understand it's cultural relevance as a parody of chivalry and delusion but I regret that the details are lost on me. I feel like I understand the film as it relates to Gilliam's work very well but have little familiarity with its connection to Miguel de Cervantes' classic novel so this one might merit a re-watch if I ever get around to the proper homework. 7/10 --- You bow to no one, azuarc</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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