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the cinema of TERRY GILLIAM

DIRECTORS CUTS

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the cinema of

TERRY GILLIAM

its a mad world

edited by Jeff Birkenstein, Anna Froula & Karen Randell

WALLFLOWER PRESS LONDON & NEW YORK

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CONTENTS

JB: My Dad had no idea this would happen. When he signed us up for HBO, somewhere back in the prehistory of the early 1980s, he had no idea I would discover Terry Gilliams Time Bandits, watch it a couple of dozen times or more, and, one day, co-edit a book on the director. Well, it did and it has. But beyond that happenstance, I would like to thank my father, Robert Birkenstein, for all his love, support and enthusiasm. I would also like to thank my entire extended family, some of whom are related to me and some of whom are not, especially my siblings, in descending age: Brian Birkenstein, Jennifer Fiduccia, Kara Lucca, Beth Stillwell and Jonathan Michaels. Ashley E. Reis and my mom, Diana Michaels, have for many years been my proofreaders and so much more. My step-dad, Richard Michaels, taught me lots of computer tricks along the way, including screen grabs. I am grateful to all my wonderful colleagues at Saint Martins University for their love and support over the years, especially David Price (a longtime Gilliam fan) and everyone in the English Department: Olivia Archibald, Nathalie Kuroiwa-Lewis, Fr. Kilian Malvey, O.S.B., Gloria Martin, Stephen Mead and Jamie Olson. There is one name missing from that English Department list, of course, that of Les Bailey, who passed away on 24 December 2010. I dont know if the phrase like a father explains it, but something like that. I only have room now to mention two more people, for whom I do not have enough room to express my true feelings: Anna Froula and Karen Randell, my dear, dear friends and co-editors. I could say more, but what would be the point? They know.

AF: First thanks go to my brother Matt, who introduced me to the subversively outrageous hilarity of Monty Python and the Holy Grail decades ago, and to Sally Sain, who watched it with me almost incessantly and always let me replay my favorite scenes (the absurdity of that tortured prisoner clapping along to the beat of Knights of the Round Table and the rabbit that was not so very ordinary). I also deeply appreciate the indulgence of my colleagues at East Carolina University, who have engaged my Gilliam enthusiasm both in conversing about and watching his films, whose helpful comments on my chapter were invaluable, and whose continued support continue to sustain me in my ongoing academic labours. Thank you Jeffrey Johnson, Lee Johnson, Don Palumbo, Michelle Eble, Rick Taylor, Will Banks, Jim Holte, Tom Shields, Donna Kain, David Wilson-Okamura and especially my beloved femidemics Marame Gueye, Andrea Kitta, Amanda Ann Klein and Marianne Montgomery who kept me focused on the importance of

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