He Dreams of Giants
Synopsis
HE DREAMS OF GIANTS picks up Gilliam’s story 17 years later as he finally gets the film into production and once again and struggles to finish it. Facing him are a host of new obstacles: budget constraints, a history of compromise, and heightened expectations, all compounded by self-doubt, the toll of aging, and the nagging existential question: What is left for an artist when one completes the project that has defined the good part of a career?
Combining immersive verité footage of Gilliam’s production with intimate interviews and archival footage from Gilliam’s entire career, HE DREAMS OF GIANTS is a revealing portrait of a late-career artist and a meditation on the value of creativity in the face of mortality.
Official Selection DOC NYC 2019 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 85 min
- Format
- HD
- Director
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Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
- Producer
- Lucy Darwin, Keith Fulton
- Co-Producer
- Alex Dunnett
- Executive Producer
- Hani Farsi, Ali Fikree, Omar Fikree, Ari Ioannides
- Editor
- Bill Hilferty, Nyneve Laura Minnear; Supervising Editor: Janus Billeskov Jansen
- Director of Photography
- Louis Pepe
- Sound
- Keith Fulton
- Composer
- Jacasek
- Principal cast
- Terry Gilliam, Jonathan Pryce, Adam Driver
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Quixote Productions Limited
Lucy Darwin41 Wood Lane
London
N6 5UD
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