Terry Gilliam Has Finally Slain His Giant
Released at last after decades of mishaps, the director’s latest film, <em>The Man Who Killed Don Quixote</em>,<em> </em>will fascinate his fans—but might frustrate more casual viewers.
It’s hardly shocking that Terry Gilliam might see a bit of himself in Don Quixote. The director and Monty Python member has made a career of tilting at windmills, mounting ambitious film projects, such as and ,that are often plagued by and and end up feeling like implausible gambits. But for , the giant that Gilliam could not slay was , a fourth-wall-breaking, loopily postmodern adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’s masterpiece. That
