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Mar 27, 2017 · The Hamster Factor chronicles Terry Gilliam's struggle to make “a European art film in the Hollywood system.”. With verité footage shot throughout the entire production and editing of 12 ...
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The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys: Directed by Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe. With Keith Fulton, Terry Gilliam, Charles Roven, Lloyd Phillips. A documentary following Terry Gilliam through the creation of "12 Monkeys" (1995)
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- Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
- 1996-11
Jun 26, 2022 · Fascinating, and wonderfully insightful feature length documentary about the making of maestro Terry Gilliam's exemplary dystopian Sci-fi masterpiece 'Twelve Monkeys'.
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- weirdlingwolf
This intriguing documentary follows Terry Gilliam on his journey (/battle) to direct Twelve Monkeys. There’s some valuable footage for directors of Gilliam on set with an unusually sparse edit...
- 87 min
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- Online Film Tutor
- Synopsis
- Picture 9/10
- Audio 8/10
- Extras 8/10
- Closing
The Future is History. Following the commercial and critical success of The Fisher King, Terry Gilliam next feature would turn to science fiction and a screenplay by Janet and David Peoples (Blade Runner, Unforgiven) inspired by Chris Marker’s classic short film La Jetée. In 1996, a deadly virus is unleashed by a group calling themselves the Army o...
Arrow Video upgrades their Blu-ray edition for Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeysto 4K UHD, presenting the film in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on a triple-layer disc. Arrow appears to be using the same 4K restoration that was the source for their Blu-ray edition, and it’s encoded here at 2160p/24hz with Dolby Vision. Even if this ends up not offeri...
Arrow includes two audio tracks: a 5.1 DTS-HD MA presentation, and a lossless PCM stereo surround track. I only listened to the 5.1 presentation. It’s a clean and clear track, something I find to be a bit rare for Gilliam’s films. Dialogue is crisp and easy to hear, with nice depth and fidelity. The score and sound effects are also clear, and this ...
Arrow ports over all of their supplements from the previous Blu-ray, though they can still feel a little bit underwhelming. Things start off again with the entertaining audio commentaryrecorded by Gilliam and producer Charles Roven. Gilliam is always an energetic presence and it’s no different here. Gilliam (and Roven when he can) talk about the fi...
No new features but the full 4K presentation offers a wonderful boost to Arrow’s already sharp looking restoration. BUY AT:
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The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys contains many such moments, particularly a quiet, introspective moment of noodling following a test screening in which a crushed Gilliam retakes his…
