Terry Gilliam criticizes Spielberg and Schindler's List

In a TCM interview, the legendary film director Terry Gilliam reveals his opinion on Schindler's List and Spielberg and mainstream Hollywood in general, saying things that most filmmakers, critics and viewers are too scared to express.

He also mentions Stanley Kubrick, compares Kubrick and Spielberg and praises the ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey for its thought-provoking ambiguity.

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• Terry
• Gilliam
• Steven
• Spielberg
• Stanley
• Kubrick
• Schindler's
• List
• truth

[macallan30forme]

gilliam sucks cock. hes jealous his movies blow and he isnt rich. what a fat we should beat his ass

[MeatTycoon]

@macallan30forme Yes! We should kick Gilliam's ass. You go first, I'll be right behind you and totally support you. No, seriously, I will.

[mphurwitz]

@MeatTycoon Shut up, there's no defending Gilliam here, he comes off as an arrogant, bitter douche who just happens to be hating on one of the great filmmakers of our time. Just because his movies don't have ambiguous nonsensical endings doesn't diminish from their quality. And he is so far off about Schindler's List I won't even broach the subject. I was a huge fan of Gilliam. Brazil is one of my favorites, but after watching this, I really want to punch him in his smug-ass face.

[MeatTycoon]

@mphurwitz Learn to behave, jackass. This is the last warning you'll get from me. Most people would have already long banned your ass by now, so appreciate my kindness, you stupid fucking prick.

[MeatTycoon]

@macallan30forme Sounds like another noob has just been pwned by Terry Gilliam. :-D

[mahender6969]

STANLEY KUBRICK'S movies are social statement, something to think about.

TERRY GILLIAM movies are social statement hidden in fantasy realm.

STEVEN SPIELBERG films are commercial movies.

[WallyWadeMovies]

@mphurwitz Gilliam is a duce' but i do agree with him in this. I dont hate spielberg, but i never took him seriously

[PoeticRocker]

I agree with him when he says that Spielberg or Hollywood movies give us "stupid" answers. I mainly think that because most likely it be "stupid" if we had all the answers in life. Life is ambiguous, which makes the ending of Kubrick or Gilliam films so fascinating.

[thatfilmgeekguy]

@mphurwitz good to know someone agrees with me about jaws because people who do are in worryingly short supply in my opinion.

[MeatTycoon]

@mphurwitz Apparently, you have a certain problem with reading. I recommend you to either get yourself a pair of glasses or poke your both eyes out with a rusty fork, you child of Josef Fritzl.

Normally, I would put you through hell of verbal pwnership, but I have neither mood or time for it right now. You're out.

[mphurwitz]

@MeatTycoon Sorry, but you're clueless about story-telling. Yes, if Spielberg had done what you suggested it would complicate the movie in a unnecessary way. The film isn't about a dictatorship or politics, so why introduce those elements when they aren't even broached in the four hours that the film runs? Moronic. Go sit down...

[mphurwitz]

@MeatTycoon Range is irrelevant. What you're talking about has no place in the story. If he added what you suggest, it would have only served to muddle a very well constructed story about one man's efforts during a horrific time. So what the fuck are you talking about!? Stalinism? What point would that have served in the film? None! Leave the film making to the filmmakers, and stfu.

[mphurwitz]

@grubbad42 Thank you for this...thank you. You're so exactly right. It's as if a film that doesn't have some nonsensical, ambiguous element, cannot be of quality. Gilliam's arguments are so far off and arrogant and pretentious I want to punch him. And I'm a huge fan. Brazil is one of my all-time favorite films, but good ol Terry is way off on this one.

[diw2]

@mphurwitz don't get too excited kiddo :) i will follow my arsehole path, you follow yours and we even might meet somewhere along the way. oh yeah, and one more thing. i wasn't arguing i was trying to discuss and share something with you lot, but people like you love to take advantage of their anonymity and just mindlessly argue.