Terry Gilliam Talk (1991) Part 1 of 4

This is a 40 minute lecture that was given by Terry Gilliam at our school in London in 1991, just after the theatrical release of "The Fisher King". I was lucky enough to chair the discussion and introduce the speaker. Recently I finally found the time to digitise the talk, clean it up, resync the sound and put it back together from separately-recorded mic-audio & VHS elements.

Apart from the original audience in the room, no-one has seen or heard this talk since it was given 18 years ago. As a part of Monty Python's Ruby Jubilee, I thought it would be fun to share it with the community. Gilliam talks animatedly about his career to-date, covering the Python TV shows and movies, approaches to writing and filmmaking and his outlook on life in general.

The material was digitally remastered from a VHS camera recording and an audio cassette. Video quality is acceptable, if a bit soft. A few wobbles from the cameraman. Audio quality is excellent thanks to a clean recording from the desk microphone and some digital clean-up. Where someone else in the room is speaking - to give the introduction or ask a question - I've tried to use the sound from the video recording, so the quality drops noticeably at these times. Share and Enjoy.

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[ryarocks08]

This is beautiful but only my right ear heard the entire thing...

[dancingteeth]

@ryarocks08 Please remove wax from left ear, am pretty sure it's in stereo :)

[dancingteeth]

you're most welcome. glad this is finally off the tapes and on the web

[ysplse]

Terry Gilliam's answers come across clearly but the bloke introducing him sounds as if he is recorded with his head in a bucket of water

[ryarocks08]

@dancingteeth haha...sure thing

[TheHendersonSociety]

Thank you so much for this.

[TheRealGilliamFan]

Thanks you for the upload!!!!

[sleonardani]

always great to see such talks/interviews

cheers

[20ZOT]

Yep, thanks. This is wonderful

[tmanxxxx]

hi mat. i'm glad you captured this and put it up. very interesting. thank you for your work!