The Terry Gilliam Film That David Cronenberg Called a "Poetic Horror Film"
Tideland is a dark yet stunning exploration that showcases director Terry Gilliam's fascination with madness as a retreat from reality.
Terry Gilliam is a director who is perhaps best known for one thing: uninhibited imagination. Indeed, the Monty Python alum has an unofficial collection of movies to his name dubbed The Imagination Trilogy. It is no surprise, then, that when faced with his most radically controlled production in The Brothers Grimm in 2005, Terry Gilliam would follow with his most unhinged release to date that same year. Tideland is the total opposite of its twin, with not just a lack of concern for broad appeal, but even a recognition of its own illusiveness. As Gilliam himself states in his introduction to the DVD release, many of you are not going like this film. Many of you are going to love it.
What's Your Reaction?
