Terry's Flying Circus

Seven lean years after his last completed film, director TERRY GILLIAM is in fighting form with two visionary new works

By Richard Corliss and James Inverne Monday, Aug. 01, 2005

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The missionary still has a mission: to liberate movies from the ordinary. "My problem," he says, "is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix. I want to be taken into some place, some world, some idea that I haven't thought of or imagined. And it doesn't happen." Transporting viewers to that place means a lot of heavy lifting. It's a big job, but maybe Terry Gilliam is the kid to do it.