Gilliamesque
A Pre-posthumous Memoir
Published on 22. November 2015
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-78211-699-8 (ISBN)
Description
GILLIAMESQUE LIMITED EDITION
GBP250
To celebrate Terry Gilliam's 75th birthday, Canongate are releasing an exceptional limited edition of Gilliamesque. As well as a signed copy of Gilliam's 'pre-posthumous' memoir, this limited edition features an exclusive signed and numbered print, 'Book Worms', by Terry Gilliam, created exclusively for this volume. The book and print are cased in a beautiful cloth-bound collector's box.
Only 75 copies are available.
More on GILLIAMESQUE, the book:
Telling his story for the first time, the director of Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - not to mention co-founder of Monty Python's Flying Circus - recalls his life so far. Packed with never-before-seen artwork, photographs and commentary, Gilliamesque blends the visual and the verbal with scabrous wit and fascinating insights.
This book is an unrestrained look into a unique creative mind and an incomparable portrait of late twentieth-century popular culture.
GBP250
To celebrate Terry Gilliam's 75th birthday, Canongate are releasing an exceptional limited edition of Gilliamesque. As well as a signed copy of Gilliam's 'pre-posthumous' memoir, this limited edition features an exclusive signed and numbered print, 'Book Worms', by Terry Gilliam, created exclusively for this volume. The book and print are cased in a beautiful cloth-bound collector's box.
Only 75 copies are available.
More on GILLIAMESQUE, the book:
Telling his story for the first time, the director of Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - not to mention co-founder of Monty Python's Flying Circus - recalls his life so far. Packed with never-before-seen artwork, photographs and commentary, Gilliamesque blends the visual and the verbal with scabrous wit and fascinating insights.
This book is an unrestrained look into a unique creative mind and an incomparable portrait of late twentieth-century popular culture.
Reviews / Votes
Beautiful . . . Gilliam is a true original and it is reassuring to discover that he knows exactly why he is: messy yet realistic and, like the Spanish Inquisition of his Python days, always unexpected * * TELEGRAPH * * Stunning * * OBSERVER * * Filled with honest wisdom, innocence and wonder, from the roots of creativity to the temporal perspective of age . . . Gilliam has never made a dull film and is incapable of writing a dull sentence * * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY * * Fascinating * * SFX * * Packed with never-before-seen artwork and photographs, an illustrated and typically unorthodox memoir * * MAIL ON SUNDAY * *More details
Edition
Main - Limited Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Edition type
Special edition
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 283 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1670 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78211-699-8 (9781782116998)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Terry Gilliam is a director, screenwriter, animator, actor, and member of Monty Python. He is well known for directing films that have achieved cult status, including Brazil (1985), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), The Fisher King (1991), 12 Monkeys (1995) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), and is ranked among the top film directors of the 20th Century. He has won many awards and prizes and has lost even more.