[Coressel]

This looks sad but interesting. It's a new 90-minute documentary about the film that didn't happen:

http://www.smart.co.uk/lostinlamancha/lm_index.htm

[Darren H]

That is unbelievable. I hadn't a word about this production or the disaster that it became. Gilliam is cursed.

[Coressel]

Yeah, it's pretty disturbing. But I'm glad they put together something to document the film's demise. At least we might see a couple of bits of what it would have been like.

[SteveGon]

I remember being excited about this project when I first heard about it. I'm sorry to hear it ain't gonna happen. Still, I want to see this documentary - sounds fascinating.

[Guy_K]

I was excited about the project when I first heard of it. They should try and do it all over again, the studios aren't exactly poor.

How will we all be able to watch this documentary?

[Ken_McAlinden]

I'm really looking forward to Gilliam's adaptation of the Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchett novel Good Omens. Apparently they have the script ready and are currently working on securing financing. The novel kind of played out like Monty Python's Book of Revelations, so it seems ideally suited for Gilliam. I hope this project stays together.

Regards,

[Coressel]

Guy, the "Lost in La Mancha" documentary premiered at the Berlin Film Fest. I'd love it if it at least made the art-house circuit, then came to DVD.

[Derek Miner]

I'm very interested in this as a Giliam fan, but also because it's from the team who created The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys, which is one of the best behind-the-scenes documentaries I've ever seen.

[Jefferson Morris]

Even if I do get the opportunity to watch this documentary, I don't know if I'll be able to stand it. The material sounded like vintage Gilliam--something I've been longing for ever since he started making films based on other people's material and ideas (i.e., from The Fisher King onward).

Not that I dislike his films of the past decade--far from it--but as good as they are, they don't quite have that peculiar magic that his 80s "trilogy" has for me.

Gilliam has said that he'll revisit Quixote someday. I only hope he does, and that it doesn't get relegated to the heap of tantalizing, unmaterialized Gilliam projects (along with The Defective Detective).

--Jefferson Morris

[oscar_merkx]

He is ofcourse without a shadow of a doubt a great director, just think of Brazil or Monty Python films.

http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/...757409,00.html

this tells the story of him trying to bring the classic Cervantes tale to the screen and failed. this is now the basis of a documentary film doen by the same people who did the documentary on 12 Monkees.

Gripping stuff

[Jefferson Morris]

Another fascinating and sad article on this troubled production. Although Gilliam's determination to get the thing made is heartening. Here's hoping the documentary actually does help him scare up some more financing.

I hadn't heard the news that Good Omens was officially scuttled. If true, that'll sadden more than a few fanboys. Personally, I'll be happy if Gilliam just puts all his energy into re-starting Quixote. As interesting as Omens would have been, I'm hungry for Gilliam to get back to internally generated material, as opposed to adaptations of the work of others.

--Jefferson Morris

[Steve Enemark]

The documentary is brilliant, but excrutiating to sit through for all the pain Gilliam (one of my faves) goes through in trying to make this picture. After seeing it, I felt like I had witnessed the death of a friend.