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Fantasia 2014: ‘The Zero Theorem’ undermines its satire with muddy ideology and philosophy
Stop me if you’ve heard this one already: a low-level cog in a comically large bureaucratic environment in a grotesque-looking “future” dystopia struggles in the face of obsolescence and oblivion. The character in question is fundamentally good, but incredibly weedy, their resolve and spirit having been ground to stumps by the world around them. More
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Fantasia Film Festival 2014: Derek’s Most Anticipated Movies
This will be my third year attending the venerable Fantasia International Film Festival here in Montreal, and this year’s slate does not disappoint. I was asked to pick the five movies I was the most excited to see. This proved to be a difficult task, seeing as how my original list had upwards of thirty titles. But here are the five that have got me the most intrigued. More
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Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Zero Theorem’ gets a new trailer
Brazil, Terry Gilliam’s Orwellian, dystopia masterpiece, turns 30 next year, and if that film was made to imagine a bleak future for life today, Gilliam has made his latest, The Zero Theorem to go a step further into the future. The film was released at several festivals back in 2013, and our reviews can be […] More
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GFF 2014: ‘The Zero Theorem’ sees Terry Gilliam in his comfort zone, for worse rather than better
Though writer Pat Rushin scripted and conceived the story of The Zero Theorem, one can be forgiven for assuming Terry Gilliam came up with the narrative himself, being that it comes across as the work of someone who either saw every film Gilliam’s ever made or just happened to direct them. Indeed, The Zero Theorem sees Gilliam very much in his storytelling and thematic comfort zones, though sadly to diminishing returns. It openly scrounges scraps from earlier efforts, especially Brazil, but has little idea how to develop its ever so slightly different ideas beyond thin sketches. More
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‘The Zero Theorem’, the newest film from Terry Gilliam, releases a trailer
While Terry Gilliam rose to prominence as a member of the legendary comic troupe Monty Python, his 1985 film Brazil helped establish him as a filmmaking force in his own right. With his last feature coming in 2009, many were interested to see what he would tackle next, interest that was only heightened by news […] More
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Fantastic Fest 2013: Final Wave of Programming Announced, including Terry Gilliam’s latest film
September, as most cinephiles know, is a month almost entirely lacking in film festivals. What’s that? Something going on in Toronto? A film festival, and it’s happening right now? Well, if you say so. Seriously, though, with TIFF starting in full today, and the New York Film Festival kicking off once again at the end […] More
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Telluride 2013: Most Anticipated Films
Every Labor Day weekend, cinephiles journey out to a small town nestled in a remote corner of southwest Colorado’s San Juan mountain range for the Telluride Film Festival. Production staff are hard at work building state-of-the-art theaters for more than a month before the event and readying for a sudden influx of dedicated filmgoers. Veteran […] More
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First Official Poster for Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Zero Theorem’
The first official poster has been released for Terry Gilliam‘s The Zero Theorem. The film which is set to have its World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival this month, centres on Qohen Leth (Christoph Waltz), a reclusive computer genius working on a formula to determine whether life holds meaning. Gilliam has this to say […] More