Terry Gilliam Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• When it came to slaughtering sacred cows with such crude yet perfect musical precision, there was no one better than Frank. I wonder what songs he's teaching the angels right now? Good luck God! You've got your hands full this time.

  Terry Gilliam

  Song, Teaching, Good Luck

• I think [Hollywood] has achieved everything they’ve always dreamed of. The audience now seems to be very dumb. They pay money to watch the same film. Now, you could argue, that's because it makes them feel comfortable. When they go to a movie now, it's almost like hearing a pop song. You know the rhythms, you know when the downbeat is going to come, you know when the explosion is going to come… And so as life becomes more complex, as the economy is in trouble, people cling to what makes them comfortable, so they go again and again to see the same movie.

  Terry Gilliam

  Song, People, Watches

  "Terry Gilliam Talks The 'Simplistic' Films Of Steven Spielberg, Dumbing Down Of Audiences, ‘Don Quixote’ Start Date & More" by Kevin Jagernauth, www.indiewire.com. January 07, 2014.

• Port Talbot is a steel town, where everything is covered with gray iron ore dust. Even the beach is completely littered with dust, it's just black. The sun was setting, and it was quite beautiful. The contrast was extraordinary, I had this image of a guy sitting there on this dingy beach with a portable radio, tuning in these strange Latin escapist songs like 'Brazil.' The music transported him somehow and made his world less gray.

  Terry Gilliam

  Beautiful, Song, Beach

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