And for how long he worked for it, fifteen almost twenty years before he got the chance to direct his own movie. He's been working uphill his entire life.
EDIT: oh silly me I completely misread the comment lol. Terry is brilliant as well, amazing in fact! (Original: I would say, out of actions stars, when Willis puts his all in (i.e. not doing really bad b movies), he is a good actor. I think I first remember him from moonlighting.)
The scene where he's listening to music in the car and enjoing fresh air is fantastic acting. He has the giddiness of a child then returns back, realizing that this will all go away.
I think for me, the single scene that always hits me, is at the very end, when Madeline Stowe's character, is hunched over his dying adult body, and she finally realizes that this is that moment he kept telling her about, how he remembered seeing her when he was a child. That loop gets closed, and she starts to look around for him, and she finally sees him, the boy that would eventually grow into the man she loved, and was currently dying in her arms at that very moment. The sad, loving, accepting, tragic smile she gives that boy before she's dragged off. Just...damn. It's an amazing moment of beauty for her, and I can understand entirely, how that image would be seared into Bruce's character for the rest of his life. As this sort of ephemeral dream woman. The embodiment of his concept of all things good, that eventually left his life in the apocalypse. Something warm, and beautiful, and comforting, with a hint of sadness that made his character want to make her not be sad anymore. All of that, like a mental warm blanket for his character, for decades. That loop, that transition of his love for her as this icon in his mind, into the real woman she was, to her love for him as the adult she came to know, and then it flowing back into the child, completing the cycle. It just always gets me.
One of the best movies ever made imo, and still one of the most haunting stories about the nature of memory, subjectivity and mental health. Bruce Willis was a fine actor but what Gilliam got out of him in this movie I don't think anyone else was able to get the rest of his career.
Willis is actually pretty versatile. He made a lot of really horrid b movies recently, I think. He always was a very good and natural actor. One of the best action stars, for sure.
I shows the extent that people in power will go to manipulate to get the result that they want. Do those in control in the future care about the billions who die in making their present???? It is my takeaway, anyway.
Hes so right at the end when he talks about how Brad got the nomination because the academy tends to praise and recognize more physical performances, with more flexing of face muscles and all that, where as subtle performances tend to go under the radar, but those can be just as difficult and maybe even more I say even us the audience in general tend to do that
Bruce Willis interpretation in Wes Anderson's Moonlight Kingdom (2012) was one very subtle and nuanced performance that should have won him more recognition than it did. Try to watch it if you missed that gem.
The Blueberry Hill scene in 12 Monkeys is phenomenal. Bruce's character is so childlike in that moment. He's great in that whole movie, but that scene in particular.
I remember when I first saw 12 Monkeys years ago as a teenager, how everybody said, wow he is really a great actor. But I would still say that he was even before that. He is a cornerstone in what makes Die Hard 1 and 2 great. Fair enough Alan Rickman in Die Hard is phenomenal, but still.
Robin Williams in the Fisher King is the act that makes me cry every fucking time. I haven;t seen it since he left, and I'm not sure I shall ever do again.
That's why _Simple Jack_ the movie within the movie _Tropic Thunder_ was such a great satirical jab at Oscar bait performances. Men trolling for a nomination go with physical and/or mental handicap roles. Women go with sassy working class characters, especially if they're Southern or superficially ethnic.
It is lovely hearing Terry give Bruce Willis credit and his props. Especially given Bruce's current condition, Terry's words mean a lot. Thanks for the video!
Playing in Pulp Fiction and 12 Monkeys is much more than winning some stupid Oscar. Many Oscar winners are already forgotten, but Pulp Fiction and 12 Monkeys will never be. These films are in my Top 10 of all times.
12 Monkeys is both one of my very favorite Gilliam movies and one of my very favorite Bruce movies. I've seen some of the behind the scenes and Bruce was so enthusiastic and almost like an assistant director as well as the star.
Jack Lemmon tells a joke in that subject about an actor that is so excited about his big monologue in a play while a background character only writes down with a pen and ink what he says in silence. And after he expected praise and accolades, he came back from the performance with "fucker drank the ink". But I still adore all of the actors Gilliam mentioned - Williams, Bridges, Willis, Travolta... all and many more are phenomenal actors even if they don't get to always shine. The story of Die Hard is just as fascinating. The studio wanted to go with a picture of Nakatomi Plaza for the movie poster because the name "Bruce Willis" in the credits during test screenings of Die Hard induced nothing but laughter in the audience. They hardly gave him the benefit of the doubt back then, they thought he was just a pretty boy. And it's nice to see great minds like Gilliam giving credit to such actors and acknowledging the real problem that has always been the vanity of Hollywood.
I watched 12 Monkeys for the first time earlier this week (I know, I'm embarrassingly late to the party) and I thought BW was absolutely brilliant in it. Soulful is an apt word to describe his performance. It's a shame movies aren't made like that anymore.
Now that he's been forced into premature retirement, I hope Bruce's contribution to film can be appreciated more. He was always a darn good actor, even if he made a fair few B movies amongst the gems. As for 12 Monkeys, Gilliam should have been given a blank check book by the studios after that masterpiece. Hell, after Time Bandits.
You can't give Gilliam blank checks. For one he is notorious to blow whatever budget he gets completely out of proportion with ease, and on the other hand his style lives off the "make due with scraps vibe" (while still blowing through huge budgets because of his scopes.
@@theholk I get your point, but when you think of the billions squandered on utter dross, it would have been great to see Gilliam run amok with a $200m budget.
agree, though I do love Fear and Loathing. After that it went downhill for him though and a lot of that is probably to a large extent because of his issues getting his projects properly financed and competently produced, so much bad luck and fighting against windmills (ironically, or maybe not so...)
Ya, you was either going to be a fine actor, or a blockbuster guy, like Arnold, Strathum. Van Dam, Stallone... He did well. He made a great living.. a long ay from MoonLighting..
I had the pleasure to meet Terry and chat with him over a cup of coffee about his movies and Monty python. What you see here is how he is in the flesh. A totally feet on the ground celeb
I worked at a theater when "12 Monkeys" came out. Customer got mad and asked for a refund one day because he said the movie only had 1 monkey. He had accidentally walked into the movie "Ed" starring Matt LeBlanc and baseball playing monkey.
What a nice laid back interview/chat! Always liked Terry Gilliam, Brazil is my all-time favourite film. One of the main filming locations (old power station) is now an IKEA!!!
There's something so surprisingly cathartic when a surreal creative like Gilliam very straightforwardly admits that Pulp Fiction got made because of Willis involvment. It's easy to watch it and forget that because of how good the entire movie turned out and Willis seamlessly blended into the whole.
Kevin Smith tells a great story about working with Willis on Live Free or Die Hard and about how painfully earnest Willis was about the franchise's legacy and his role as gatekeeper.
12 Monkeys is a superb movie, it's stayed as my number 1 favourite film ever since it came out. Bruce Willis was top notch in it, very impressed with his performance
Love 12 monkeys and watched it numerous times. Bruce Willis is excellent in it but I have to say the first time I watched I was surprised at Brad Pitt’s performance- it is. very difficult to play a mad man and he was superb.
I have to disagree, BP was extremely annoying in that film, his worse performance. His performance actually stopped me from watching the film ever again. Playing a mad man for an actor is easy,
@@katoness It is? Honest ( meaning to be non confrontational), but are you an actor? As for perception being an audience member, I feel the more "obvious" roles get more attention. Annoying, because a subtle performance, that is so good gets overlooked. Subtlety is a beautiful thing when it comes to a performance. When I think of the movie Ordinary People, I am blown away by all the performances. In my opinion though, I feel like Donald Sutherland doesn't get enough credit for the brilliance of his performance because of it's subtlety.
That idea about what gets nominations is why, I think, Brian Cox was so passed over for his performance as Hannibal Lector, and Anthony Hopkins got all the attention. Cox's take on the character was much subtler and, in my opinion, even more effective.
100% correct. Cox played him as an outwardly “normal” guy, with just a slight undercurrent of the evil. Much more terrifying than the over the top character Hopkins portrayed
Cox was very effective but didn’t really get enough screen time.I thought Hopkins was brilliant. Both films were excellent though in their different ways,I’d say Manhunter is underrated because it’s been overshadowed by TSOTL.
It's really sad Bruce never had that one Oscar winning role, and that his career ended in terrible b-movies, but his performances where still iconic, and 12 Monkey is definitely one of his best roles.
The thing with those b-movies, is that they actually reveal the depth of his true character. He’s got a terminal illness and he’s trying to gather together as many resources as he can for his family before he passes, as fast as he can, before his ability to do so is gone. The prior needs of his own ego have been comfortably discarded in favour of those he loves. Those b-movies are equivalent to a dying tradesman taking on any and all jobs he can for the sake of his loved ones. Film is Bruce’s trade…..
@@biggest23 My point is he must have a penny or two put away after a long and successful career to leave behind. I don’t believe he needed to do a ‘Seagal’.
If ticks and twitches get the nominations, then Idle and Palin should have got the Oscar for the stutterer in Life of Brian and Fish Called Wanda respectively!😅
One of the most memorable film shots in history will be with Bruce Willis asking the psychiatrist to turn up the radio in the car when I believe Satchmo is singing 'It's a Wonderful World' and Willis' character saying 'I love 20th century music'. The scene is engraved in my mind with that huge smile and happy eyes Willis' character portrays. Please check the name of the song, it could have been another tune.
12 Monkeys is a great movie. Bruce always good at complex characters who begin confused, but in the end see what others don't. Pitt does the best lunatics here and Seven. Good team up of actors and characters.
For a brief time, Bruce put in great performances like in 12 Monkeys, Pulp Fiction, and Nobody's Fool, while at the same time doing "paycheck" movies. It would have been nice to see what would have happened if he'd continued on the former path rather than the latter. And yeah...Jeff Bridges carried The Fisher King, but Robin got all the credit.
Bruce Willis is great in 12 Monkeys, and so is Brad Pitt. But let‘s not forget Madeleine Stowe as female lead. Strong, intelligent and beautiful, just like in Last of the Mohicans. One of the best cast choices of the Nineties, and an extremely underrated actress. She totally carries the picture together with Willis.
The greatest example of the ticks and twitches concept is the total insanity of Michael Richards, winning three Emmy awards for best supporting actor in a comedy while going head to head with Jason Alexander, who never won. Any true fan of Seinfeld knows that it’s Jason Alexander who carried the show.
I had the double VHS pack of 12 Monkeys, which included the documentary ‘The Hamster Factor’ which is an interesting watch. I recall Terry and Bruce not exactly clashing, but definite differences of opinion.
Bruce was NOT the reason Pulp Fiction got made. It was written and he wanted to play Vincent. Tarantino however would not accept anyone but Travolta for that role. That was a battle for QT, but he was established by then due to Reservoir Dogs and writing True Romance.
He is great in everything- He was spectacular in the 6th sense and "The Remains of her" Completely got lost in both roles in very different ways- Thus, showing the range!
Man what a career Terry has had. From a legendary comedy show to being a very unique, influential director. Hats off to this man
Indeed, indeed.
And for how long he worked for it, fifteen almost twenty years before he got the chance to direct his own movie. He's been working uphill his entire life.
Quentin Tarrantino credits Terry as mentoring him in making movies
EDIT: oh silly me I completely misread the comment lol. Terry is brilliant as well, amazing in fact! (Original: I would say, out of actions stars, when Willis puts his all in (i.e. not doing really bad b movies), he is a good actor. I think I first remember him from moonlighting.)
Is this the same Terry Gilliam from Monty Python? How come he sounds like an American?
People have forgotten The Fisher King. What a movie! Robin is my fav. RIP.
I remember being very impressed by Bruce Willis in 12 Monkeys. Something very soulful about his performance.
I was always impressed by Bruce Willis' willingness to work in weird stuff, when he was a major mainstream star. The Fifth Element also comes to mind.
The moment in the car when he hears Fats Domino's "On Blueberry Hill" is still with me...
his best performance ever hands down, only Hudson Hawk comes close
@@timetheory84 I wish I could see both versions with the roles reversed. Both actors would do an amazing job.👍
Though he did not, in fact, portray a monkey, he none-the-less delivered a nuanced performance.
The scene where he's listening to music in the car and enjoing fresh air is fantastic acting. He has the giddiness of a child then returns back, realizing that this will all go away.
I was thinking the same thing.
That scene is so touching. One of the best in the film.
Exactly the image that first comes to mind whenever 12 monkeys is mentioned
that scene is so heartbreaking
must be one of the earliest movie scenes I've seen in my life where I truly felt pain for a fictional character
I think for me, the single scene that always hits me, is at the very end, when Madeline Stowe's character, is hunched over his dying adult body, and she finally realizes that this is that moment he kept telling her about, how he remembered seeing her when he was a child. That loop gets closed, and she starts to look around for him, and she finally sees him, the boy that would eventually grow into the man she loved, and was currently dying in her arms at that very moment. The sad, loving, accepting, tragic smile she gives that boy before she's dragged off. Just...damn. It's an amazing moment of beauty for her, and I can understand entirely, how that image would be seared into Bruce's character for the rest of his life. As this sort of ephemeral dream woman. The embodiment of his concept of all things good, that eventually left his life in the apocalypse. Something warm, and beautiful, and comforting, with a hint of sadness that made his character want to make her not be sad anymore. All of that, like a mental warm blanket for his character, for decades. That loop, that transition of his love for her as this icon in his mind, into the real woman she was, to her love for him as the adult she came to know, and then it flowing back into the child, completing the cycle. It just always gets me.
One of the best movies ever made imo, and still one of the most haunting stories about the nature of memory, subjectivity and mental health. Bruce Willis was a fine actor but what Gilliam got out of him in this movie I don't think anyone else was able to get the rest of his career.
Only M Night in UNBREAKABLE did it with Bruce
@@gorannikolic5973 Agree!
The way that Gilliam approached it and his belief in Bruce's abilities brought out amazing work and an amazing performance.
Willis is actually pretty versatile. He made a lot of really horrid b movies recently, I think. He always was a very good and natural actor. One of the best action stars, for sure.
Also a haunting story about humanity’s dangerous impact on the planet and ourselves. Very prescient.
12 Monkeys is a masterpiece. I should rewatch it.
I'm still a bit haunted by 12. 🥴💜
@@michaelscot4816 yeah, it's terrifying
no one cares if you watch it again or not.. this is hardly about you
@@slowery43 derp
@@slowery43rude
12 Monkeys is a masterpiece. Bravo Terry and Mr. Willis. Also loved Brazil and The Fisher King.
Yes, three excellent movies.
fisher king is a masterpiece also. also brad pitt was superb in 12 monkeys. especially when in the asylum.
12 Monkeys really is a masterpiece film. The directing, acting, set design, and editing work are all par excellence!
But a very sad ending.
@@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212 perfect ending
@@strangevisions5162 I disagree, because it destroys hope , which is the last thing that humans can lose, and if you lose it then you are fucked.
I shows the extent that people in power will go to manipulate to get the result that they want. Do those in control in the future care about the billions who die in making their present???? It is my takeaway, anyway.
@@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212 seems I need to watch the movie again...I "remember" the ending being positive, but not happy
The ending to 12 Monkeys, especially thanks to Bruce Willis, is one of the most timeless sci-fi movie endings.
Thank you from France.
Brazil was so far ahead of it's time in so many ways!
12 Monkeys was one of the best movies!!!
Hes so right at the end when he talks about how Brad got the nomination because the academy tends to praise and recognize more physical performances, with more flexing of face muscles and all that, where as subtle performances tend to go under the radar, but those can be just as difficult and maybe even more
I say even us the audience in general tend to do that
Bruce Willis interpretation in Wes Anderson's Moonlight Kingdom (2012) was one very subtle and nuanced performance that should have won him more recognition than it did. Try to watch it if you missed that gem.
The Blueberry Hill scene in 12 Monkeys is phenomenal. Bruce's character is so childlike in that moment.
He's great in that whole movie, but that scene in particular.
I remember when I first saw 12 Monkeys years ago as a teenager, how everybody said, wow he is really a great actor. But I would still say that he was even before that. He is a cornerstone in what makes Die Hard 1 and 2 great. Fair enough Alan Rickman in Die Hard is phenomenal, but still.
That's the scene I was gonna mention. Great moment.
THAT was the scene, wasn't it. The one which made you sit up and say 'Holy crap, Willis can act!
It's one of my favorite moments in the film. Willis really let himself be human and vulnerable, and it's just such a touching scene.
Robin Williams in the Fisher King is the act that makes me cry every fucking time. I haven;t seen it since he left, and I'm not sure I shall ever do again.
I love 12 Monkeys, Bruce Willis's best performance
That's why _Simple Jack_ the movie within the movie _Tropic Thunder_ was such a great satirical jab at Oscar bait performances. Men trolling for a nomination go with physical and/or mental handicap roles. Women go with sassy working class characters, especially if they're Southern or superficially ethnic.
never go full retard, man
It is lovely hearing Terry give Bruce Willis credit and his props. Especially given Bruce's current condition, Terry's words mean a lot. Thanks for the video!
I thought Bruce faded into his role in Death Becomes Her. It was hard to see him as a tough guy for a while after that.
Playing in Pulp Fiction and 12 Monkeys is much more than winning some stupid Oscar. Many Oscar winners are already forgotten, but Pulp Fiction and 12 Monkeys will never be. These films are in my Top 10 of all times.
12 Monkeys is both one of my very favorite Gilliam movies and one of my very favorite Bruce movies. I've seen some of the behind the scenes and Bruce was so enthusiastic and almost like an assistant director as well as the star.
Jack Lemmon tells a joke in that subject about an actor that is so excited about his big monologue in a play while a background character only writes down with a pen and ink what he says in silence.
And after he expected praise and accolades, he came back from the performance with "fucker drank the ink".
But I still adore all of the actors Gilliam mentioned - Williams, Bridges, Willis, Travolta... all and many more are phenomenal actors even if they don't get to always shine.
The story of Die Hard is just as fascinating. The studio wanted to go with a picture of Nakatomi Plaza for the movie poster because the name "Bruce Willis" in the credits during test screenings of Die Hard induced nothing but laughter in the audience.
They hardly gave him the benefit of the doubt back then, they thought he was just a pretty boy. And it's nice to see great minds like Gilliam giving credit to such actors and acknowledging the real problem that has always been the vanity of Hollywood.
I had snuck into the afterparty for 12 Monkeys at The Tunnel in NYC - Bruce Willis was there, maybe ironically with his entourage.
I watched 12 Monkeys for the first time earlier this week (I know, I'm embarrassingly late to the party) and I thought BW was absolutely brilliant in it. Soulful is an apt word to describe his performance. It's a shame movies aren't made like that anymore.
we have reality now
Now that he's been forced into premature retirement, I hope Bruce's contribution to film can be appreciated more. He was always a darn good actor, even if he made a fair few B movies amongst the gems. As for 12 Monkeys, Gilliam should have been given a blank check book by the studios after that masterpiece. Hell, after Time Bandits.
You can't give Gilliam blank checks. For one he is notorious to blow whatever budget he gets completely out of proportion with ease, and on the other hand his style lives off the "make due with scraps vibe" (while still blowing through huge budgets because of his scopes.
@@theholk I get your point, but when you think of the billions squandered on utter dross, it would have been great to see Gilliam run amok with a $200m budget.
agree, though I do love Fear and Loathing. After that it went downhill for him though and a lot of that is probably to a large extent because of his issues getting his projects properly financed and competently produced, so much bad luck and fighting against windmills (ironically, or maybe not so...)
Ya, you was either going to be a fine actor, or a blockbuster guy, like Arnold, Strathum. Van Dam, Stallone... He did well. He made a great living.. a long ay from MoonLighting..
Feel sorry for Bruce to be stricken with such a debilitating condition and at such a relatively young age. Always liked him.
Gilliam is that good force that keeps the sense and reason alive. He did soooo much good.
I had the pleasure to meet Terry and chat with him over a cup of coffee about his movies and Monty python. What you see here is how he is in the flesh. A totally feet on the ground celeb
Terry is exactly right about what gets noticed or nominated for awards and it's not about good acting.
It's about the performance, not the art of acting.
@@TheWovenSoul It’s about the politics of self-promotion to the Academy, a political campaign.
It's usually about popularity in the moment.
Colin Firth, The King's Speech.
Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot.
Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man.
There does appear to be a trend....
Tom Cruise did all the heavy lifting in Rainman yet Dustin Hoffman got the praise for being one note one tone mono-symbolic autistic man.
I worked at a theater when "12 Monkeys" came out. Customer got mad and asked for a refund one day because he said the movie only had 1 monkey. He had accidentally walked into the movie "Ed" starring Matt LeBlanc and baseball playing monkey.
Haha! Hilarious. Thanks for posting that.
😂😂😂
You should have said you're only entitled to an 11/12 refund.
Technically, Ed didn’t have any monkeys.
Lmao. Thanks for sharing
Same thing with rain man…Dustin Hoffman does all the twitches, but Tom cruise does all the heavy lifting
What a nice laid back interview/chat! Always liked Terry Gilliam, Brazil is my all-time favourite film. One of the main filming locations (old power station) is now an IKEA!!!
I truly love Terry.
There's something so surprisingly cathartic when a surreal creative like Gilliam very straightforwardly admits that Pulp Fiction got made because of Willis involvment. It's easy to watch it and forget that because of how good the entire movie turned out and Willis seamlessly blended into the whole.
Kevin Smith tells a great story about working with Willis on Live Free or Die Hard and about how painfully earnest Willis was about the franchise's legacy and his role as gatekeeper.
I remember Bruce Willis' performance on Miami Vice. He was exquisitely intense.
I love that some of MP's surreal honesty stayed within Terry so he could easily sum up how "nominations sometimes work".
12 monkeys is a superb movie. one of my top 5. i love gillian's quirky stuff.
12 Monkeys is a superb movie, it's stayed as my number 1 favourite film ever since it came out. Bruce Willis was top notch in it, very impressed with his performance
Bruce's best performance ever, that helped lift an already great movie to super heights. One of my all time favorites.
Love 12 monkeys and watched it numerous times. Bruce Willis is excellent in it but I have to say the first time I watched I was surprised at Brad Pitt’s performance- it is. very difficult to play a mad man and he was superb.
I have to disagree, BP was extremely annoying in that film, his worse performance. His performance actually stopped me from watching the film ever again. Playing a mad man for an actor is easy,
@@katoness Good Acting, but I also do not like the film.
@@katoness It is? Honest ( meaning to be non confrontational), but are you an actor?
As for perception being an audience member, I feel the more "obvious" roles get more attention. Annoying, because a subtle performance, that is so good gets overlooked. Subtlety is a beautiful thing when it comes to a performance.
When I think of the movie Ordinary People, I am blown away by all the performances. In my opinion though, I feel like Donald Sutherland doesn't get enough credit for the brilliance of his performance because of it's subtlety.
@@srldwg Excuse me, but who cares if you're an actor. Movies aren't made for actors, are they? What self-indulgent, elitist trash.
@@srldwg Yes I am and I agree with everything you have said. DS is a stunning actor.
That idea about what gets nominations is why, I think, Brian Cox was so passed over for his performance as Hannibal Lector, and Anthony Hopkins got all the attention. Cox's take on the character was much subtler and, in my opinion, even more effective.
100% correct. Cox played him as an outwardly “normal” guy, with just a slight undercurrent of the evil. Much more terrifying than the over the top character Hopkins portrayed
I find Brian Cox terrifying in most movies he's in. Even in super troopers
Manhunter is such a perfectly cast thriller.
Hopkins was great, and mesmerizing to watch. But Cox actually made me uncomfortable just looking at him.
Cox was very effective but didn’t really get enough screen time.I thought Hopkins was brilliant.
Both films were excellent though in their different ways,I’d say Manhunter is underrated because it’s been overshadowed by TSOTL.
Good comedians are very observant people. Much gratitude for him and what he has brought forth solely for my enjoyment over my entire life to date.
It's really sad Bruce never had that one Oscar winning role, and that his career ended in terrible b-movies, but his performances where still iconic, and 12 Monkey is definitely one of his best roles.
The thing with those b-movies, is that they actually reveal the depth of his true character. He’s got a terminal illness and he’s trying to gather together as many resources as he can for his family before he passes, as fast as he can, before his ability to do so is gone. The prior needs of his own ego have been comfortably discarded in favour of those he loves. Those b-movies are equivalent to a dying tradesman taking on any and all jobs he can for the sake of his loved ones. Film is Bruce’s trade…..
@@biggest23
I find it hard to believe he needed the extra dosh.
@@redpillnibbler4423 …..He clearly doesn’t need it, he’s going to die. His family however……
@@biggest23
My point is he must have a penny or two put away after a long and successful career to leave behind.
I don’t believe he needed to do a ‘Seagal’.
Really, it's a badge of honour.
Terry Gilliam is one of the greatest cinematic minds in film's history...
Bruce was phenomenal in 12 monkeys. Sublime.
If ticks and twitches get the nominations, then Idle and Palin should have got the Oscar for the stutterer in Life of Brian and Fish Called Wanda respectively!😅
“He’s m-m-m-mmm . . . . He’s m-m-mmmm. . . He’s mad, sir”
PS Billy Bob Thornton playing Carl in Sling Blade is something to behold.
@@MrMusicbyMartin anyway get on with the story...
Hes right though.. Look at Leonardo Dicaprio for Remnant. He didn`t even have any lines.. he just grunted! haha!
He's d-d-deaf and dumb!
Robin deserved the acclaim for The Fisher King. 👑 Brilliant film and performance.
Sure he did but so did Jeff Bridges. The less showy role but just as well performed.
@@maxibluft One of Jeff's best I think, along with Against All Odds and Jagged Edge.
@@peg202xo7 you forgot about the "dude"
One of the most memorable film shots in history will be with Bruce Willis asking the psychiatrist to turn up the radio in the car when I believe Satchmo is singing 'It's a Wonderful World' and Willis' character saying 'I love 20th century music'. The scene is engraved in my mind with that huge smile and happy eyes Willis' character portrays. Please check the name of the song, it could have been another tune.
Louis Armstrong 😉
@@rmzxr4395 GGGGGGGGGGGGreat to hear from you. Satchmo is LA!
Was wonderful world and the psychiatrists did blueberry hill rendition
Missing the 20th century already.
Didn’t know he had a nickname. Before my time I suppose. 👍
The subtle moves are the most exquisite and challenging.
Whenever I think of Terry. I put my shoes on backwards. And walk semi-naked up an escalator backwards. Trying not to open my ' concealed ' umbrella ❤😂
He's great in 12 Monkeys, and it's one of Gilliam and Willis's best movies.
Very interesting. Glad to have seen it. Thank you.
Kate Winslet said it best in Extras: "If you want an Oscar, you gotta play a mental..."
Twelve Monkeys deserves another viewing. The dystopia is very real.
12 Monkeys is one of his best performances.
Thanks for this upload. Learnt a lot!
12 Monkeys is a great movie. Bruce always good at complex characters who begin confused, but in the end see what others don't. Pitt does the best lunatics here and Seven. Good team up of actors and characters.
Became a Bruce fan after Pulp Fiction and 12 Monkeys. The guy can act.
6th sense Death becomes Her are good performances too
For a brief time, Bruce put in great performances like in 12 Monkeys, Pulp Fiction, and Nobody's Fool, while at the same time doing "paycheck" movies. It would have been nice to see what would have happened if he'd continued on the former path rather than the latter. And yeah...Jeff Bridges carried The Fisher King, but Robin got all the credit.
B Willis is amazing if well directed
This was an awesome movie...hats off to all.
*As I recall, Brad Pitt's performance in 12 Monkeys is one gigantic series of "tics and twitches."*
Yes and he picked up an Oscar nom while Bruce Willis didn't! 😂
Terry's loyalty to and praise of Bruce Willis is admirable, but Bruce Willis is not the reason Pulp Fiction got made, Reservoir Dogs was.
I liked Bruce in 'Death Becomes Her'... he made the flick, imo...
there
and 6th sense is pretty good too
If this is from 2023 he’s aged really well
The 5th element, the best movie Bruce Willis ever starred in
"The Fisher King" with Jeff Bridges & Robin Williams.........Excellent movie..............might be my all time Favorite.
Bruce Willis is great in 12 Monkeys, and so is Brad Pitt. But let‘s not forget Madeleine Stowe as female lead. Strong, intelligent and beautiful, just like in Last of the Mohicans. One of the best cast choices of the Nineties, and an extremely underrated actress. She totally carries the picture together with Willis.
Agreed she's an amazing actress and a stunningly beautiful woman. She didn't become a star but she's great
One of the greatest living directors
12 Monkeys was a mind blow at the time.
Pulp Fiction and 12 Monkeys are in my Top 10....side note Terry Gilliam's Adventures of Baron Muncheusen was Robin's favorite film (he told me)
That was a really good movie, and Bruce Willis was excellent.
Willis should have gotten an Academy Award for both films.
12 Monkeys is one of the best films I’ve ever seen, it’s sad when type casting keeps good actors from branching out of a single genre.
Baron Munchausen is one of the greatest thrill rides of all time. Love it all ofc
My favorite movie of all times. A constant amazement
Great insights.
"why am I chained?" is an amazing scene ....
The greatest example of the ticks and twitches concept is the total insanity of Michael Richards, winning three Emmy awards for best supporting actor in a comedy while going head to head with Jason Alexander, who never won. Any true fan of Seinfeld knows that it’s Jason Alexander who carried the show.
I still love his performance in 12M
Bruce Brad is my favorite actor!
Bruce has done some great film, he's such a good actor when he's not in his superstar persona
Actually really good interview bit, they get a lot of notions across.
“You are guaranteed an Oscar if you play a mental.”
"Everybody knows you never go full retard."
But, never go full retard
Or an alcoholic. Or gay. Or handicapped. Etc. Gilliam said it right. Props/agendas win over talent.
Unless you go full retard like Sean Penn I am Sam then yeah!
but never go full retard...
It was 12 Monkeys that made me take Willis seriously as an actor.
12 monkeys is my favorite bruce role, he is the most out of his zone in that movie
The egos of these people are extraordinary.
Fascinating 👍
My favorite thing about Brad Pitt's character in this movie is that it directly ties into Tyler Durden's character in Fight Club.
Aw, that's really sweet. He recognizes he did great but somewhat unappreciated work.
Bruce Willis always played Bruce Willis (in the best of ways). And then there's 12 Monkey's where I think he did his best work.
I had the double VHS pack of 12 Monkeys, which included the documentary ‘The Hamster Factor’ which is an interesting watch. I recall Terry and Bruce not exactly clashing, but definite differences of opinion.
I would like to hear Terry talk about his experiences with the Monty Python group.
12 Monkeys. A masterpiece.
You never go full spazz
Most original filmmaker of my lifetime.
I can sanction this but I hope you'll give the Coen Brothers second place, or at least honorable mention.
Lynch takes the cake on originality, but Gilliam comes a not too distant second
Bruce was NOT the reason Pulp Fiction got made. It was written and he wanted to play Vincent. Tarantino however would not accept anyone but Travolta for that role. That was a battle for QT, but he was established by then due to Reservoir Dogs and writing True Romance.
The subtext is, that it was the reason it got green light and a relatively decent budget. Without him it would have been a MUCH harder push.
- Terry Gilliam is a cinematographer's cinematographer and a director of the first rank. He also makes funny cartoons.
I remember Moonlighting...
He is great in everything- He was spectacular in the 6th sense and "The Remains of her" Completely got lost in both roles in very different ways- Thus, showing the range!
I just found out terry gilliam doesn't have a British accent and i'm a bit astonished. 😳