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lyndsiamanda's review against another edition
5.0
Between the animation and the pictures, and all the little tidbits he wrote in the margins this book had to have been a goal in his life to do. It was well written, all the little tidbits were gold, it was such a shame he didn't bring up the poncho (a bit anyway there was maybe one line of it) that turned Eric Idle on to him but my god his story was so good! 5 stars!
jenkinm's review against another edition
4.0
Somewhere around 3.5 stars. Gilliam has lead an interesting life in and out of Monty Python. Unfortunately, this book is only the highlights at times, when more detail would be much loved and appreciated. Gilliam admits that he wrote most of this book from his current memories, making them somewhat short and shallow at times. The first few chapters are a big of a slog. The writing style took some adjustment. I felt like Gilliam was talking to me instead of writing.
Great pictures and illustrations as you might imagine. The book's cover with "me me me" written in red around the page edges= perfect derision for the memoir genre. On to rematching his many, many films. I admire his persistence in creating, in particular his long, futile attempt to make a Don Quixote move. Resistance seems to be at least part of what keeps him creating.
Great pictures and illustrations as you might imagine. The book's cover with "me me me" written in red around the page edges= perfect derision for the memoir genre. On to rematching his many, many films. I admire his persistence in creating, in particular his long, futile attempt to make a Don Quixote move. Resistance seems to be at least part of what keeps him creating.
chichi27's review against another edition
4.0
As a huge Gilliam fan, this book is just what I wanted to read.
therightprofile's review against another edition
3.0
Ultimately I wished the book had been thicker. Only a couple pages at a time were devoted to Gilliam's filmmaking efforts. And yet there's a lot of insight into a fascinating life and the drawings and illustrations abounded on pretty much every page.
kfrench1008's review against another edition
3.0
A very good looking book, packed with photos and Gilliam's trademark cartoons. However, I found the content skewed more to his lesser-known work. He spends more time on Baron Munchausen than he does on Brazil, for example. And not nearly enough time on Python, which is what brought him to where he is today. Some nice personal touches, though, and a lot of self-deprecating humor.
juvation's review
4.0
Another Python memoir! How many can there be...? Oh and along comes (the increasingly accurately named, as Mr Gilliam puts it) Eric Idle's one too! Festooned in Python autobiogs! Fortunately so far they are high quality, with Mr Cleese's still taking the top spot, of which more later. Mr Gilliam's is a lavishly produced big format graphical affair as one might expect, with lots of old pictures, cheeky cartoons, and big fonts throughout. It is a good fun read, but any detail has been sacrificed at the altar of big pretty layout, and for that I dock a point, sir! No other Python need to go as far as the vast empires of paper that are Mr Palin's diaries (which are wonderful nevertheless) but we want a good back story to things and lots of gossip. Mr Cleese's detail level was perfect.
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