05.03.06
Gilliam On A Quest To Direct Potter?
Actor, writer, director Terry Gilliam, of Monty Python fame, said in an interview in Entertainment weekly back in Septemnber 2005 that he had wanted to direct the first Potter film.
Now, IMDB is listing Gilliam as the director for Half-Blood Prince, due in 2008. Warner Bros. has not confirmed that this is true, but we’ll be watching all reports carefully to confirm.
Having seen some of Gilliam’s work, including the 1988 fantasy The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, I have some misgivings. I agree that Gilliam probably would have been perfect for some of the earlier films, especially Sorcerer’s Stone. He probably would have lent it some of the great comedy and wonderment that he’s known for. But I’m skeptical that he’ll be able to give Half-Blood Prince the wistful, brooding, sense of impending doom that the book evokes. Let’s hope that if the job is his, that he rises to the occasion.
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Headmaster said,
May 4, 2006 at 10:43 pm
Rent 12 Monkeys and you might get a different perspective.
Gilliam can do gritty and serious just as well as he handles fantastical and humorous.
Mike Harris Stone said,
May 24, 2006 at 2:52 pm
This has nothing to do with Terry Gilliam but….
On the theory of Snape being good. Half-Blood Prince has a lot of references in it to Snape’s first potions lesson. In this lesson he tells the students that he can teach them how to brew a potion that will “Stopper Death.” The verb, “Stopper” means to put a cork in something, to stop or keep something from happening.
What if, after his encounter with the curse on the ring horcrux, Dumbledore is dying. What if, the only thing keeping Dumbledore alive during the whole of Half-Blood Prince is Snape’s potion? If this is true, Snape doesn’t actually kill Dumbledore, he just stops keeping him alive. Since we know Dumbledore knows about Malfoy and probably the Unbreakable vow from Snape, it would make sense that he has given Snape instructions in this regard, i.e. if the time comes, kill me. That was what they argued about. Dumbledore involves Harry closely in the search for the Horcruxes because he knows his time is nearing its end. It also fits with the skeletal nature of the blackened hand. What do you think? Has this idea already been discussed? I’m curious. Thanks.