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Gilliam on Gilliam (Directors on Directors)

by Terry Gilliam

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Director of Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, founding member of the Monty Python team, & iconoclastic animator, this author provides lucid commentary on his dark & strangely hilarious vision & his wildly imaginative & bizarre work.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 791 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Movies, TV, Video
LCC: PN1998.3 .G55 .A5 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures
BISAC: PER PERFORMING ARTS Television General

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Languages: English
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Published: 1999
Genres: Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 791
LCC: PN1998.3 .G55 .A5

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