Terry Gilliam was quite literally half-genius and half-madman. His films were often chaotic and overstuffed, but they would also contain some of the highest highs in cinema history. This is Jeff Bridges finest performance, above Fearless and Cutter’s Way and all the others. He gets to be himself and nothing like himself, and goes to so many places between the two. This also has Gilliam’s finest sequence, the moment when Robin Williams is broken and his Fantasies invade his reality. Shot after shot of brilliant, violent poetry, edited to match his mind coming apart. With this movie, people often talk about the dance scene in Grand Central Station, because it’s beautiful. The scene I’m talking about is tougher to watch because of what it means emotionally, but I’ve watched it, studied it more than the fight scenes in Raging Bull or the end of Taxi Driver.
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