In this weeks episode we turn out spotlight on Terry Gilliam’s 1981 absurdist comedy Time Bandits… https://cultfaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Episode-124.mp3  

Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits owes a little to J R R Tolkein and a lot to Gilliam's own unconvential imagination.

‘Time Bandits’ – Terry Gilliam’s fractured fairy tale on HBO Max and Criterion Channel

Time Bandits (1981) is a fractured fairy tale from the cracked imagination of Terry Gilliam, who wrote the warped adventure with fellow Monty Python alum Michael Palin. It’s a strange and weird and wonderful mix of boy’s own adventure, Python-esque humor, and grim irony, all wrapped in tall tales, ancient myths, and historical figures. British schoolboy Kevin (Craig Warnock) is pulled through a…

Written by Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin Directed by Terry Gilliam

As I wrote back in April, for most of my life I’ve been intrigued by stories involving Time Travel. And I believe that I can trace this interest to two events from my childhood, one was the TV series VOYAGERS! and the other was this film, Time Bandits. I don’t know which came first for me. Time Bandits was originally released in…