Note to self

No, I am not going to comment of the differences between the English and the German way of directing a play, as this will not help in the circumstances and will be considered gravely OT.
Considering he used to do Howard Barker, it seems like not much of a surprise, though. And I see where he is coming from.

The tide is high

The dingsi kindly sent me his copy of "Tideland". I am quite looking forward to watching it but am somewhat apprehensive. Yes, if you asked me, I would definitely tell you that I am a huge fan of Terry Gilliam's work but I actually had to look up a list of his films while thinking about why. "Brazil" is one of my absolute favourites and on being reminded, I also thought of how much I enjoyed "12 Monkeys" and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and, dammit, yes, even "Baron Münchausen"! But that was many, many years ago and "Brothers Grimm" was just such a letdown. It hurts me to think of the circumstances that killed "The Man that killed Don Quixote" and put "Doctor Parnassus" at risk (although, coming to think of it, that was more than decent, too, even if it did not leave a lasting impression) and so my hope is of course that "Tideland" will reinforce my faith in Terry.

We shall see.