Massachusetts Statewide Poetry Calendar 2

The GWC is a community Partner with Salem Film Festival again this year...

The Guardian says, “…a moody plunge into the anguish of the artistic process…By the end of this movie you’ll realize
that Gilliam’s struggles are humanity’s struggles.”

In 2000, when he Terry Gilliam first attempted a screen adaptation of Cervantes’ masterpiece, Don Quixote de la Mancha, the film director already had a Quixotic reputation: a filmmaker whose stories of visionary dreamers raging against gigantic forces mirrored his own battles with the Hollywood machine. HE DREAMS OF GIANTS picks up Gilliam’s story 17 years later as he mounts the production again. He struggles with budget constraints and heightened expectations compounded by doubt, the toll of aging, and the nagging existential question: What is left for an artist when he completes this career defining quest? Immersive verité footage of Gilliam’s production combined with interviews and archival footage reveals a character study of this late-career artist, and a meditation on the value of creativity in the face of mortality.