Lost in La Mancha is not so much a "making of", more an "unmaking of" documentary which follows director Terry Gilliam through eight weeks of pre-production, six days of filming and finally the aftermath as his long planned feature The Man Who Killed Don Quixote falls apart. Documentarians Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe--the team who produced the excellent feature-length The Hamster Factor about Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys--reveal a tragi-comedy about the director's struggle to bring to life another of his wondrous stories of madness and sanity, fantasy and reality. Unfortunately... Gilliam's take on Spanish classic Don Quixote is mirrored all too closely by reality, as everything goes wrong, from noise-ridden locations to flash-flooding to a seriously ill star, Jean Rochefort. Gilliam goes from boyish enthusiasm to bad tempered frustration to near despair, the victim of circumstances beyond his control which turn a cherished dream into a farcical nightmare. Meanwhile, we get glimpses of what could have been and are left hoping that someday, somehow, Gilliam will realise his remarkable vision. --Gary S Dalkin [show more]
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Documentary telling the story of director Terry Gilliam's unfinished film version of 'Don Quixote'. Featuring extensive on-set footage, the film shows how Gilliam coped (or failed to cope) with the illness of his star Jean Rochefort, unrehearsed extras, torrential rain, the destruction of his sets, and the concerns of his financial backers. After five days filming with Rochefort and co-star Johnny Depp, the former's ailments finally caused him to return home, but Gilliam continued the fight to get his film made....
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