Terry Gilliam: The Difference Between Kubrick (Great Filmmaker) and Spielberg (Less So) Terry Gilliam has never tried to hide his feelings about Hollywood. "It's an abominable place," he told The New York Times in 2005. "If there was an Old Testamental God, he would do his job and wipe the place out. The only bad thing is that some really good restaurants would go up as well. " One thing that bothers Gilliam about Hollywood is the pressure it exerts on filmmakers to resolve their stories into happy endings. In this interesting clip from an interview he did a few years ago with Turner Classic Movies, Gilliam makes his point by comparing the work of Steven Spielberg--perhaps the quintessential Hollywood director--with that of Stanley Kubrick, who, like Gilliam, steered clear of Hollywood and lived a life of exile in England. Kubrick refused to pander to our desire for emotional reassurance. Would you like to support the mission of Open Culture?
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