The Adventures of Baron Munchausen All three films focus on these struggles and attempts to escape them through imagination: "Time Bandits", through the eyes of a child, "Brazil", through the eyes of a man in his thirties, and "Munchausen", through the eyes of an elderly man. When the production finally came to a successful closure, several of the actors commented on the rushed tightness of the whole project. Said Eric Idle, "Up until "Munchausen", I'd always been very smart about Terry Gilliam films. You don't ever be in them. Go and see them by all means - but to be in them, "fucking madness"!!!" Sarah
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