Terry Gilliam remembers Robin Williams' delusions

• Wild Side brings out "Fisher King" by Terry Gilliam in a beautiful Blu-Ray / DVD edition.

• Robin Williams plays a flamboyant tramp in front of Jeff Bridges.

• The director has not forgotten this comic genius that he directed in 1991 for the second time.

We left Terry Gilliam in front of Albert Dupontel's camera for a small role in

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We find him as the director of one of his best films, the magnificent 

(1991) which comes out in a DVD-Blu-Ray box set distributed by Wild Side.

For

, Terry Gilliam agreed to evoke his memories of Robin Williams as a mad tramp leaving for the quest for the Grail in the streets of New York, taking with him a fallen radio host (Jeff Bridges) on a funny, poetic adventure. and absurd. It was the second time he had directed the actor after

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“Robin was a comedic genius as well as a man in perpetual suffering,” remembers Terry Gilliam.

I owe a lot to the composure of Jeff Bridges and to the mutual respect of the two actors because it happened to Robin to go into a spin.

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offers him one of the best roles.

Robin Williams seems in a state of grace, especially when he tales a little clumsy young woman played by Amanda Plummer.

Robin Williams' delusions

"I sometimes had to let Robin go to the end of his delirium, even if it means that he forgets his character, insists Terry Gilliam.

He was then able to get off on the right foot.

It was amazing how far he could go so much on the set.

Robin Williams' performance in the film is artful, whether he improvises himself as a Knight of the Round Table or tries to eat with chopsticks in a Chinese restaurant.

Terry Gilliam himself sometimes got carried away by his interpreter.

“We had fun with him, while Jeff Bridges was more serious like the white clown of the circus.

It's no coincidence that Jeff Bridges looks a bit like Terry Gilliam in the film.

"I think he knowingly imitated me to tease me, but I didn't realize it until later," admits the filmmaker.

If Terry Gilliam remained in contact with Jeff Bridges, he retains great affection for Robin Williams, who died in 2014. “Robin constantly needed reassurance,” he explains.

He was like a kid who seeks the approval of adults.

He didn't realize he had all this talent.

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finds him at the height of his career in a magical fable.

Blu-Ray / DVD box: € 29.90

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