Gilliam: “I’m surprised that I’m still this stupid and pig-headed. I thought by now I would have learned something, but I haven’t. So [‘Quixote’] is what we’re working on again. The plan was to shoot in October, but I had to push it because of the [‘Monty] Python’ show. I had to shift everything so it’s planned for next spring time, I have a Spanish producer who is doing deals with a couple actors whose names will not be mentioned.”
After so many disappointments with this project over the years Gilliam's attitude towards the whole project seems to have taken a negative turn...
Gilliam: “We’re told we have the money. We’ll see. I don’t believe anything anymore....Excited is the wrong word for it. I’m just trying to get it out of my fucking system. It’s driven my crazy for so long and I just want to get it done. I keep rewriting it, that’s key, but if feels vaguely fresh. It’s a very weird sensation, but I do know once I get into it the fun will start.”
The script has undergone some substantial changes and he tells The Wrap it will now be a modernized, meta story that seems to be less about Don Quixote and more about his own troubled experiences making the movie....
Gilliam: “I keep incorporating my own life into it and shifting it. The basic underlying premise of that the version Johnny was involved in was that he actually was going to be transported back to the 17th century, and now it all takes place now, it's contemporary. It's more about how movies can damage people...Our main character actually made a Don Quixote movie a lot earlier in his history, and the effect it had on many people wasn't very nice. Some people go mad, some people turn to drink, some people become whores.”
Hey, I'm with Gilliam on this one in not believing anything until I see it.
