Time Bandits (1981): Photo

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Terry Gilliam’s 1981 cult fantasy movie “Time Bandits” kicked off his “Trilogy of Imagination,” which would continue with his legendary “Brazil” (1985) and end with the more polarizing “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen” (1988). Del Toro has a special love for “Time Bandits,” telling Criterion.

“There is an incredible humor, an incredible cruelty, and an insatiable desire for fun and creativity that embodies, for me, what a kids’ movie should be like.” Her later added, “‘Time Bandits’ is a Roald Dahl–ian landmark to all fantasy films. Seeing ‘Time Bandits’ with my youngest daughter just two weeks ago, I was delighted when she laughed and rejoiced at the moment when Kevin’s parents explode into a cloud of smoke.”

Time Bandits (1981): Photo

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