6 years ago

@_diogogomes Following update on the accusations: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/portugal-rejects-claim-terry-gilliams-don-quixote-shoot-harmed-convent-1018501<br /> <br /> tl:dr They were judged wrong.

6 years ago

@_diogogomes Ukbar Filmes, the Portuguese production company used at the location shooting, acknowledged that there was some damage, which was catalogued by the convent officials who monitored the filming. <br /> <br /> The damage included six modern roof tiles and four small chips in masonry, which will be restored, as stated by Ukbar Filmes to the Associated Press. However, the trees were planted during the making of another film and officials consented to their removal at the end of the shoot.

6 years ago

@zythean This not give the right to broke ancient stones and replace for new ones without the history and the memories of the people that interacted with the stones through the centuries.<br /> <br /> Sorry but the replacement doesn't make any sense to me.

6 years ago

@jmrbrown They're lying. If they didn't damage why the replacement.<br /> <br /> For everyone that do not believe, come to Portugal and see with your own eyes.

4 years ago

@353sqmijy From wiki: On 4 July 2017, Portuguese authorities ruled that Gilliam's crew was only responsible for "insignificant damage", adding that the accusations "lacked rigor and revealed a lack of scientific knowledge".

2 years ago

@gunsgirl Agree with you 100%. Wanted to throw in two points which baked my noodle a bit extra (though seeing the giants....): Terry Gilliam had been trying to get this film done for possibly forty or fifty years, and, two, the director in the film was only famous for doing commercials, and it was a commercial that was being filmed at the beginning (closing credits list the first Don &amp; Sancho with the word _commercial_ next to their role, so perhaps he was already predisposed to ~~living a fantasy~~ accepting the mantle he had passed down to his heir, the humble shoemaker.<br /> <br /> Also, I _think_ Terry Gilliam wove in some lines which duplicated lines from his earlier films, "Time Bandits," and, "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen," but, I know for sure the ending twist directly paralleled his movie, "Brazil," where the main character finds redemption &amp; earns his freedom, but only in his dreams. Not having read Don Quixote, I wonder if Terry Gilliam's earlier films had informed this one, or had he been trying to do this film in his earlier ones?<br /> <br /> Still, "a wonderful whimsical film." Imagining Adam Driver as Don Quixote, and his girlfriend, "Sancho," entertaining her Father, the town's People, and the illegal aliens to earn their food (or whatever was in that bag) brings a smile to my face.