What is the current status of The Brothers Grimm?
Gilliam: Well, we’ve had two screenings in the States. And in the course of that we’ve shortened it. Hyperbole is something I’d better avoid. I think we also came to the realisation that they’re talking about a considerably different film from what is there. At the original first screening, at the meeting afterwards, “The great thing is we don’t have to re-shoot anything”, was Bob’s comment. It was a great relief. And then there were a lot of areas that we went around and around about. Then we had our second screening. And it played better and a bit shorter because now it’s under two hours long. It’s almost a reasonable length film now! What changes had you made? Tightening up, it’s always just tightening up. It’s trying to make the story as clear as possible because in our earliest screenings I realised that it was more complicated than a lot of films out there. And especially if it’s an audience that is coming in for one of the big commercial movies – Bam, Wow and all that stuff. And
