Should you watch Lost in La Mancha?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Lost in La Mancha
Documentary · 2002
Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage the project.
The sides of Lost in La Mancha
- Terry Gilliam shooting Don Quixote in Spain
- A flash flood on the set
- A lead actor too injured to ride
Lost in La Mancha is good for you if…
- you like watching a real film shoot fall apart day by day.
- you can laugh when storms, jets overhead and bad luck all pile up.
- you like Terry Gilliam holding on to a dream he can't let go.
Lost in La Mancha is bad for you if…
- you need some hope, and can't watch a man's dream project crumble around him.
- you need momentum. Much of the film is meetings, fittings and waiting for actors before the cameras roll.
About: ambition · failure · filmmaking
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