Time Bandits (2006)

“We were trying to come up with something that was intelligent enough for kids, but exciting enough for adults,” laughs writer Michael Palin midway through a lengthy interview with Terry Gilliam. And it’s fair to say that, with Time Bandits, they succeeded, this romping 1981 adventure classic being every bit as much a marauding sensual riot as it is a history-hopping conundrum. From the moment it comes screaming out of the blocks with its iconic, eye-popping wardrobe equestrianism sequence, Gilliam sneezes out the exotically lurid contents of his frazzled post-Python brain and leaves us to work out the wondrous mess.

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