Episode 207 - The Fisher King (1991), Terry Gilliam, Flesh Gordon (1974)

A quest for redemption, a salute to cinematic stubbornness, and a Sex Ray pointed directly at good taste.

In this episode of Stinking Pause, Scott and Antony head into the gloriously strange, tender and occasionally unhinged world of The Fisher King, Terry Gilliam's 1991 tale of guilt, grief, romance, fantasy and Robin Williams doing the sort of work that reminds you he could break your heart as easily as make you laugh. Jeff Bridges is on beautifully rumpled form too, as a man trying to crawl back from the wreckage of his own ego, which is always good podcast territory, especially when medieval visions start wandering through modern New York.

The episode also takes a lovingly chaotic wander through the career of Terry Gilliam, from the cut-out lunacy of Monty Python to the battle-scarred brilliance of Brazil, Time Bandits, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Twelve Monkeys and the almost biblically cursed journey of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Floods, studio rows, injuries, lost productions, legal wrangles, and still he kept tilting at windmills.

And then, because this is Stinking Pause and standards must be lowered before the credits roll, the Celluloid Stinker is Flesh Gordon, the 1974 adult sci-fi parody that somehow combines a Sex Ray, planet Porno, deeply questionable character names and genuinely impressive special effects.

A heartfelt, funny and slightly filthy episode about imagination, obsession, redemption and the noble art of watching things you probably should not admit to watching.

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