'Sunburst' Mirror and Interview with Terry Gilliam

It's impossible to anticipate, when you create something, where it will end up, or who may want it. So, when Charlie from RDF films stepped into my shop one day and asked me would I consider lending him a couple of mirrors for his forthcoming documentary 'Dr Satan's Robot' for Channel 4 television, of course, I was flattered. When I later found out, one of my favourite film directors, the extraordinary, Terry Gilliam, would be in the frame, I was bowled over. 

Above, the wonderful Terry Gilliam, framed by my 'Sunburst' mirror, on the Channel 4 Equinox documentary 'Dr Satan's Robot'. And, in the background, if you look over his shoulder, you'll see the outline of my 'Fantasia' mirror.

Above, the 'Fantasia' mirror which you can see peeping over Terry Gilliam's shoulder. 

Mirror by designer Flavia Brilli

Vision and Eccentricity

Gilliam's wonderful imagination and unique vision shines through all his great films:  'Brazil', 'Time Bandits', '12 Monkey's', 'The Adventure of Baron Munchasen', 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas', and 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' are just a few. So, perhaps, it was a fitting marriage: my eccentric mirror frames and one of Britain's all time eccentric visionary's.

'The Baron of Munchausen' by Director Terry Gilliam

'Brazil' by Terry Gilliam

SUNBURST MIRROR 

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Blue 'Sunburst' mirror by designer Flavia Brilli featured on front cover of 'Homeflair Magazine'

Mirror designs by Flavia Brilli

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'Fantasia' Mirror

FANTASIA 
The fantasy begins...

'Fantasia' was the first Mirror I conceived, on a piece of paper, as I drove by, what would later be my shop, on Camden Road. It represents the beginning of the journey into Mirror Making.

Television Role

The 'Fantasia' appeared in Terry Gilliam's Interview, in a minor role, peeping over his shoulder, and was made in three sizes: mini, medium, and large.

Film Director, Terry Gilliam, being interviewed on Channel 4, with 'Sunburst' mirror in foreground and 'Fantasia' mirror peeping over his shoulder.


WHAT is in a NAME
Walt Disney's Film 'Fantasia'

The inspiration for the name derived from Walt Disney's wonderful animated film 'Fantasia'. 'Fantasia' was Walt Disney's 3^rd animated film and consisted of 8 animated set pieces set to classical music. It was such an ambitious and imaginative concept for a children's animated film, and one which left an indelible print on my memory. Its fabulous concept of great classical masterworks being defined with narrative illustrations goes beyond all our precepts of a children's cartoon. Even watching it today takes my breath away. Sublime animation interpreting sublime classical music.

Mickey as 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' with broom

Tired of carrying buckets of water from the well Mickey casts a spell on the broom to help him.

From  “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” sequence.

The Great God of Animation: Disney

Before Walt Disney came along, cartoons were viewed as something just lightweight and fun for children. But Disney elevated the medium to a whole new level of complexity. And, in doing so, turned cartoons into an art form. First with the wonderfully classic 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' (1937), then, with the charming 'Pinocchio' and, finally, with his masterpiece 'Fantasia'.

Walt Disney, above, demonstrating his wonderful skills to a group of Argentinian schoolgirls.

FANTASIA MIRROR

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