The Gilliam Director's Cut inadvertently shows how much Stoppard contributed, since as I recall from his DVD audio track, Gilliam either overexplains (Lint's Alison/Barbara bit) or outright steps on ("My God, it works!") a lot of Stoppard's jokes.

Fun fact i recently learned from Reddit: the Highlander's one true love (when this song plays in the movie), Beatie Edney, was also the judge who sentences "Keef Girgo" to Narkina 5 in Andor.

There comes a time when the jewels cease to sparkle, when the gold loses its luster, when the living room becomes a prison, and all that is left is a cinephile's love for problematic content.

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