I'm a big Gilliam fan and have all his films except one, which I'd also never seen before 'The Fisher King', I know right it's supposed to be his best one, how come I never watched it. I don't know either!? LOL
Obviously it was Robin Williams sad passing that gave me the reason to finally catch up with it. Wow what a masterpiece. It's so up my street. It walks that tightrope between heartbreaking tragedy and heartwarming magical romance in the same way as Chaplin's 'City Lights', Benigni's 'La Vita Bella' or Allen's 'The Purple Rose of Cairo'.