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...staple of pure, straightforward silliness. This impulse motivates Gilliam, as a crusty general, to set up a lace tablecloth in an embattled World War I trench. Viewers are cheerfully bid welcome "to the Middle of the Film, where we will play a game of... Find the Fish" Fish, particularly goldfish, remain a dominant theme throughout, prompting various subtitled admonishments from the "management" and offering ironic social commentary from a strategically positioned aquarium...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Fishing for an Answer | 4/7/1983 | See Source »

...ragged children--he she looks exactly like 39 other Jones crones from Holy Grail or earlier. And fortunately, the gag is just as ridiculous the fortieth time around. There must be some deeper meaning to life--even Monty Python says so--but with all the commotion from the dancing goldfish and waiters and children and file cabinets, it's hard to put your finger on just what it could...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Fishing for an Answer | 4/7/1983 | See Source »

Aided by apprentices, the man makes beautiful images. After a banner unfolds to announce THE PICKPOCKET'S NIGHTMARE, the man stands between two screens, and mystically his arms and hands elongate, detach from his body, swim through air. As the dying light turns them orange like giant goldfish, six hands wriggle, free in space...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Silent Night | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

Citing his penchant for working with "creatures," officials it the Pudding gave him a goldfish bowl with a lose goldfish...

Author: By Janet A. Sachs, | Title: Spielberg Honored at Pudding As 1983 Man of the Year | 2/23/1983 | See Source »

When I was 12, all I thought about was hide-and-seek, homework, Nancy Drew books and my dog. My closest passionate encounter involved watching my goldfish produce many more little goldfish...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: Pretty . . . Baby? | 11/20/1982 | See Source »

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