Monty Python's Terry Gilliam Is Searching for the Meaning of Life ... Again; `The Zero Theorem' Returns Innovative Director To SciFi Sensuality (Video)

Terry Gilliam, Monty Python's cartoonist, went on to be one of the most innovative directors in film. 

In October 2012, Gilliam started woking on "Zero Theorem." The lastest of his Imagination Trilogy that started with "Time Bandits," continued through "The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen" and, theoretically, zero theoritically, ended with 1985's Brazil. Only to be resurrected with 1995's "12 Monkeys." Gilliam called Zero Theorum the final part his dystopian franchise.

Terry Gilliam is looking for the meaning of life again. And it looks like its all tied in to sex.  Gilliam searched for philosophical insight with Monty Python. In the new trailer for Terry Gilliam's upcoming film, "The Zero Theorem," the renowned director looks like he's returning to the style of his innovative film "Brazil."

With "The Zero Theorem," Terry Gilliam is returning to science fiction and to theorizing on the meaning of life, science and the possibilities of quantum physics. The Zero Theorem lands in cinemas in March. The new trailer makes science class look positively charming, scary and fascinating. Gilliam's "The Zero Theorem" is a long time coming.

The new Terry Gilliam movie will star Christoph Waltz as Cohen Leth, along with David Thewlis, Lucas Till, Melanie Thierry, Tilda Swinton and Ben Whishaw. It tells the story of a computer genius who has a program that just might explain the purpose of existence. Or the meaningless of life.

"Zero Theorem" looks very similar to Terry Gilliam's earlier surreal science fiction satire film "Brazil," which starred Jonathan Price and guest starred Rober De Niro. Like Price's character, Waltz is overworked in a nightmarish bureaucratic future. Gilliam gives a nod to Stanley Kubrick in a shot of Christoph Waltz floating naked through space like the "starchild" from the classic science fiction film "2001."

This is the second time, Monty Python's animator Terry Gilliam has tried to explain the meaning of life through celluloid. The Zero Theorem is supposed to prove that existence is meaningless, but Mélanie Thierry playing "the girl with pink hair" proves the "power of love and desire" is meaning enough.

The Zero Theorem got mixed reviews when it debuted at Venice last year. It opens in March.