I'll check it out but I bet it's not a patch on Darren Aronofsky's first full-length feature Pi with a mathematician trying to unlock the universal patterns found in nature. Gilliam always leans too hard on his art directors and set designers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo18VIoR2xU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo18VIoR2xU