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		<title>Weird For The Sake Of Weirdness?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray DeRousse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Even though this story on Celebrity Freakshow is supposed to be a joke, the central idea behind it made me think about this issue I have with the works of Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam.

It's been bugging me ever since the recent debuts of the trailers for their upcoming films Alice In Wonderland and The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassas. Both films look highly imaginative, a quality sorely lacking in mainstream Hollywood these days. But am I alone in feeling a bit deflated at the sight of non-stop quirkiness? Is the weirdness inherent in the works of these two directors purposely imaginative, or simply on purpose?



The trailer for Parnassas shows Gilliam returning to the fantastical realms he explored in films like The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen and Brazil. It is to Gilliam's credit that these films are highly original works, full of creativity and whimsy.  But watching the trailer for Parnassas is like seeing a highlight reel of Gilliam's past works - hot air balloons, distorted perspectives, stilted performances, and chilly adventures.

To be fair, aside from Time Bandits, I've never really connected with any of Gilliam's films. He's a bit like the Pink Floyd of movies - technically brilliant, intellectually compelling, but cold and unengaging. And ...]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Nothing&#8217;s permanent, not even death&#8221; &#8211; Heath Ledger in THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS trailer!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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Much more Heath Ledger than I expected in the long awaited trailer for The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, a movie that OWF's Simon Gallagher analysed almost frame for frame at the Cannes Film Festival, a movie he says is one of "Gilliam's best". 

And when he says "Gilliam's best", that actually means something, compared to if I had said "Gilliam's best" as I am most certainly not a fan of his output for the most part, with a couple of exceptions.

Lionsgate will open the film this October in the U.K., and if your anything like me then there's nothing much more than a curiosity for seeing Heath Ledger's last performance that warrants seeing this - which by the way, judging from the trailer contains a post-The Dark Knight confidence that it's heartbreaking to think we won't now see grow and grow into bigger and more significant parts.

 @ Yahoo! Video

After the jump, an excerpt from Simon's review...



... at one point I began to dread the moment in the film where it would become obvious that Ledger had died (the appearance of Johnny Depp, Jude Law or Colin Farrell effectively sounding the death note) which tainted even the most fantasticalGilliam-inspired scenes. This is the hand that fate ...]]></description>
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		<title>Preposterously, Gloriously Gilliam: Simon Reviews THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 09:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
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Status: Out of Competition

For the second time in a little over 48 hours I find myself confronted by a film that is so much an expression of its director's artistic manifesto that its identity is difficult to remove from his own. Terry Gilliam, like Tarantino, asks his audience to buy into his ethos: to accept that the film he is presenting is not necessarily going to be a commercial or critical success, but that it remains true to what he has set out to achieve across his whole canon of work. In that respect the film does not disappoint- Gilliam creates a familiar dream-scape mixed with garish pallet and sweeping surrealist bursh-strokes, and he doesnt go as far as letting such a trivial thing as the traditions of narrative get in the way. For this director at least, the story is merely a way for the audience to buy into Gilliam's imagined world, to marvel at his artistic vision, and allow themselves to be taken over by the escapist fantasy of the film. The fact of the matter is, even the most ardent Gilliam fan couldnt really tell you what Brazil is about, or offer any kind of evaluation of Fear ...]]></description>
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		<title>Oliver geeks out over BRAZIL screening with Terry Gilliam!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oliver Pfeiffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a pure joy to witness fellow MONTY PYTHON member and all round wacky movie visionary Terry Gilliam at London’s National Film Theatre last weekend. He was there for a pre-screening intro and Q&#38;A on his financially draining but critically rewarding 1985 cult fantasy masterpiece BRAZIL. Although now 68 and donning an indistinguishable and instantly ageing grey goaty - making him closer resemble a cross between Jack Elam and a later year Orson Welles than the youthful bohemian giant we have come to respect- as soon as those drawn out Minnesotan tones were heard it was categorically clear this wasn't some old impostor.



Taking the words out of my mouth someone quibbled him on his preference of actor, to which he acknowledged that he preferred classically trained Brits (hence the likes of Johnathan Pryce et al) over method madness, (he didn't mention names but I sensed he was recalling De Niro here). He likes the way stage trained Brits can have a laugh and switch from cracking a joke to getting into character in a heartbeat. Gilliam was clearly in his element when quizzed about his hearty feuds with producers. At one point his mobile unexpectedly rang to which he ...]]></description>
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		<title>Incredible IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS footage!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not strictly a teaser trailer, more like a behind-the-scenes sneak preview but this is still well worth your time and effort. I repeat WELL WORTH YOUR TIME AND EFFORT, don't skip it!

Terry Gilliam's next epic fantasy film THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS will officially mark the last outing for Heath Ledger who died some weeks into filming earlier this year. After a small disruption to the shoot, he was replaced by Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell who if I remember rightly, all agreed to defer pay on the film to various charities that Ledger supported.


The trailer thingy is below. The movie has so many fantastic elements and shots, it's just impossible to take it all in. And then when Terry Gilliam runs down the plot details, well it sounds way more exciting than it ever did in print.

So I will let him tell you what's it's about. To me this looks like Gilliam tributing Gilliam (i.e. - all the best stuff of his career seems to have made his way into this movie)...



Rarely do you see movies on such an epic scope as this. The more I see this, the more I wish that Gilliam had been given ...]]></description>
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		<title>Which three actors are paying tribute to Heath Ledger for DR. PARNASSUS?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Terry Gilliam has found his three actors who will be paying tribute to Heath Ledger who we tragically lost last month, in his final film THE IMAGNARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS. If you recall, the fantasy setup of the movie has allowed Gilliam to re-write the script so that Ledger's character could be transformed by going through a magic mirror which will change him into a similar character, with a different appearance.

That would happen a total of three times in the movie, presumably it will work similar to what happens in DR. WHO, when they change actor.

As expected, Johnny Depp has jumped aboard. He has found time to do the part just before he goes off to work with Michael Mann and opposite Christian Bale as John Dillinger and he will be working for Gilliam for the first time since FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS.

 Jude Law is the second name. He has just completed his part in the sci-fi movie REPOSSESSION MAMBO and has a clean upcoming slate.

And lastly, Colin Farrell has joined the movie too. He has just done his part opposite Edward Norton in the crime/drama PRIDE AND GLORY.

Kudos to all three actors, who I'm pretty sure ...]]></description>
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		<title>Update on the state of DR. PARNASSUS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Last week saw the removal of Heath Ledger's name and the status update on Terry Gilliam's THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS to read "The project has been shut down" leading to some rumors around the web that the movie had been scrapped altogether.

Thankfully reports today have dismissed that theory and Ledger's footage on PARNASSUS won't end up on the cutting room floor.

From Quick Stop Movies via AICN...
The source within the production wanted to make certain the word gets out that the production is not in fact shut down but is moving forward and will feature Heath Ledger in his last role. This decision to keep Heath’s performance and rework the film to accommodate it was made out of respect for that performance and in memory of Heath. This despite somewhat shady efforts by certain parties, the source tells us, to paint The Dark Knight as Heath’s final role.
Speaking from my perspective only, going ahead with the movie seems to be the most sensible thing to do when the concept and plot is so organic that it allows you the freedom of bringing in other actors to play the part, especially when I'm certain there won't be ...]]></description>
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		<title>Ledger&#8217;s last performance to get CGI&#8217;D?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rumors galore in regards to the last performance of Heath Ledger in THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS. First we heard last week of the classy move that would bring Johnny Depp in to carry on the movie where Ledger left of as a different character (it's a magical universe so there's room to do such appearance transporting things and not lose our interest) but now that's been shot down because Depp needs time to prepare for Mann's PUBLIC ENEMIES.

We heard that Ledger had around six weeks of work left on Gilliam's movie, which might only leave Depp 1 or 2 weeks to commit, if that, before he plays John Dillinger.

So then we heard that Ledger might transform into Depp but then Depp's character would change into someone else, and so on and so on... with several actors working for next to nothing in respect to Heath. Again, another classy move.

The latest development though is not encouraging. Christopher Plummer, the co-star of the movie gives us the latest...
“Terry’s throwing himself into the job of trying to salvage the picture,” said Plummer. “[Gilliam is] trying to work out at this moment how to continue on. Fortunately, because the film deals with magic, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Johnny Depp to replace Ledger in DR. PARNASSUS?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johnny Depp and director Terry Gilliam may be about to pay the ultimate respect to the late Heath Ledger, as rumors from the British tabloid The Sun (I know, not usually to be trusted) suggest that production on the currently in turmoil THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS may soon re-start with Depp taking over where Ledger left off.

Depp last worked with Gilliam on the late 90's movie FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS.

Production was cancelled on PARNASSUS on Wednesday, the day after the tragic death of one of it's lead stars some six weeks before the film was set to be completed. Depp schedule should allow him to work on the movie for six weeks if he agrees to do the movie for Gilliam, as Depp isn't scheduled to work on Michael Mann's PUBLIC ENEMIES until March.

So how would a character's major change of appearance actually work in the film, which we know is about a carnival troupe who give audiences a wacky and more bizarre performance than they ever expected.

Apparently there's a scene in the movie where Ledger's character is to fall through a magic mirror and the word going around the web today is that the character will ...]]></description>
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