Nachdem Terry Gilliams „The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus“ in Cannes gelaufen ist, landen grade die ersten Bewegtbilder in meinem Feedreader, hier die drei bislang aufgetauchten Clips via /Film:
Und FirstShowing hat ein erstes Review:
Christopher Plummer plays the aging Dr. Parnassus, a former monk whose mind is connected to a magical mirror that transports those who enter into his imagination. Parnassus travels around London with a small theater troupe made up of his daughter Valentina (Lily Cole), performer Anton (Andrew Garfield), and sidekick Percy (Verne Troyer). Unfortunately, Parnassus made a deal with the devil, known as Mr. Nick (Tom Waits), and will lose his daughter to him on her 16th birthday. But in a chance encounter they save Anthony (Heath Ledger) from suicide and are given the chance to potentially change Valentina’s destiny.
It’s a confusing film, as is expected with Gilliam, since there’s plenty to take in regarding the idea of the Imaginarium and the story of Mr. Nick and the importance of Ledger’s character. I even had to see it a second time to give it a full analysis, a luxury I didn’t have with Inglourious Basters. Basically, I enjoyed it, thanks mainly to Gilliam’s directing and his technical finesse, but otherwise, the story and its characters were the most troubled. The first half was incredible, but it slowly starts to spin out of control, and by the end, which is spent primarily in Parnassus’ imagination, it gets so wild that it’s almost hard to enjoy.


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kann mir wenig draus stricken… anhand der 3 Clips… aber irgendwie Interesse hab ich schon… mag die Gilliam Filme – mehr oder weniger ^_^
Hab ihn heute gesehen (in Gegenwart von Terry Gilliam himself) und war sehr angetan. Stimme dem Review oben aber zu, gegen Ende wird es immer surrealer und konfuser, aber der Film behält trotzdem den Reiz des Außergewöhnlichen und Andersartigen. Auch das Problem mit den 4 Schauspielern, die eigentlich die selbe Person spielen, wurde m.E. gut gelöst. Für mich seit langem wieder ein sehr unterhaltsamer Film!
Der Parnassus erinnert ja “garnicht” an Dumbledore…
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Trotzdem, mal sehen, was das wird.