A new U.S. trailer for Terry Gilliam’s “The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus,” has arrived and it’s pretty much the same as the last one and speaks for itself. If you like this sort of thing — goofy, in our minds — more power to you. We saw it at TIFF and didn’t care for it much, not because it is silly (silly can be fine if executed properly), but basically because it’s just a bit shambolic and slightly incomprehensible. The effects are also quite… ungood to say the least. Just saying all this will get us in more hot water with the Gilliam devotees though, but we hope “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” is a much better effort. Our fingers are crossed and we’re still holding out hope.
Something we forgot to post in all the TIFF madness. We stuck around for the Q&A with Gilliam after the ‘Parnassus’ screening and recorded the entire thing. It’s interesting and worth a listen though if you’re a huge ‘Parnassus’ or Gilliam fan you’ve probably heard these quotes before. Cue peanut gallery who never post here, but apparently have entitlement and ownership issues with this film.
