THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS

THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS(2009/Canada,France,U.K.)
Synopsis
In London, the sideshow troupe of Doctor Parnassus promises the audience a journey to the "Imaginarium", an imaginary world commanded by the mind of Doctor Parnassus, where dreams come true. In the stories that Doctor Parnassus tells to his daughter Valentina, the midget Percy, and his assistant Anton, he claims to have lived for more than one thousand years; However, when he fell in love with a mortal woman, he made a deal with the devil (Mr. Nick), trading his immortality for youth. As part of the bargain, he promised his son or daughter to Mr. Nick on their sixteenth birthday. Valentina is now almost to the doomed age and Doctor Parnassus makes a new bet with Mr. Nick, whoever seduces five souls in the Imaginarium will have Valentina as a prize. Meanwhile the troupe rescues Tony, a young man that was hanged on a bridge by the Russians. Tony was chased until he finds and joins the group.

I like this movie's director, Terry Gilliam. He is an American, but he is mainly active in the U.K. as an  animator, actor and movie director. He is also famous for being a member of Monty Python.
His image of a movie is artistic, so  the story he creates is beyond our imagination.
I always feel excited to watching his movie. "THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS" also exceeded my expectations.
The imaginary world commanded by the mind of Doctor Parnassus is so amazing.
Terry used his original animation techniques. Although it's a little weird world, it emphasized his individuaily. I am also an animator myself, so I admire him and I wish I could visualize my images like him!
If you see the trailer, you would think that it must be a flashy adventure movie like hollywood movies. In fact it is not. I think it is a love-it-or-hate-it type of movie just like "12 MONKEYS" and "THE BROTHERS GRIMM".
This movie is notable for Heath Ledger's appearance and became his posthumous acting. The filming was interrupted by his death, but his friends, Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell helped to play his role and the complete the movie. As a result, the actors were very gorgeous and splendid.
By the way, I found a very interesting video. It was for a children's show in Terry's younger days.  He was showing how to make an animation. He was so young!
I like the video so much. How about you?

My rating：★★★★