From Brandon Fibb:

Though Terry Gilliam may call himself a film director, he has much more in common with the ringmaster under a circus big top. A Gilliam film is a psychedelic experience (think Fellini on hallucinogens), a surreal carnival ride that, like dreams, doesn’t even try to make sense. While Gilliam’s storytelling has always taken a distinct back seat to his visuals, his latest, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, is his zaniest film since The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Imaginarium, to borrow a phrase from the film, is “a world full of enchantment for those willing to see it.”

Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) is a doddering, grey-bearded, drunken old man who lives inside of a massive gypsy wagon that converts into a stage whenever a crowd begins to gather. With him is his daughter Valentina (Lily Cole, who has a child’s cherubic face on what is most certainly a woman’s body), days shy of her sweet 16th birthday…

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