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    Image of jchasse jchasse
    09/11/09

    In reply to Tom Waits' Devil Beckons You To Enter Terry Gilliam's Dada Dreamscape, In New Pics
    Can't say I was really following Imaginarium until now.

    Looks like a beautiful example of a rare and endangered species...a movie that actually looks interesting enough to brave the local ciniplex just to see it in 40 foot glory.

    Tx you Mr. Terry for being so Gilliam
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    09/10/09

    In reply to Tom Waits' Devil Beckons You To Enter Terry Gilliam's Dada Dreamscape, In New Pics
    Under no circumstances can I imagine this movie making a lick of sense. And I am so there.
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    Image of SpammerOvTheGods SpammerOvTheGods
    09/10/09

    In reply to Tom Waits' Devil Beckons You To Enter Terry Gilliam's Dada Dreamscape, In New Pics
    "There is no devil. That's just God when he's drunk." - Tom Waits

    #@!
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    Boas_MC promoted this comment SpammerOvTheGods was starred SpammerOvTheGods was unstarred
    Image of ballookey ballookey
    09/10/09

    In reply to Tom Waits' Devil Beckons You To Enter Terry Gilliam's Dada Dreamscape, In New Pics
    "all playing the same person, which is something no other movie will ever attempt"

    Except I'm Not There, and Todd Solondz' Palindromes.
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    AngryEddy promoted this comment ballookey was starred ballookey was unstarred
    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    09/10/09

    @ballookey: And Bewitched. I'm pretty sure they switched Darrins mid-episode.
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    Image of nozer nozer
    09/10/09

    @ballookey: I'm Not There sort of doesn't count because they weren't literally all meant to be playing the same person/character. They even had different names.

    Palindromes, on the other hand, definitely did this, to a great effect. Also, saying "no other movie will ever attempt" it is sort of odd. Has Charlie seen into the future of filmmaking?
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment nozer was starred nozer was unstarred
    Image of Boas_MC Boas_MC
    09/11/09

    @nozer: Yep, you've gotta watch those absolute statements.
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    09/10/09

    In reply to Tom Waits' Devil Beckons You To Enter Terry Gilliam's Dada Dreamscape, In New Pics
    Gilliam's been responsible for some of my favourite movies (Brazil, Munchausen, 12 Monkeys) and one of the very few films I genuinely cannot stand (Brother Griimm). Dr Parnassus, from what we've seen, looks amazing. I'm definitely looking forward to this.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/10/09

    @Alasdair5000: Out of curiosity, what was wrong with Brothers Grimm? It was pretty standard fare.
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    Image of honeybee111 honeybee111
    09/10/09

    @Alasdair5000: He's a filmmaker who is willing to take risks, and sometimes risks don't work out. I love that about him. No risk, no reward.
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    Alasdair5000 promoted this comment honeybee111 was starred honeybee111 was unstarred
    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    09/10/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: It's got a really odd rythm but I can never quite get behind. The transition from horror to comedy and back again always feels forced to me and there's a couple of moments, the minced kitten in particular, where the film just stops absolutely dead.
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    09/10/09

    @honeybee111: You're absolutely right, and when when it works he produces films that look like nothing else (Brazil, 12 Monkeys and Tideland) all spring to mind. When it doesn't though, you don't so much have a film as a set of disparate elements that happen to be on camera at the same time.
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    09/10/09

    @Alasdair5000: Although that being said interesting failures are much more admirable than just plain failures I suppose.
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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    09/10/09

    In reply to Tom Waits' Devil Beckons You To Enter Terry Gilliam's Dada Dreamscape, In New Pics
    What I want to know is:

    a) Will people actually go see this one, and
    b) If they do, will they be seeing it for Gilliam awesomeness or because it's Heath's last picture

    ?

    Poor Terry has a hell of a time making movies, and when he does finally make one, he has a hell of a time getting people to actually see it.
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    Image of Boas_MC Boas_MC
    09/11/09

    @atrus123: I would totally pay money to go see this one, because it gives me happywarmnostalgic flashbacks to Baron Munchausen. Unfortunately, the studio has decided to release it the day after I leave the country for a place that will most likely not show it on the big screen. Assholes.
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    Image of Stryke_Dasher Stryke_Dasher
    09/10/09

    In reply to Tom Waits' Devil Beckons You To Enter Terry Gilliam's Dada Dreamscape, In New Pics
    Whoa! tom waits finally playing the role he should play. Now I can't wait for the film biography where ron perlman plays tom waits and the circle will be complete.
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    AngryEddy promoted this comment Stryke_Dasher was starred Stryke_Dasher was unstarred
    Image of kharmedy kharmedy
    09/10/09

    In reply to Tom Waits' Devil Beckons You To Enter Terry Gilliam's Dada Dreamscape, In New Pics
    Tom Waits as the devil ! I officialy name Terry Gilliam, Best Person Ever. Tom Waits is unfortanetly not in the running for this title becuase he is less a person and more a personification of awesome.
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    J_Frank_Parnell promoted this comment Edited by kharmedy at 09/10/09 10:10 AM kharmedy was starred kharmedy was unstarred
    Image of it must be bunnies it must be bunnies
    08/24/09

    In reply to Reality TV Host Boosted Ratings By Murdering People
    See I told you reality TV was EVIL!
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    it must be bunnies was starred it must be bunnies was unstarred
    Image of gorehound gorehound
    08/24/09

    In reply to Reality TV Host Boosted Ratings By Murdering People
    what about the infamous 70's sleazemeiser the snuff movie ?
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    Image of HerrIssyvoo HerrIssyvoo
    08/24/09

    In reply to Reality TV Host Boosted Ratings By Murdering People
    Reminds me of the parts of Ian McDonald's Brasyl that take place in the sort of contemporary realish world.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment HerrIssyvoo was starred HerrIssyvoo was unstarred
    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    08/24/09

    In reply to Reality TV Host Boosted Ratings By Murdering People
    I can remember an episode of Max Headroom with this plot
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    08/24/09

    @se7a7n7: And couldn't you say that Peter Parker has been guilty of doing this for his entire career?
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    08/24/09

    @se7a7n7: This reminded me of the 007 movie "Tomorrow Never Dies" where the villain is a Murdoch-like media mogul who tries to start a war between Britain and China to boost ratings and circulation of his broadcast and print outlets.
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    Edited by omgwtflolbbqbye at 08/24/09 4:03 PM omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    08/24/09

    @se7a7n7: Also unless Spider-Man was paying muggers to knock over convenience stores and bankrolling the Secret Six, his case his case was not similar to this at all.
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    omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of Mighty Bomb Jack Mighty Bomb Jack
    08/24/09

    In reply to Reality TV Host Boosted Ratings By Murdering People
    Urban Legends: Final Cut is kinda like this, with Eva Mendes playing the smokin' body.
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    Annalee Newitz promoted this comment Mighty Bomb Jack was starred Mighty Bomb Jack was unstarred
    Image of Scott Van Vechten Scott Van Vechten
    08/24/09

    In reply to Reality TV Host Boosted Ratings By Murdering People
    Anyone here ever read Dead Famous, by Ben Elton? It's the first thing I thought of.
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    Annalee Newitz promoted this comment Scott Van Vechten was starred Scott Van Vechten was unstarred
    Image of it must be bunnies it must be bunnies
    08/24/09

    @Scott Van Vechten: I haven't read that one yet but I have read Chart Throb which exposes reality shows like American Idol etc. I will have to pick it up.

    Ben Elton was a recent guest on the CBC show The Hour. Excellent interview and very well spoken man.
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    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    08/24/09

    In reply to Reality TV Host Boosted Ratings By Murdering People
    I hate when life reflects art.
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    Dash_Stryker was starred Dash_Stryker was unstarred
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