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Just came back from a screening of this film with a Q&A with Terry Gilliam. Much like everyone there, Ive been waiting since I was 10 to speak to this great master.
This was Heath Ledgers final film. He had rewritten the script halfway through Ledgers death to adapt the roles of new actors playing his character (Depp, Farell, Law). The premise is quite simple but twisted and filled with nuanced adlibbed dialogue by Heath and Tom Waits. It was a visual and story telling adventure.. Highly recommended.
A couple of interesting things Terry had to say which came as a surprise, and that I hope brings hope to some of the Indy filmmakers here, is that he can never ever seem to find financing for any of his films. He described an experience of walking into every Studio, with the executives telling him how much his films shaped their youth, them rattling off a list of films they love only to tell him that they just cant take a risk on his next film. Even with Heath Ledger assigned to the script, (just shortly after he played the Joker) the studio's still wouldnt touch it. He pretty much had to look to Europe and Canada where he said the industry still believes in artistically merited films... And he managed to scrape the money from both countries. His words were "film-making is not a god given right.. you have to fight for it" or to some effect. So even the great Terry Gilliam doesnt get greenlit any easier than most filmmakers, battling for their innovative scripts and stories!
Anyway, Im sure most will see the film.
http://www.doctorparnassus.com/
This was Heath Ledgers final film. He had rewritten the script halfway through Ledgers death to adapt the roles of new actors playing his character (Depp, Farell, Law). The premise is quite simple but twisted and filled with nuanced adlibbed dialogue by Heath and Tom Waits. It was a visual and story telling adventure.. Highly recommended.
A couple of interesting things Terry had to say which came as a surprise, and that I hope brings hope to some of the Indy filmmakers here, is that he can never ever seem to find financing for any of his films. He described an experience of walking into every Studio, with the executives telling him how much his films shaped their youth, them rattling off a list of films they love only to tell him that they just cant take a risk on his next film. Even with Heath Ledger assigned to the script, (just shortly after he played the Joker) the studio's still wouldnt touch it. He pretty much had to look to Europe and Canada where he said the industry still believes in artistically merited films... And he managed to scrape the money from both countries. His words were "film-making is not a god given right.. you have to fight for it" or to some effect. So even the great Terry Gilliam doesnt get greenlit any easier than most filmmakers, battling for their innovative scripts and stories!
Anyway, Im sure most will see the film.
http://www.doctorparnassus.com/
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