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看Tideland的DVD时，正片播放之前Terry Gilliam做了一段开场白，说了很多话，包括别人可能会怎么看这部电影，他自己的观点立场是什么，自己如何如何老了但是追求依然还在。说到最后变得十分煽情，让我觉得他有点要“告别影坛”的意思。看来是我想多了，因为最近老人家又在忙活新片了。这的确是一个好消息。

新片叫The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus。Imaginarium指的是一种早期的小型移动剧院，说白了就是由马车牵动的小舞台。该片主要演员都是之前和Terry合作过的，有Christopher Plummer, Heath Ledger, Verne Troyer and Tom Waits。


以下为剧情介绍(spoilers)：
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day.
It tells the story of Dr Parnassus and his extraordinary ‘Imaginarium’, a travelling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Dr Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. Long ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr Nick, in which he won immortality. Many centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his first-born reached its 16th birthday he or she would become the property of Mr Nick. Valentina is now rapidly approaching this ‘coming of age’ milestone and Dr Parnassus is desperate to protect her from her impending fate. Mr Nick arrives to collect but, always keen to make a bet, renegotiates the wager. Now the winner of Valentina will be determined by whoever seduces the first five souls. Enlisting a series of wild, comical and compelling characters in his journey, Dr Parnassus promises his daughter’s hand in marriage to the man that helps him win. In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Dr Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles - and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all…

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