Review: Gilliam’s Imaginarium The Oldest Story in the Book

“It’s a murky moral tale of misdirection with storylines that frequently lose meaning or abruptly dead-end. ”

Terry Gilliam’s surreal parable, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, hedges on the oldest breed of bet in the books — wagers between the devil and men.

As ancient and peculiar as the galleon-like caravan he and his companions ramble around 21st-century London in, Dr. Parnassus (Shakespearean pro Christopher Plummer) has more than a bit of a past, and a penchant for…

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