The Unfinished Posthumous Work of Heath Ledger

Johnnie 2022-04-19 09:01:48

The movie in theaters is called "Magic Fantasy Show". The unfinished posthumous work of Heath Ledger. The cast of the film is unprecedented.

Dr. Parnassos and the devil bet to win eternal life, but not forever young. Afterwards, he made a deal with the devil, gave up immortality, returned to a young man and got a beloved woman, and the price was that his descendants would belong to the devil when they turned 16. To change this result, a third bet was made with the devil. The magic of Dr. Parnassos is to allow people to enter the illusion of their dreams. And Tony is a liar under the guise of charity, and saved his life by causing fake death through the protection of the flute. After meeting the doctor and everyone, he won the love of the doctor's daughter with his excellent eloquence, and at the same time continued his charitable dream in the illusion, but was finally deceived by the doctor and succeeded in dying on his own tricks.

As a fantasy or even absurd film, it seems to have a lot to express, but the narrative is not very clear, and the ending is not very good.

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Extended Reading
  • Jerod 2022-04-23 07:01:52

    Wouldn't the movie be different if Heath Ledger could have played the entire film.

  • Alexandrine 2022-03-27 09:01:05

    To paraphrase Depp's line, they're dead, but they're immortal.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus quotes

  • [first lines]

    Anton: Ladies and Gentlemen, step up. Step up! I am Mercury, the messenger of the Gods, and invite you, invite you, sir, for one night, one night only, here at this venue to enter the mind, the very great mind, huh, of Doctor Parnassus. Dr. Parnassus!

  • Female Journalist: Aren't you running the risk to entrench the *need* for charity by increasingly institutionalizing it?