The Fantastic Show of Dr. Parnassos

Ashly 2022-03-22 09:01:41

This movie does feel a little weird, because if you think of it as an entertainment movie, you will feel that it is actually something worth recalling, but if you are expecting something more complicated from it, you may feel it after watching it. Nothing was said. It's just a story, like "Alice in Wonderland", its value lies in the process itself, your reaction, such as feeling a little bored, starting to be surprised, a little nervous, satisfied with the happy ending, these are also It belongs to the process in which the story is told.

Just like Lily Cole, who played Valentina. She doesn't look very good-looking, but in this story, she really exists in such an indecent world, and sometimes you can detect that her emotions can reveal a bit of reality from the fictional situation. Come, it can also be said to give this hype story a little "meaning". Following this feeling, I think she is actually very beautiful. The anti-"traditional" appearance reminds me of the images of girls in medieval narrative poems. In this kind of story with blurred boundaries between time and space, it really has such a charming taste.

I think not all movies have a mission to tell a truth, and not all directors want you to leave the stage satisfied. Maybe some movies just want to demonstrate how different the world can be, how free imagination can be. Your choice may not always be to perceive a meaning, but also to create a meaning, donner du sens.

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus quotes

  • Anton: Ladies and gentleman, ladies and gentleman... this world, this world that we live in is full of enchantment for those with eyes to see it. Chicken!

    [throws a chicken at the audience]

  • Percy: Telling the truth... always a bad idea.