Terry Gilliam is one of my favorite directors. Not that I was a particularly big Monty Python fan, but when I was 15 and trying to find my artistic voice, I saw “Brazil“, and lost my innocence. Everything I would learn about production design, subject matter for a film, even dialogue — was nonsense. I learned an appreciation for controlled chaos from Terry Gilliam that, depending on who you ask, spilled over into my personal life.

I’d heard that he had this piece of work with Heath Ledger, and that it was really great, but I thought that it would just end up being one of those legendary films we’d never see. Sort of like how you know Prince has like 100 songs that would each blow your mind but we’ll probably never hear them unless we’re on a couch in his house. Well, now that this film has been revealed at Cannes, there’s no turning back. This film is coming out. Check out the teaser that’s been going round for “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus“. It’s sort of a shame that people are going to be watching this looking for Heath and not understand what attracted Heath to the project. I guess…whatever it takes to get people to the exhibit.