Fantastic Cinema

Today’s Guardian has a terrific article penned by Marina Warner – one of my favourite writers mining the rich seam of folklore and the fantastic in European culture. Her article focuses on film makers who have brought their visions of fantasy to the screen. Her list of names is a role-call of directors who I gladly invite into my mind’s eye to rattle the cobwebs and blow a chill wind or two: Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton, Jan Swankmajer, The Brothers Quay.

The news that there are three new films about to be released from Gilliam (The Brothers Grimm), Burton (The Corpse Bride) and The Brothers Quay (The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes) feels like an embarrassment of riches.