Baron Prasil

“Baron Prasil” (aka "The Fabulous Baron Munchausen"; "The Original Fabulous Adventure Of Baron Munchausen") (1961) (Karel Zeman) Criminally under-known Czech film wizard Karel Zeman here used his amazing trademark mixed-media visual cinematic techniques; merging, juxtaposing and overlapping live action, hand drawn animation, stop-motion animation, models, matte paintings, woodcuts, life-size replicas, tinted colors and much more to bring the fantastic stories of Gottfried August Bürger’s Baron Munchausen to the screen in a way never seen before or since; which was modeled partly after Gustave Dore’s storybook-style drawings. Milos Kopecký masterfully portrays the wild, imaginative, resourceful Baron Munchausen through a flowing fever dream of interconnected and unbelievable tall tales involving trips to the moon, absurd wars, ridiculous adventures, pop art spacesuits, giant rubber fish, stop-frame owls, winged horses, changing colors, fantastic landscapes, sea ships, mermaids, castles, cannonballs, love, poetry and imagination; all harmoniously displayed in endlessly clever games of visual creativity. It is as if Georges Méliès, Rankin And Bass and Lewis Carroll have all met in hea

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