Australia's king and queen of repertory cinema - Jaimie and Aspasia Leonarder – present a special retrospective screening of this rare classic of the fantastic genre.

In making Baron Prásil, criminally under-known Czech film wizard Karel Zeman used all of his amazing 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. The film is 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 colours, fantastic landscapes, sea ships, mermaids, castles, cannonballs, love, poetry and imagination; all harmoniously displayed in endlessly clever games of visual creativity.

Don't miss this rare opportunity to see Baron Prásil on the big screen in all of its psychedelic glory!


Tickets from Dendy Newton - Phone bookings: (02) 9550 5699 - Online bookings: www.dendy.com.au

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