Prince of Tideland

Right now, Terry Gilliam is starting post-production a new film called Tideland. It won't be released until 2006 (we have another Gilliam feature, Brothers Grimm, to tide - har! - us over until then). But as cool as Brothers Grimm has the potential to be (it is, after all, a film about Matt Damon battling fairy tale monsters, directed by the creator of some of cinema's greatest modern fairy tales), I'm more looking forward to Tideland.

It's a film based on a book I have not read, but I may be forced to remedy that some time this year. The plot, as IMDB reports it, concerns a young girl taken by her father to a rural farmhouse following the death of her mother by heroin overdose. Once on the farm, the young girl (to be played by newcomer Jodelle Ferland) develops strange habits, including talking aloud to headless Barbie dolls.

Here's an image courtesy of the most excellent Terry Gilliam fan page, Dreams:



Pretty neat, huh? Here's another:



So, yeah, I can't wait to see this one. Gilliam's definitely one of my favorite working directors, and his Brazil ranks among my favorite all-time films. (Also 12 Monkeys and Time Bandits.)