"Nothing's permanent, not even death" - Heath Ledger in THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS trailer!

Much more Heath Ledger than I expected in the long awaited trailer for The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, a movie that OWF's Simon Gallagher analysed almost frame for frame at the Cannes Film Festival, a movie he says is one of "Gilliam's best". And when he says "Gilliam's best", that actually means something, compared to if I had said "Gilliam's best" as I am most certainly not a fan of his output for the most part, with a couple of exceptions. Lionsgate will open the film this October in the U.K., and if your anything like me then there's nothing much more than a curiosity for seeing Heath Ledger's last performance that warrants seeing this - which by the way, judging from the trailer contains a post-The Dark Knight confidence that it's heartbreaking to think we won't now see grow and grow into bigger and more significant parts. @ Yahoo! Video After the jump, an excerpt from Simon's review... ... at one point I began to dread the moment in the film where it would become obvious that Ledger had died (the appearance of Johnny Depp, Jude Law or Colin Farrell effectively sounding the death note) which tainted even the most fantasticalGilliam-inspired scenes. This is the hand that fate has dealt Gilliam€™slatest production- to be overshadowed by a truly tragic moment in Hollywood history- hence the suggestion that the euolgy from Depp, in which he compares the infinite youth in mortality of Princess Diana,Rudolph Valentino and James Dean, is the single most important scene of all. It is an affecting moment, and as much as some may cynically view it as a little contrived, I think it was done with subtle grace and infinite dignity- likewise the touching dedication at the end of the film that reads A Film From Heath Ledger and Friends which left me choked-up. If The Dark Knight was his masterpiece and his legacy, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is Heath Ledger€™s eulogy proper.