Monty Python Reunion

The news of a Monty Python reunion in October came just a day after I was revisiting their "Novel Writing" sketch, wherein they imagine Thomas Hardy writing The Return of the Native in front of a crowd of spectators.

Monty Python have done reunions before. At the one in the clip below, Graham Chapman manages to attend via his remains, which are used to great effect:



That's Terry Gilliam who sets off the ruckus, which reminds me that the trailer for his new film with Heath Ledger looks pretty killer:

RIP, Heath

How tremendously sad to hear of Heath Ledger's passing. He came an awfully long way as an actor in just a handful of films, and his partnership with Terry Gilliam was deeply promising. Heath had just turned in a wondrously silly performance in The Brother Grimm, and filming was well under way for The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus.

Heath's death continues the tremendous run of bad karma that has dogged Gilliam's productions, and the only images to emerge from the filming of Parnassus are eery shots of the actor hanging from a noose.

Here's hoping that enough of Heath's final performance was filmed to allow for one last chance to see this captivating actor onscreen.