Tarradiddling with Baron Muchausen

About this episode

Michael deMeng and Gary Warren Niebuhr discuss the cinematic interpretations of Baron Munchausen.

In this episode of Junk and Disorderly, Michael deMeng is joined by artist, author, and crime-fiction historian Gary Warren Niebuhr to explore the cinematic adventures of literature’s most gloriously unreliable storyteller—Baron Munchausen. Together we dive into two wildly different film interpretations: Karel Zeman’s visually astonishing 1962 fantasy The Fabulous Baron Munchausen and Terry Gilliam’s lavish and chaotic 1988 epic The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. One blends live action, anim...

People in this episode

Host: Michael deMeng

Guest: Gary Warren Niebuhr

Topics covered

• Baron Munchausen
• film adaptations
• cinema
• fantasy

Keywords

• Karel Zeman
• Terry Gilliam
• The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Junk and Disorderly, The Fabulous Baron Munchausen, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

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