Facets' Monday Morning Quarterbacks

As usual, Facets employees spent their weekend watching movies, and we have forged some strong opinions. A quick glance at the films reveals that we certainly have eclectic tastes! Let us know what you think.


Michelle, Facets Gal Friday, wins the award for the most unusual film on the list. She watched the 1961 Czech version of The Fabulous Baron Munchausen, originally titled Baron Prasil. She liked the artsy combination of animation, matte paintings and stop-motion puppets to create the world of Baron Prasil or Baron Munchausen

Anne B, our membership lady, watched Inglourious Basterds on DVD. As a matter of fact, she watched it twice, because she was so taken with the clever dialogue.

Chris in Accounting returned to the MCA’s series on Italian movies (curated by a former Facets employee). He took in Visconti’s The Damned and Fellini’s Casanova. The latter he found “crazy beautiful,” and it inspired him to dig up more Fellini films from the 1970s

Patrick, who handles Facets’ press, took his son to see Legion, which he described as “a low-budget Terminator Salvation—except not with robots but with angels.” He found that it did “not want to make me poke my eyes out,” but he recommends keeping your expectations low because it’s “not more than you think it’s going to be.”

Suzi from Marketing caught Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus and highly recommends it. It’s worth seeing for Johnny Depp’s scenes alone, but the real star of the film is Gilliam’s imagination.

Allie from The Chicago International Children's Film Festival watched The Education of Charlie Banks, which she liked despite the fact it was directed by Fred Durst, former lead singer for Limp Bizkit. Allie liked Jesse Eisenberg in the lead (lately the star of Adventureland).

Abbey from Sales is preparing for Valentine’s Day by watching the romantic drama Now, Voyager, starring Bette Davis. The scene in which Paul Henreid puts two cigarettes in his mouth, lights both of them, and then gives one to Davis is one of the sexiest love scenes in film history.