The Adventures of Baron Munchausen with John Glassie

Monty Python alum Terry Gilliam’s retina-bewildering adaptation of Rudolf Erich Raspe’s tall tales—which defied the scientific certainties of the Age of Enlightenment—recounts the outlandish exploits of an 18th-century German nobleman. John Glassie, author of A Man of Misconceptions, the story of legendary 17th-century German polymath/crackpot Athanasius Kircher, will connect the film to some delightful pre-scientific notions.