The Fabulous Baron Munchausen served as an influence for Terry Gilliam, who was then making his own version of the Munchausen stories, "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen". According to Gilliam: British magazine Home Cinema Choice voted "The Fabulous Baron Munchausen" the best digitally restored film of 2017, defeating such films as "The Thing", "The Wages of Fear" and "Mulholland Drive". The Fabulous Baron Munchausen The Fabulous Baron Munchausen () is a 1961 Czechoslovak romantic adventure film directed by Karel Zeman, based on the tales about Baron Munchausen. The film combines live-action with various forms of animation and is highly stylized, often evoking the engravings
Munchausen (short film) chasing his car. The film closes on a shot of the mother's garden, now withered and dead, with the superhero figure in the center. After making "The Strange Thing About The Johnsons" and "Beau" in 2011, writer-director Aster and producer De Leon were inspired by the films of Disney-Pixar, especially the poignant opening montage of "Up". The duo re-teamed with cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski to make "Munchausen", and started a successful crowdfunding campaign for the film in 2012, which raised $16,175. The film is named for the phenomenon of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, "a behavior pattern in which a caregiver deliberately