01-31-2008, 03:12 PM
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| Joshtopian   |  ^He! Floppy hair and all! Just found this that confirms Spring '08 filming. BUNRAKU STATUS: Spring 2008 LOCATION: Romania CAST: Josh Hartnett The film will mix CGI and practical sets to create the world of "Bunraku," a 400-year-old form of Japanese storytelling that uses 4-foot-tall puppets with highly detailed heads, each operated by several puppeteers who blend into the background wearing black robes and hoods. |
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01-31-2008, 03:16 PM
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| ICHiBAN HoOT  | Why Romania again ? Must be cheap to film there. I hope Josh doesnt get gaunt again. Didnt he rent a house when he was there ? So Josh will be roaming the streets of SOHO till the end of Feb Id say. ..Hmmm since I just got laid off maybe Ill bounce on over to the Beatrice or Edwards. Great news TY Kate |
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01-31-2008, 03:20 PM
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| Joshtopian | This is from the always amusing JoBlo.com Time will tell whether or not Josh Hartnett's attempts to sell his new project 'BUNRAKU' will prove genius or just embarrassing, but one thing's for sure, it sounds bat **** insane. From what I can tell it seems like either the film is a secret government operation and Hartnett is trying to throw terrorists off the scent, or he genuinely doesn't have a god damn clue what the film is about. Fortunately, Hartnett likens it to pretty much everything on the face of the Earth, to give you a frame of reference. Here are a couple of things he likens the film to: SIN CITY, 400 year old Japanese theater, paper mache, Alfred Hitchcock's ROPE, revenge, 4 foot tall puppets, fantasy, SIN CITY, Michel Gondry. Geddit? Good. If you're a fan of seeing all those things in one movie, or if you're a Navajo code-breaker and you want to take a stab at figuring out what the hell he's talking about, check the interview out HERE. For the moment? Consider me extremely intrigued. The best I could do to tease out some kind of plot is the following quote: "Like my character, he's a gypsy and he's coming into town and he's got something to prove — and no one really knows what he's about." In a perfect world, this would be Hartnett running around with tattoos and a 4-foot-tall Turkish telling people to 'fehk arff' and asking Brick Top and Errol for a paper mache caravan. I'd definitely pay to see that movie. Extra Tidbit: When asked about who was going to be directing the film, Hartnett replied "Wakawaka sugar plum Chelsea Clinton satay sticks", before getting into a tinfoil rocket ship and rolling away.   |
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