Актер Кевин Мак Кидд о фильме "Бунраку"
McKidd (who was interviewed before the film was screened) said his personal goal is to put together a career that keeps him energized by its surprises. That's clear with his next big-screen project: Guy Moshe's "Bunraku," a film that melds live-action and animation for a surreal noir tale.

"It's a very, very strange film," McKidd said. "It's a hybrid of a western and a martial arts film. The world it's set in is almost circus-like in the feel of it and it's all origami. The whole universe is constantly folding paper to create a cityscape or interiors of rooms or the sunrise. . . . I play a very effeminate, master killer who's almost like a Fred Astaire tap-dancing his way through the movie. It's so different than anything I've done."
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На Кинопоиск. RU добавили фото со съемок фильма. Мы почти все видели, но все равно, приятно)))

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Это какбэ и не новости, а всего лишь напоминание о проекте, которого мы ждем с таким нетерпением   
Preview: Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson & Josh Hartnett Coming Up in “Bunraku”
Set for release in the U.S. sometime this year the action movie “Bunraku” will star Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson and Josh Hartnett. The movie is currently in post production and the first still photo has been released. Post-production seems to be taking a long time, however quite a few people are excited about this fantasy-laced action movie.

According to IMDB.com, the plot is this: A drifter (Josh Hartnett) and an ardent young Japanese warrior Yoshi (Gackt) arrive at a town that is being terrorized by criminals. The bartender in the town (Woody Harrelson) guides them to join forces to bring down the corrupt reign of Nicola (Ron Perlman) and his lady Alexandra (Demi Moore) who is a femme fatale with a secret past.

“This classic tale is re-vitalized and re-imagined in an entirely fresh visual context, set in a unique world that mixes skewed reality with shadow-play fantasy, a place where even the landscape can betray you. Heroes triumph here only because the force of their will transforms and transcends both space and time.”
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Немного о  "Бунраку". 
Founded in 2004 by Oliver Hotz, Origami Digital is a visual effects facility which offers advanced motion-capture capabilities and exceptionally fast turnarounds, providing filmakers with the time and space to explore their creative ideas.

Origami Digital has announced on February 25th, 2010 that it has completed work on Bunraku. The visual effects company has been responsible for over 1000 VFX shots, amounting to roughly 75 minutes of Bunraku running time. Oliver Hotz also functioned as Bunraku visual effects supervisor.

In a May 2010 article, Oliver Hotz explained that "Origami Digital's flat hierarchy allows them to complete a lot of work in a short time. The primary benefit for filmakers is the freedom it gives them to explore creative ideas. Origami Digital can offer this because of its fast turnaround. This allows for a highly collaborative relationship with film directors”.

The collaborative approach was very much in evidence recently with Guy Moshe, the director of Bunraku – a CG-heavy film slated for release later this year. “Guy [Moshe] spent a lot of time here as we refined the look of the film with him and tried out ideas for different shots,” said Oliver Hotz. “Interacting with Guy like this is one of the most satisfying aspects of our work for me personally.”
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“Our flat hierarchy allows us to complete a lot of work in a short time,” explained Rubin. “The primary benefit for our clients is the freedom it gives them to explore creative ideas. We can offer this because of our fast turnaround. This allows for a highly collaborative relationship with the client.”

The collaborative approach was very much in evidence recently with Guy Moshe, the director of Bunraku – a CG-heavy film slated for release later this year. “Guy spent a lot of time here as we refined the look of the film with him and tried out ideas for different shots,” said Hotz. “Interacting with the client like this is one of the most satisfying aspects of our work for me personally.”
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И промо постер

О фильме из интервью с Larnell Stovall, одним из актеров фильма "Бунраку", взяла по ссылке, предоставленной tentrah   

What's the name of the movie?

Stovall: 'Bunraku'. It stars Josh Hartnett. This Japanese superstar named Gackt who's basically like the Michael Jackson of Japan. This will be his first American movie. He's as popular as Steven Chow or Rain, basically. This will be his first one. He was a co-lead in that one. Also, there's –

What's that about?

Stovall: It's basically this westerner, Josh Hartnett, who comes to this town obviously seeking revenge or looking for the killer of his father. Gackt is there for his own personal mission as well. He's trying to honor something that I think his uncle or his father wants him to do as a last request. Obviously they become teammates and have to go on the same journey together but what's stopping them on this journey are these fighters who are all killers. It's funny because Ron Perlman is the lead killer and Kevin McKidd is his right hand man. So, basically, there's killer one through ten and most of the killers are played by stunt guys which helps to enhance the action. So there's going to be a tremendous amount of fights. When I first got the script it had twenty eight fight scenes in it.

That's huge.

Stovall: Yeah, and there were no guns either. So we're talking fights. This is one of the first times that I can probably say it got me excited. It really got the creative juices flowing, like, 'Oh, my God, I can't wait to tackle this.' The stunt coordinator, Clay Barber, who brought me on, he brought me on with an extreme amount of passion towards this. He said, 'I know there's probably a bunch of other projects out there that you could be a part of but just read this script and get back to me. I really think you're going to enjoy this.' From page one up until it ended I couldn't stop reading.

A western with twenty eight fights might be the greatest thing ever.

Stovall: Here's the thing, it's not necessarily a western. It's like Josh is from the west. Gackt is from the east and they meet in the middle of this interesting place. Bunraku stands for Japanese puppet theater. It's this paper world where all the sets are made of paper. There's CGI everywhere. I finally saw a sample of some of the work two weeks ago. The director is named Guy Moshe. This will be his first huge theatrical film, funded by Keith Calder. So it's independent which is why it's low key right now but I'm sure the studios are going to hop on it tremendously.

But it takes place in like the 1800's, right?

Stovall: No, no, no. It takes place in it's own individual world. You can't put a timeframe on it. You can't put a setting or anything on it. One guy said, 'It's like "Moulin Rouge" with fighting.' The transition of the colors and the backgrounds but with martial arts. A cast like this, Josh Hartnett, Gackt, Kevin McKidd, Ron Perlman, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson; it's just stellar up and down. I'm really looking forward to that. That'll probably be my first one in movie theaters with my name as the fight coordinator so things are going to pick up even more after that.

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Во как круто! Народ уже спорит, может ли новый фильм Джоша Хартнетта конкурировать с Аватаром. 

Could new Josh Hartnett film Rival Avatar?
AVATAR, the highest grossing film, worldwide, ever. It may be a long time before anyone can beat the record set by Terminator visonary James Cameron.
However, all money and profits aside, could Guy Moshe's upcoming BUNRAKU leave the world's biggest motion picture in the dust?
While AVATAR may have had blue ten foot stereoscopic aliens flying through the air, BUNRAKU intends to breakthrough with its own style.
Moshe's western-samurai revenge epic will utilise a theatre stage to create a moving paper-mache world for his characters to inhabit.

As of yet, there is still speculation as to whether BUNRAKU is actually a musical, due to an early interview in which Moshe revealed that the film was a action fantasy musical epic.
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На Comic-Con появилась информация о трейлере фильма "Бунраку". Но так непонятно... что, это был неофициальный просмотр? Или писал это непрофессионал, иначе  зачем так о Гакте? 
..."Prior to the movie, they showed a trailer for something called BUNRAKU. Now, I'm fairly sure many of you don't know what that means, which might be a strike against the movie; it's a Japanese style of puppet show. The movie, however, is one of those all-greenscreen shot flicks like SIN CITY, set in a world full of primary colors and cartoony backgrounds, and a really low-rent version of the cuty-folding-up effect done better in INCEPTION. But look: Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore, Josh Hartnett, Ron Perlman in gray dreadlocks...oh, and the best acting credit ever: “and introducing Gackt.”
Yes, there's a dude just named Gackt in this movie. And he looks like a real ass-kicker. ".

Что то не открывается    Удача, может видео есть где-то ещё?

Пасиба)))   Полторы секунды Джоша, а радости полные штаны)))    вот он, наш цыган :

И прекрасные новости касаемо фильма 
Установлена дата Международного кинофестиваля в Торонто : с 09 по 19 сентября 2010г., на котором будет представлен
фильм "Бунраку" !         
...And Toronto has booked Guy Moshe's action noir movie "Bunraku," starring Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson and mixing live action and animation, along with "Insidious," directed by "Saw creator James Wan from a script by Leigh Whannell.

The Toronto International Film Festival is set to run from Sept. 9 to 19.

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