For the premiere of BUNRAKU, Josh Hartnett discusses what was involved in the fight sequences, Ron Perlman talks about the privilege of doing the film, Kevin McKidd talks about what drew him to doing this film, director Guy Moshe discusses the production design and Gackt arrived dressed in a… Continue
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As buyers remained cautious in the early stages of Toronto, excitement was mounting ahead of Saturday’s [september 11, 2010] world premiere of BUNRAKU in Midnight Madness as well as a host of other screenings.
CAA is representing for North America and IM Global is handling overseas sales on Guy Moshe’s action fantasy starring… Continue
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Josh Harnett seeks revenge in the highly stylized, BUNRAKU. Ron Perlman, and Demi Moore share the screen in this interesting creative and intriguing film.
Taking a 180-degree turn from his grittily realistic feature debut; "Holly," Israeli-born writer-director Guy Moshe serves up "BUNRAKU", an action-fantasy that flaunts its conceptual and stylistic artifice in a pulp pastiche best enjoyed by those for whom movies can't be too much like comicbooks (not…Continue
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Some films defy easy description--so rather than even try, I'm going to let Josh Hartnett do it for me. He seems to have it down, and looks better in glasses than me, too. What I can tell you about "BUNRAKU," which premiered Saturday night at the Toronto Film Festival in… Continue
BUNRAKU feels like a movie that a lot of filmmakers have been trying to make for a very, very long time. What makes the film work, where others have failed, is that it takes a very simple premise – seeking revenge on the guy at the top – and filters that through very complex, diverse and beautiful art forms on top of intricate and exciting fight sequences.… Continue
In the last 24 hours, many people here at the Toronto International Film Festival got to check out writer/director Guy Moshe’s Bunraku. Starring Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore, Kevin McKidd and Ron Perlman, this was one of those films on my radar since we ran the images that showcased the hyper stylized sets and costumes.
Going in, I figured the film was either going to be incredibly cool, or a train wreck of epic proportions.… Continue
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Josh Hartnett stops into our ETC Studio Lounge to chat about his TIFF flick, "BUNRAKU". He says he was in the gym training everyday for the fight scenes in the film he describes as: "[an] old school, Samurai, revenge, comedy action" film.
The words "stunning", "spellbinding", and "revelation" are all terms that anyone who is critiquing a film should shun away from. However, in the case of Guy Moshe's BUNRAKU there are no more fitting words to describe this gem of a film.
The term "bunraku" comes from a 400 year old form of Japanese puppet theatre, and Moeshe uses this classic art form… Continue
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BUNRAKU is a Martial Arts movie set in a surreal world by Guy Moshe, and starring Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, Kevin Mckidd, Demi Moore, Ron Perlman and Gackt Camui. World Premiere was in the Midnight Madness programme at the Toronto International Film Festival. … Continue
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Not half as cool as it thinks it is, Bunraku flaunts style and attitude, but without any characters to latch onto the film quickly becomes an empty exercise in hyper-adrenalized genre filmmaking. Though buttressed by a name cast that includes Josh Hartnett and Woody Harrelson, writer-director Guy Moshe has concocted a self-consciously artificial “movie movie” in which every shot, idea, or line of dialogue feels… Continue
Let me introduce you to Keith Calder. Mr. Calder arrived on the film scene as an executive producer for the Midnight Madness film All The Boys Love Mandy Lane. In subsequent years he has also produced such films as "Battle For Terra" and "The Wackness" and is executive producing Walter Hill's next film St. Vincent. …Continue
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In digging to find out some more about the genesis of BUNRAKU, which has its World Premiere at The Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday September 11th, I tracked down the film's Stunt Coordinator Clayton Barber and Fight Choreographer Larnell Stovall and posed them some… Continue
Stuart Ford's IM Global is treating the Toronto Film Festival like a full-scale film market this year, renting out the Presidential Suite atop the Hyatt Regency and launching new titles, including "Skyline 2."
IM Global is just one of a clutch of companies increasingly turning to Toronto even though it's not an official market. Toronto has become an ever more… Continue
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Gregory Ellwood and Drew McWeeny from HitFix confirmed in an article published today that BUNRAKU is still 'hoping to be picked up' by an U.S. distributor during the Toronto Film Festival 2010. Ellwood and McWeeny conclude that '[… Continue
The site TIFFreviews.com organizes a poll to determine which Midnight Madness film is a must-see? The result so far is: 1.BUNRAKU 2.Insidious 3.Vanishing on…Continue
The thrill-seekers who fill the Ryerson Theatre for TIFF’s late-night program have seen many outrageous sights. But this year, they may witness something even they would have never expected to see at Midnight Madness: Demi Moore.
Part of an unusually starry array of actors with roles in the program’s line-up of new genre flicks, Demi Moore appears in… Continue
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Hollywood might seem like a ghost town Sept. 9-19, as hundreds of celebrities head east for the Toronto International Film Festival.
TIFF released its much-anticipated list Tuesday of nearly 500 top actors, directors and other celebrity guests expected at its annual 11-day celebration of world cinema.
The fest confirmed the Star’s earlier report that Oscar-winning actor/director Clint Eastwood will be coming to support his spooky… Continue
Sales agent IM Global has announced that Bunraku will have its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2010 at 11:59 PM. The event will take place at the Ryerson Theatre, Toronto, Canada. Canadian fans, get ready for the… Continue