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Josh Hartnett to play with puppets

This is, without a doubt, the strangest movie news of 2008. (So far.) Josh Hartnett's next project is--get this--inspired by Japanese puppet theater. Bunraku is about a gypsy and a dystopian world and has paper mache puppets in it. Yeah. We don't get it either.

I'm going to echo the sentiments of Jessica Barnes over at Cinematical because, frankly, I totally agree with her.

I'm all for actors who try and break out of a preconceived idea about themselves, but sometimes I think there are those who take it all just a little too seriously.

Seriously. Listen to the confusing nonsense that comes out of his mouth:

In an interview with VH1, Hartnett spoke up his next film Bunraku. The name comes from a traditional form of Japanese puppet theater, and Hartnett told VH1 that the film, "It's a story of revenge...My character is called 'The Drifter,' and he comes into this world that doesn't look like anything like you've ever seen before. It's in the vein of 'Sin City' or something like that, where the world doesn't look like reality at all." So I guess that is where the paper mâché puppets would come in. Luckily this is not a kids movie, and Hartnett told VH1, "[The script] has a lot of fight sequences in it, but it's more about these crazy characters...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."

Apparently, not even you know what he's about. To put this blunty:

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

I'm all for a movie that experiments with non-traditional sources and mediums, but at least spare us your incoherent ramblings, Hartnett.

Oh wait. There is more:

But so far even Hartnett isn't sure what to expect when he arrives in Romania to begin shooting, saying, "It's odd; it's out there. I've been trying to do as much artistic fare as I can and things that are compelling to watch as well." Hartnett also compared the film to the work of Michel Gondry and Alfred Hitchcock's Rope.

???????????????????????????????????????

Is he speaking another language? Is this a coded message? "Artistic fare"? Is that just fancy pants language for, "I'm trying to actually do something with substance?"

Sigh. Ok, I know I'm being overly harsh, but I'm just confused. You don't name drop Japanese puppet theater, Michel Gondry, and one of Hitchcock's best films without some justification!

I'll keep this updated for you guys, if only for my own fascination.

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Comments (18)

	rockinponda: 02/01/2008 12:33 PM I saw this really cool stage version of the Ramayana that had interludes of puppetry. But the actors and puppets didn't interact, so...hmm...I just don't know what to think. All I can imagine is the Muppets doing Sin City. Which is pretty messed up :(
	How Do You Solve a Problem Like John Ortega?: 02/01/2008 12:49 PM rockinponda said: I saw this really cool stage version of the Ramayana that had interludes of puppetry. But the actors and puppets didn't interact, so...hmm...I just don't know what to think. All I can imagine is the Muppets doing Sin City. Which is pretty messed up :( That made me really sad...Muppets should never be in Sin City! >_
	Seb ™★★★: 02/01/2008 12:52 PM OK, is this a joke?
	Queen Of Cydonia: 02/01/2008 1:12 PM does not compute
	MiseryXchord's Ghost: 02/01/2008 1:45 PM Have you seen Mirrormask? I'm imagining it might end up looking something like that, if it's done right...
	Jai: 02/01/2008 2:07 PM oh come on. it's weird and trippy and has someone who's mildly cool in it. i'm looking forward to it because i love puppets. ^_^
	ooo: 02/01/2008 5:14 PM We should all start talking like actors: "When you learn to put yourself like, way out there and take chances with creative projects, you can transcend acting altogether and create characters that are so unlike anything anyone has ever seen that even a film buff would be like, wow, this is totally different from what I expected and I don't completely get it, but... that's kind of the point, right? To be surprised and challenged? To be as creative as it takes to break new ground? "Even if it happens by accident or fate or cosmic whatever, it works the same way: It's like if you buy straight coffee and get latte instead, you can return it to the counter and get the coffee you ordered, or you can just go with the latte you didn't order and go with fate. Like, it gives you the opportunity to create a whole new medium in your head because it isn't what you expected, but you're there and it's like, woah, I can totally take the leap here if I just drink this latte and see where things go. I prepared for this role with sock puppets, but there wasn't a lot of depth there, so I think that moving to real puppet theater will be a challenge for me. A good, one. You know... like going from the coffee to the latte or whatever. And Romania is pretty killer when it comes to channeling your inner creative, I think. I don't even know if they have Starbucks there. We'll probably have to do a lot of improv, which is cool." Wait... did that come off a bit too 'Scientology'?
	Ikky-ikky-arriba!: 02/01/2008 6:58 PM double-you-tee-eff?
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	melissabougie: 02/02/2008 9:07 AM hey very interesting
	Queen Of Cydonia: 02/02/2008 9:56 AM what the hell?
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