Takashi Murakami is shooting a film
Directorial debut of the artist - a fantastic film for children, which is set after the March 2011 earthquake in Japan

Takashi Murakami
Source: Works Takashi Murakami (Takashi Murakami) are populated by colorful characters, fantastic anime world, including the revived flowers, cute monsters, and other exotic creatures. According Artinfo, now the artist has decided to transfer this densely populated fantasy universe to the big screen: he is busy filming the movie, which itself compares with the "Godzilla" - box office hits of the 1950s.
In the film, unknown to the general public are busy actors, and almost all the considerable budget of paintings will go on creating special effects, which is precisely the will to revive the on-screen fantasy world of Murakami works. Like the movie "Godzilla," which was a fantastic story comprehension of the tragedy in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Murakami plot of the film refers to the recent tragic events - the earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Japan in March , when dead and thousands homeless people.
In the film, after the earthquake, the little boy and his family moved to "experimental city", where each child as a companion gets a little monster . Monsters napityvayas angry emotions of children grow out of cute little animals into giant monsters omnivores with a high multi-storey building. In one scene, which is especially proud of Murakami, the monster march through the misty forest, destroying everything in its path.
«Since this is a typical children's film, it all looks absolutely like a child" - explains Murakami. However, the artist clearly swung at something more serious than just entertainment for children: an example for his serve, in addition to "Godzilla "classics fantastic tape, shot by young Steven Spielberg (Steven Spielberg) and George Lucas (George Lucas).
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