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Information
- Year
- 2017
- Runtime
- 13 min.
- Directors
- Jillian Mayer, Lucas Leyva
- Genre
- Short
- Rating *
- 6.7
- Votes *
- 0
- Checks
- 19
- Favs
- 0
- Dislikes
- 0
- Favs/checks
- 0.0% (0:19)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
As a Godzilla fan, I do try to see every Godzilla film, even those that aren't canon (like Godzilla vs. Bambi), so I was stoked to find Kaiju Bunraku, a short film that uses Japanese bunraku puppetry to tell the story of a couple whose lives keep being interrupted by kaiju attacks. And it IS Godzilla, because that scream can't be mistaken. They soon start talking about other Toho monsters, and one even puts in an appearance, so they really don't need to name-drop the big GZ (who can't be mentioned possibly for rights reasons, I don't know). There are some interesting things here, name that "Husband" refuses to leave his artwork behind when the attacks occur, and of course, the artistry involved, but ultimately, it's all a bit absurd to combine traditional story-telling methods with radioactive monsters from film. The joke wears thin if it IS a joke, and the existentialism is undermined by the pop culture. But hey, Godzilla material I (you?) didn't know about! 11 months 2 weeks ago