Way back in 2005, I was living in Tokyo working as a menu translator slash photographer’s assistant and I launched a film project that tragically never ended up seeing the light of day. The storyline followed a despondent romance between a depressed ramen waitress and an insomniac deliveryman, both of whom worked the late shift in a near-future megalopolis that was subject to ongoing street-level terrorist attacks. Jeff Priest, a highly talented animator turned urban studies academic, was kind enough to help me out with the project and produced a series of conceptual imagery for the press kit.
Check out Jeff’s defunct blog. I’m in the process of turning the screenplay into a short story so stay up on your local magazine shop’s selection of avant-garde fiction periodicals.
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Nice artwork !
Comment by Fubiz July 21, 2008 @ 6:22 amthese are ridiculously beautiful. and the story sounds like something for which i pine, please make it happen!
Comment by Jared July 21, 2008 @ 8:16 am[...] Das muss noch verfilmt werden! Schöne Illus. [...]
Pingback by Bundestrendscout » Blog Archive » Wäsche einfeuchten bei Mama Summer 08 July 21, 2008 @ 8:21 amThe distortion on the first person view is really convincing. The foreshortening as one character is listening to music also looks really amazing. If any of the project will end up looking like the first graphic for the restaurant shot, I’ll see it twice.
Comment by fet July 21, 2008 @ 12:24 pmthis is so cool! more please!
Comment by amyamada July 21, 2008 @ 12:31 pmWhy must all modern japanese art look the same?
Comment by PodZilla July 21, 2008 @ 5:06 pmNice doggy.
Comment by Andr E July 22, 2008 @ 5:59 amI love the idea, sounds very Wong Kar-Wai-ish.
Comment by morning gruel July 22, 2008 @ 8:01 amI’m a big fan of Wong, but moreso of his early films (chunking/fallen angels). And I guess he is remaking Lady From Shanghai? sounds dangerous.
Comment by thepublics July 22, 2008 @ 1:08 pmI would really love to see this come into beeing. The stills look phenomenal, and the premise sounds extremely promising. Il resort to wishfull thinking on this one
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Pingback by Illustrations of Tokyo September 16, 2008 @ 11:47 amHi
Looks like an interesting piece of work.
Would like to read a script when there is one for the film version.
Best
Comment by richard li September 16, 2008 @ 3:10 pmRichard
If you haven’t already read it, you might like Number9Dream by David Mitchell. I loved it. The premise of your story reminded me of it – not the same, just reminded me of it.
Awesome illustrations.
Comment by Brian October 13, 2008 @ 1:42 pmAmazing!
Comment by Fubiz October 13, 2008 @ 1:48 pmThe first illustration is one of the best I’ve ever seen. But, the sign is reflected wrong on the window.
Comment by carpuzz October 15, 2008 @ 4:31 pmAs soon as I saw the stills on FFFFOUND I wanted to watch it! Make it a short film!
Comment by Clemente February 9, 2009 @ 6:15 pm