The Marionette Unit

As much as I love the cool gadgets and airships of the Steampunk Universe I think I love the dystopian elements more. Watch 'City of Lost Children' for a fantastic film in that vein. 'The Marionette Unit' looks sad and gruesome. Makes the battle against such a world all the more satisfying.

"This film is set in an alternate Victorian England, a world where steam-punk technology has developed rapidly and in a world where all creativity, art and individual expression is state-controlled. The Marionette Unit is a theatre show where machine and human have been fused together. A musical machine that resembles a twisted tortured church organ, run with valves, steam and electricity, is connected by a mass of electrical cables to three ballet dancers, who have the wires fused into their bodies. The dancers are controlled by the machine much to the amazement of the Victorian audience.

We follow the story of Smith, an enigmatic character connected to an underground society of artists, hunted by the police. He has come to watch the prize ballet dancer, Georgette try and escape the wired clutches of The Marionette Unit. Will she be able to wrestle free and escape with Smith, or will she succumb to the powerful forces that hold her captive? What follows is a stunning and imaginative display of the human spirit fighting to be set free."

The Marionette Unit - Inception Trailer from Fun Size Studios on Vimeo.

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