The Marionette Unit is an original story by filmmakers Azhur Saleem and James Boyle. The film follows the story of a man called Smith trying to help a famous theatre dancer escape the clutches of a strange musical machine, which is both monstrous and beautiful in its design. It appears to be an amazing journey in independent film making. The producers are accepting donations on their web site where you can also check out an array of art work and design by some incredible artists. Below you check out the synopsis and trailer along with a link to the official site.
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.
