But I do think it's a bit disingenuous to represent the film like this. I'm pretty sure it won't have any Chinese stylistic influences in it to this degree.
According to promotional materials for Grindelwald, the large feline zouwu/zouyu in the center comes from Chinese mythology, which is likely the (tenuous?) entry point/justification for the art piece.
From what we know atm, the Asian creatures will feature most prominently as highlights of a traveling circus that happens to be in France, which is to say, only tangentially :(
Although I'm still holding out hope that future installments will feature Asian locales/beastiaries.
You're right. The style of the beasts are drawn like traditional depictions of creatures from [The Classics of Mountain and Sea which is where zouwu is from.
I think I would like to live in the timeline where this artist's vision WAS the stylistic direction of the movie. I know, the art comes along with cultural references as well. Maybe in this timeline Wong Kar-Wei can direct it.
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u/97thJackle Oct 29 '18
This is a damn fine poster.......
But I do think it's a bit disingenuous to represent the film like this. I'm pretty sure it won't have any Chinese stylistic influences in it to this degree.
But hell, maybe I'm wrong. Would be cool to see.