Bizarre new movie makes use of AI to depict Putin carrying dirty grownup nappies | EUROtoday

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A brand new movie which is able to undoubtedly anger the Kremlin is about to depict an AI model of Vladimir Putin in dirty grownup nappies, in what has been described as a weird “deepfake” biopic.

The movie, entitled Putin, is because of be launched in 35 international locations and exhibits the Russian president working as a taxi driver, dishonest on his spouse and ordering the carpet-bombing of Chechnya.

Its Polish director, Patryk Vega, who has beforehand been recognized for his graphic depictions of the felony underworld, used AI expertise to superimpose the face of Putin onto an actor.

Slawomir Sobala studied Putin’s physique language, motion and mannerisms so as to successfully painting the dictator, with the actor seen in a single shot curled up partially bare on a leather-based chair.

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In the two-minute trailer, a younger Putin may also be seen navigating post-war St Petersburg, ordering political assassinations and in entrance of a row of scantily-dressed girls in a forest.

After studying the ropes of energy, he proceeds to exhort Boris Yeltsin, his predecessor as president, to “hand your power over to me. Only I can save you”.

In a transfer more likely to anger Putin, who’s notoriously non-public about his private life, a scene exhibits him humiliating his former spouse Lyudmila by embracing his new companion, Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, in entrance of her.

Speaking earlier than the movie’s launch, director Vega stated: “Everyone is afraid of Vladimir Putin [but] in my film, he is a terrified man who is terrified of death.”

Mr Vaga revealed that in the course of the course of the filming, his work attracted the eye of Kremlin brokers.

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Speaking on the Cannes Film Festival, he stated that crew members engaged on the movie had begun to obtain messages requesting entry to the script for cash.

“They took from LinkedIn whole numbers of mobile phones for my crew and started messaging these people, saying things like, ‘I am an assistant to a congressman from South Dakota. I hear you made this film. My boss would like to pay $100,000 for a screening of this movie, and also for a script’,” he stated.

Among the numerous international locations attributable to showcase the movie is Ukraine, who’re at present embroiled in a battle with Russia that’s nearing its third yr anniversary.

It was filmed over the course of 18 months with a funds of filming, with some scenes filmed inside Russia by way of the usage of a hid digital camera.