Movie director-actor-comedian Kitano “Beat” Takeshi (58) took everyone by surprise when he showed his latest movie in its entirety yesterday at the Venice International Film Festival. It was the world’s first look at “Takeshis'” and created a buzz among the international media, who had expected that a “surprise screening” would be no more than a preview. There was an audible gasp of surprise among the 800 or so reporters gathered when the titles for the movie roled on the screen. The movie, which has also been added to the competition category, ran for an hour and 50 minutes. It’s based around the premise of real-life star Beat Takeshi meeting a spitting image convenience store worker named… Kitano Takeshi. At a post-screening press conference, Kitano said, “This isn’t a movie you can understand, it’s a movie you experience physically. I want it to confuse viewers.” It’s a project he’s been envisaging for more than ten years and finally realized as his 12th movie. Kitano has won awards at venice in the past – the Golden Lion grand prix for “Hanabi” in 1997 and the director’s award for “Zatoichi” in 2003. The film isn’t due for release in Japan until November.