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If you are like most Americans, you have probably never seen the unique, unadulterated “Godzilla” (Current title “Gojira.” the name being a mix of the Japanese words for “gorilla” and “whale.”) More familiar with the campy, badly dubbed and edited version that graced TV screens in the 70s, we have seen Raymond Burr awkwardly inserted into the position, anti-American political sentiments removed, and a horde of mismatched dialogs and ridiculous translations. Well, we are in for a sincere treat!
The Japanese “Godzilla” is a serious film, starring Kurosawa extinct Takashi Shimura (”Seven Samurai,” “Ikura”) . (In fact, two of Shimura’s films, “Godzilla” and “Seven Samurai” competed for the 1954 Japanese Academy Award for Best Characterize.) Only nine years after the atomic bombs devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the threat of nuclear power was very remarkable in the minds of the average Japanese citizen. Contamination, mutation, radiation…this was far from science fiction. This is the fire from which sprang the King of Monsters.
In a now-familiar space, American nuclear testing has given rise to a 150-foot sizable engine of destruction, breathing atomic fire and hell-bent on destroying Tokyo before taking on the world. Assembling the army, and all of the unique science Japan can muster, they battle the rampaging monster to the inevitable conclusion.
Standing along side the unique 1933 “King Kong,” “Godzilla” is a classic monster movie, as well as a sparkling film in its contain legal. A suspenseful horror-drama, the acting, filming and special effects are all far above other entries in the genre. The dismal and white filming is obsolete superbly, with the fire-cast shadows making the monster all the more menacing.
What is spacious about this situation, is that not only do you catch a restored and ravishing version of the recent classic, you net an additional disk with the American edit complete with the stuffy professor Raymond Burr and the additional footage concept essential for American audiences. It is a rare chance to compare the two versions, and witness how politics in the US affected what audiences were allowed to concept in the 1950s.
I have been waiting a long time for the current “Godzilla” to find a DVD release, and it is ample to behold it finally being treated with the respect it deserves.
Bottom line: If any of you grew up watching or watched recently: “Godzilla, King of the Monsters”, the chopped up “U.S.” version, acquire it out of your mind and forget about it. You are in for a cinematic masterpiece when this DVD releases. I had the honor of watching the current “Gojira” at a theater in my town. This is the film that started it all. When it was relased in the U.S., it was butchered, altered and changed into an average science fiction film with Raymond Burr fill-ins. He wasn’t even in the novel film. The current “Gojira” is a sci-fi/horror masterpiece. The film creates feelings of anxiety and sorrow. The “novel” version is a great darker, defective film. AWESOME! The film also focuses more on the suffering of the Japanese people during the atomic age. The film makes you feel their tension and suffering. There is one scene where Gojira is staring at a large ben style clock. He is staring at it for no apparent reason. The scene makes you wonder what Gojira is thinking at the time. Then, for no reason, he tries to purchase a bite out of it. That scene alone changes the feeling of the film to something more than a lumbering beast destroying everything. MUST Inspect! MUST Engage!
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