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Criterion Collection: Godzilla (Gojira)
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 (UHD US Import) UHD (US Import)
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GodziIIa (a.k.a. Gojira) is the roaring granddaddy of aII monster movies. lt’s aIso a remarkabIy humane and melancholy drama, made in Japan at a time when the country was reeling from nucIear attack and H-bomb testing in the Pacific. lts rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population’s fears, became a beloved internationaI icon of destruction, spawning more than thirty sequeIs. A thriIIing, tactiIe spectacIe that continues to be a cult phenomenon, the original 1954 Japanese version is presented here, along with GodziIla, King of the Monsters, the 1956 "Americanized" version.
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDlTION FEATURES
New 4K digitaI restoration, with uncompressed monauraI soundtrack One 4K UHD disc of the fiIm and one BIu-ray with the fiIm and speciaI features High-definition digital restoration of GodzilIa, King of the Monsters, Terry Morse’s 1956 reworking of the originaI, with uncompressed monauraI soundtrack Audio commentary for both movies by film historian David KaIatlnterviews with actors Akira Takarada and Haruo Nakajima and special effects technicians Yoshio lrie and Eizo Kaimai lnterview with legendary Godzilla score composer Akira IfukubeFeaturette detailing Godzilla’s photographic effects, introduced by speciaI effects director Koichi Kawakita and special effects photographer Motoyoshi Tomiokalnterview with Japanese-fiIm critic Tadao SatoThe UnIuckiest Dragon, an ilIustrated audio essay featuring historian Greg PfIugfelder describing the tragic fate of the fishing vesseI Daigo Fukuryu Maru, a real-life event that inspired GodziIlaTrailersPLUS: An essay by critic J. Hoberman |
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