Posts

Patreon is live!

I'm pleased to announce that the Patreon for this site is live! $5 patrons have access to essays as they're completed as well as the occasional exclusive essay, while $2 patrons get to read everything that posts to the site a week early as well as a few bonus goodies. (Naturally, $5-tier subscribers also get access to everything at the $2 tier.) I'm hopeful that my work here can be a viable source of at least partial income for the forseeable future, so any support you can throw my way is greatly appreciated!
Post a Comment
Read more

One last 70th anniversary treat

Here's an article I wrote for Left Voice on the classic Godzilla series at 70, including a recap of my analysis of the first film. Expect some clues in regards to what approaches I'll be taking in later We Call It Godzilla entries, as well. Enjoy!
Post a Comment
Read more

"The Story of the Century": Gojira/Godzilla (1954)

Image
Info Also Known As: Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956 US Edit); Japan Under the Terror of the Monster (Spain); Godzilla - the Monster from the Sea (Sweden); The Monster of the Pacific Ocean (Portugal); Doom Awakened (North Macedonia/Czechoslovakia); Godzilla, the Monster of the Century (Greece); Tokyo 1960 (Philippines) Director: Honda Ishiro. Screenplay: Murata Takeo and Honda Ishiro, from a story by Shigeru Kayama*. Director of Special Effects: Tsuburaya Eiji. Composer: Ifukube Akira.  Runtime: 96 minutes (Japan), 80 minutes (US edit) *Kayama’s estate prefers that his name be rendered in western order, from personal name to surname, so I have done so. What’s it About? This is the one that started it all, in vivid black-and-white. A series of disasters at sea leads to the discovery of a prehistoric, dinosaur-like marine creature that has been awakened, irradiated, and enraged by American hydrogen bomb tests off the coast of Japan. Before long, Gojira makes his way from sea...
2 comments
Read more