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"The Surrender has brought a big change": The Secret of the Telegian

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  Info Also known as: Electrically-Transmitted Human Being (Original Japanese); The Telegraphed Man (alternate Japanese translation, suggested by August Ragone); The Telegian (alternate translation); The Secret of the Electric Human (Brazil) Director: Fukuda Jun. Screenplay: Sekizawa Shinichi. Director of Special Effects: Tsuburaya Eiji. Composer: Ikeno Sei. Runtime: 85 minutes Release Date: April 10, 1960 What’s It About? A group of former war associates are being killed one by one by a glowing assailant who teleports in and out of the scene of the crime. Investigating the murders, science reporter Kirioka (Tsurata Koji) and police detective Kobayashi (Hirata Akihiko) discover an incident where four gold-smuggling soldiers left their compatriot Sudo (Nakamaru Tadao) and the professor they were escorting for dead at the end of the war. But the smugglers never found the bodies, and now it seems that Sudo is still alive and using the professor’s teleport invention to enact deadly re...
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Running L8 NYC Premiere 8/14, plus blog update

My short film  Running L8  is having its film festival premiere this Friday at the Chain Film Festival in New York City! Anyone who's in the area may grab a ticket by searching for the short's title here . Additionally, I've completed the first essay of the next phase of  We Call It Godzilla , focusing on the Toho science fiction films from 1960 to 1964. I'll be posting that to the site by the end of the month, but the full essay will be up soon on my Patreon linked above for those who'd like an early preview.
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Running L8 - Trailer Drop

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I am very pleased to announce the completion of my short film  Running L8 . Here's the trailer:   The plot? Lenny (Jessy Moyer), a young woman in Toronto, is late for work one day. Rather than lose her job, she accepts an offer of super speed for a day from a mysterious figure (Hansel Sandiego). Her life immediately turns around, but when the time comes to pay the price, Lenny must use her newfound power to flee across the city. I'm in the midst of sending  Running L8  to film festivals! If you'd like to pitch in, you may do so here in return for early access to the film and (for those donating $10 or more) an additional download of the score.  Thank you for your support! 
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"It's what we have to do to protect peace on Earth": Battle in Outer Space

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We Call It Godzilla will be going on a hiatus while I deal with some life stuff, but will resume in 2026 as we head into the early sixties! In the meantime, enjoy this essay on the last Toho special effects production from the decade that spawned them. Info Also known as: The Great Space War (original Japanese); Satellite Wars (Argentina); Worlds at War (Brazil); The Interplanetary Battle (Belgium) Director: Honda Ishiro. Screenplay: Sekizawa Shinichi, from a story by Okami Jojiro. Director of Special Effects: Tsuburaya Eiji. Composer: Ifukube Akira. Running Time: 93 minutes Release Date: December 26, 1959 What’s It About? A battle in outer space.  …More detail? Okay. In the then-near future, an alien race known as the Natarl destroys a manned communications satellite orbiting Earth before causing several disasters with their anti-gravitational absolute zero freeze ray. Despite the Natarl’s deployment of mind-controlled human saboteurs, the United Nations launches two manned ro...
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