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May 26, 2004 12:00 a.m. - KINGBLIND: Music, Art & Entertainment
Ishiro Honda’s 1954 GODZILLA (Movie Review)
GODZILLA turns 50 this year, and in his honor, the original Japanese version of the film is playing art houses in various cities here in the USA. What do you mean original Japanese version? Raymond Burr is nowhere to be found, spliced into this fine horror & morality tale as "Steve Martin," the American reporter sending back stories of the sea-monster. The absence of an American interloper in this restored GODZILLA ought to be construed as a functional and contemporary message of the film’s inherent ethical debate. GODZILLA always was a cautionary tale. Ten years after the United States nuked two bucolic Japanese towns, and continued to test atomic weapons in the Pacific, the Japanese struck back with an even bigger weapon of the pop culture sort. The T-Rex of the Sea has influenced countless filmmakers, authors and other artists for the past five decades with its magnificent moral and ethical rhetoric... creating some great monster-spawn as a result. The translation has been refreshed as well as the print. This cold-war morality tale is as relevant today in all its B-movie horror glory as ever. It’s clear as the nearly pristene black and white print: Why and how could this monster survive the H-bomb? What the hell kind of mutant is he? Why is the scientist holding out on his weapon of mass destruction, the Oxygen Destroyer, when it could save his immediate world from the terror of Godzilla? Isn’t "Godzilla" just an urban legend anyway? Could he be just a figment of the collective imagination? What clues can we find in his radioactive footprints that will help society without killing the misunderstood behemoth? What will make Godzilla rise again? Tech geek’s note: The "special effects" of the 50’s aren’t at all cheesey and bad. They are completely contextual, and since we’ve all seen Tim Burton’s ED WOOD, we ARE looking for the cables that the miniature planes are suspended on as they buzz Godzilla. You can see ’em! It’s cool. This monster looks a LOT better than the one Matthew Broderick battled in the failed attempt at bringing Godzilla to NYC in the boring and stupid 140-minute 1998 Roland Emmerich helmed trainwreck masquerading as summer entertainment. Ishiro Honda’s 1954 GODZILLA really is a masterpiece.
This link will tell you where the original, restored GODZILLA will be playing:
http://www.rialtopictures.com/godzilla.html
--- Theresa Kereakes- Brooklyn, NY (big fan of dinosaur type creatures)
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