Godzilla — 4K 11/09/24

The original Japanese super-dragon is back, for the first time in the USA in an improved Toho remaster that restores the awesome majesty of Ishiro Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya’s overachieving Kaiju fantasy. The 500-foot leviathan’s debut feature will be a surprise for folk expecting him to scrap with Mothra or dance a jig on the Moon: just 9 years after Japan became the first atomic-age target, the somber horror fantasy reopened an un-healed national wound. Also included is the U.S. recut we’ve all seen 100 times, that re-frames the story through American eyes. It’s Hollywood’s most successful re-shoot & re-edit revision job. On 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
11/09/24