Oh no! There goes Tokyo! And a one eyed scientist. And a little girl with radiation poisoning. My thoughts on the necessity of changes made to Ishiro Honda's Gojira when it was brought to the US in 1956. Then, my guests Q and Parker play the game "The Geography that I Stands to You Superior!" and discuss the movie. Sort of.
Essay The Loving Tenderness of Localization by Robert L. Kelly
Sources for this episode are:
-Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa by Steve Ryfle , Ed Godziszewski
-David Kalat's audio commentaries on Criterion's release of Godzilla (1954) and Godzilla King of the Monsters! (1956)
-A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series, 2d Ed. by David Kalat
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