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It’s amazing that American home video distributors have finally started taking Godzilla seriously and releasing satisfactory DVDs of the Tremendous Guy’s flicks. This DVD of the 1971 “Godzilla vs. Hedorah” (originally released in America as “Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster”) may not offer noteworthy in the scheme of extras, but it lets you peruse the film as you’ve never been able to: in a sparkling widescreen image (enhanced for 16:9 TVs) with the option to ogle it in Japanese with English subtitles or dubbed into English. For older viewers, I definitely recommend watching it in Japanese; it will change your whole perspective on Godzilla and makes the film seem less cheap and campy. However, the English dub is a friendly feature to have for younger children, who will definitely want to discover the film as well.
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Although watching “Godzilla vs. Hedorah” in Japanese will tone down the camp somewhat, this remains the weirdest, oddest, most mind-bogglingly bizarre of all Godzilla movies. In the 1970s the Japanese film industry entered a steep decline because of competition from television, and the Godzilla films suffered from severe budget cutbacks. One of the guiding fathers of the Godzilla films, special effects wizard Eiji Tsubaraya, died in 1969 and the effects work on the Godzilla films suffered an additional plunge in quality. “Godzilla vs. Hedorah” therefore came at a time when the Godzilla films were changing, and not always for the better. A unusual director, Yoshimitsu Banno, helmed this film and purposely spot out to produce a completely modern kind of Godzilla film: a outlandish mixture of serious environmental message, ghastly anxiety sequences, rock ‘n’ roll party scenes, cartoon montages, kiddie antics, and surreal monster fights. This is one irregular film! The shift between the often shocking anxiety sequences (Hedorah the Smog Monster does some gross things to his human victims) to lively “bumper” sequences and Godzilla actually flying (!!!) will manufacture you wonder if somebody assign the reels out of sequence! For all these problems and the film’s silliness, there’s something endearing about this monster mash: compared to the next few films, which are so cheap and uninspired, “Godzilla vs. Hedorah” feels like a project that the people working on it actually cared about. The environmental slant also provides a trusty message, the first time since the new “Godzilla” (1954) that the series approached such a heated topic.
Godzilla steps into rotund superhero mode here. Hedorah (the name comes from the word ‘hedoro’ meaning ‘sludge’), a monster born in the waters from humanity’s pollution, snappily mutates into a jelly-like giant that comes ashore in Japan and starts wreaking havoc and turning humans into skeletons. Godzilla answers the call to assign humanity. But Hedorah is a fearsome foe, armed with laser eyes, poison gas, and toxic spit-balls! Godzilla won’t have an easy time, but maybe the scientists and the military can lend a hand with their electrode map. In between scenes of monsters battling, you can hang out with Japanese teens at a disco and perceive the psychadelic acid pattern display on the wall. Or objective listen to the wah-wah-wah soundtrack music — guaranteed to accomplish you want to win a lava lamp!
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Yeah, this is a unique film. But it’s a cult classic, and resembles no other Godzilla film. (Apparently series producer Tomoyuki Tanaka hated the final product and director Banno consequently never directed another film.)
Note about the English dub: Viewers who remember seeing this film on TV in the 1970s and ’80s may peep that the English dub on this film is different than the one they remember. This is because there were two English soundtracks made for the film encourage in 1971. American International Pictures released the film as “Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster” and did their beget dub through Titra Sound in Current York, composing frigid English lyrics for the theme song, “Effect the Earth.” Toho studios made their occupy English dub in Hong Kong for expend in other English-speaking territories. In the early 1990s, the rights to the describe in America returned to Toho, and the Toho dub has now replaced the American International one. This DVD therefore contains the Hong Kong dubbing job, and that means “Attach the Earth” is now in Japanese instead of English. Fans of this classic camp song might be a bit disappointed!
THIS is the Godzilla movie I had always wanted to derive my hands on as a slight kid. THIS is the one I always heard about, but could not salvage anywhere. THIS is the one that piqued my curiosity, due to all the controversy directed at it. And now, thanks to the powers that be at Sony, it is finally available again in the States . . . . . . . . on DVD, no less! And having finally seen it after all these years, I must say that GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH, though not one of the *best* G-films ever, is definitely among the better entries.
Director Yoshimitsu Banno was obviously trying to do something (VERY) different with the Titanic G, and for the most share he succeeds. On the surface, the film is about the effects of pollution, and how it may very well waste us in the raze. Rather than relying totally on the characters to earn this across by talking (and it does become a bit heavy-handed whenever they try), the filmmakers rely on often haunting imagery. Visions of unclear objects floating in mammoth clumps of sewege in the middle of the ocean are musty quite often (the search for of a mutilated human body is especially effective) . As Hedorah flies around, he spews sulfuric gas, melting buildings and leaving a pace of bodies whose flesh have been dissolved and rotted down to the bone. Banno’s techniques are disturbingly/beautifully brought to life by effects maestro Teruyoshi Nakano.
However, whatever Banno was trying to collect across with the psycadellic imagery, short spicy segments, and musical/dance numbers fails miserably. They’re not thought-provoking, they don’t enhance the atmosphere, they don’t add to the anti-pollution message . . . . . they really befriend no purpose. They’re impartial distracting, and sparkling jarring at times. I’d only count this complaint as a shrimp nit-pick, if it didn’t happen so often. But then, that’s what the fast-forward button is for.
Now I near to the accurate monsters. Effects-wise, here’s where the film slightly falters again, mainly with Hedorah. When it moves on all fours, for instance, it moves too remarkable like a dog rather than slithering as it should have. I was expecting a lot more, but I guess for the time it was the best they could do. Godzilla looks genuine, but one can kind of gawk that the suit is getting rather ancient. (Indeed, by the next film GODZILLA VS. GIGAN the suit would literally topple apart on mask!)
The battles in this movie do NOT disappoint!! Director Banno allows for plenty of stare-downs between the monsters, establishing a elegant rivalry and bitter hatred that one rarely feels between Godzilla and his foe(s) . Once they actually duke it out, it is nothing short of spectacular! There’s none of the crappy “beam-fighting” to be found in other 70s entries (a.k.a. Godzilla’s “Shadowy Age”), or the plain “monsters-bumping-against-each-other” of the Heisei Era. When these kaiju come by at it, they really find at it! The fights are brutal, with Godzilla being pummled, drowned in a pool of sludge, getting his skin melted off and his gaze burnt shut, and Hedorah getting holes punched honest through him! Hedorah is without a doubt the greatest and most worthy foe of the Showa Series (and maybe even ever), which makes for some of the best G-battles in history.
All in all, despite its flaws, GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH makes for noble kaiju-eiga entertainment. That said, this one is definitely not for the kiddies; previously mentioned imagery of death and decay will not sit well with very young children, and even left me (a high school student) surprised.
Here, I arrive to the DVD quality. Though I wouldn’t call it heavenly as other people have, this is definitely the best I have ever seen a classic G-film glimpse and sound E-V-E-R. Relate is slightly soft in some shots, but there was no grain or scratches to be found. The color is muted and tiring,, but I don’t count this as a fault; this was intentional and adds to the film’s contemplate. Don’t inquire this one to be bursting with intelligent colors. Audio-wise, it’s resplendent, with everything coming off crisp and definite. As with all of these original G-DVDs, extras extend as far as trailers for everything else BUT the accurate film! Thanks to this, I wish these discs didn’t cost so distinguished a share. But having these classics on DVD with such awesome presentation is definitely worth it.
Do not let this one pass up the chance to sit on your DVD shelf!
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