Criterion Collection

Originalet från 1954.<br/>Den klassiska monsterfilmen Godzilla.<br/><br/>Flera japanska fartyg har mystiskt förstörts i Stilla Havet av radioaktiv strålning som kommer nere ifrån djupet. Den dödar huvuddelen av bestättningen omedelbart och de få som klarar sig dör snart av strålningsskador.<br/>Den skyldige visar sig vara en dinosaurie som miljontals år legat i dvala på havsbotten. Nu har den väckts av kärnvapenproven och har dessutom muterats av strålningen till ett 50 meter högt monster.<br/><br/>4K UHD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES<br/>New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack<br/>One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features<br/>High-definition digital restoration of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Terry Morse's 1956 reworking of the original, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack<br/>Audio commentary for both movies by film historian David Kalat<br/>Interviews with actors Akira Takarada and Haruo Nakajima and special effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai<br/>Interview with legendary Godzilla score composer Akira Ifukube<br/>Featurette detailing Godzilla's photographic effects, introduced by special effects director Koichi Kawakita and special effects photographer Motoyoshi Tomioka<br/>Interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato<br/>The Unluckiest Dragon, an illustrated audio essay featuring historian Greg Pflugfelder describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo Fukuryu Maru, a real-life event that inspired Godzilla<br/>Trailers<br/>PLUS: An essay by critic J. Hoberman<br/>Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz

Denna fantastiska box från Criterion Collection innehåller 15 filmer:<br/><br/>Godzilla (1954)<br/>Godzilla Raids Again (1955)<br/>King Kong Vs Godzilla(1963)<br/>Mothra Vs Godzilla' (1964)<br/>Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)<br/>Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)<br/>Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)<br/>Son of Godzilla (1967)<br/>Destroy All Monsters (1968)<br/>All Monsters Attack (1969)<br/>Godzilla Vs Hedorah (1971)<br/>Godzilla Vs Gigan (1972)<br/>Godzilla Vs Megalon (1973)<br/>Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla (1974)<br/>Terror of Mechagodz (1975).<br/><br/>In 1954, an enormous beast clawed its way out of the sea, destroying everything in its path-and changing movies forever. The arresting original Godzilla soon gave rise to an entire monster-movie genre (kaiju eiga), but the King of the Monsters continued to reign supreme: in fourteen fiercely entertaining sequels over the next two decades, Godzilla defended its throne against a host of other formidable creatures, transforming from a terrifying symbol of nuclear annihilation into a benevolent (if still belligerent) Earth protector. Collected here for the first time are all fifteen Godzilla films of Japan's Showa era, in a landmark set showcasing the technical wizardry, fantastical storytelling, and indomitable international appeal that established the most iconic giant monster the cinema has ever seen.<br/><br/>This lavish and much sought-after collection features high-definition digital transfers of all fifteen Godzilla films made between 1954 and 1975, released together for the first time. Beautifully presented in a bumper, bonus-packed box set, the package includes an illustrated deluxe hardcover book featuring an essay by cinema historian Steve Ryfle, notes on the films by cinema historian Ed Godziszewski, and new illustrations by Arthur Adams, Sophie Campbell, Becky Cloonan, Jorge Coelho, Geof Darrow, Simon Gane, Robert Goodin, Benjamin Marra, Monarobot, Takashi Okazaki, Angela Rizza, Yuko Shimizu, Bill Sienkiewicz, Katsuya Terada, Ronald Wimberly, and Chris Wisnia.