For a hundred years, kaiju and dinosaurs have dominated cinema. From lost worlds to gigantic atomic beasts, from King Kong to Godzilla, from T-Rex to Gamera, we've seen so many giant monsters emerge throughout film history.
However, over time, a war has materialized: America vs Japan. American giant monsters and dinosaurs vs Japanese kaiju. This video analyzes the century spanning conflict between these two film industries and how people have reacted differently to them over the years.
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Links:
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/godzilla-2004
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-king-kong-1933
https://www.nytimes.com/1953/06/25/archives/beast-from-20000-fathoms-invades-city.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140106/http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2015/05/31/godzilla-unmade-the-history-of-jan-de-bonts-unproduced-tristar-film-part-4-of-4/
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2003/?area=JP
https://www.jacobite.co.uk/blog/king-kong-and-loch-ness-monster
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/nov/20/features.review2
0:00 Film History Starts and Ends with Giant Monsters
3:08 The Snobbery Between Japanese Kaiju and American Made Monsters
12:42 My Brief Disclaimer
13:50 The Lost World and King Kong
19:11 King Kong Appears in Edo
21:26 Godzilla vs The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
31:58 The 50s and 60s for Giant Monsters
42:10 Animals Attack
45:12 Godzilla vs Jurassic Park
54:10 That American Godzilla Remake
1:00:02 The Death and Resurrection of Kaiju Cinema in the 2000s
1:10:20 Godzilla Minus One and Elitism