Monster Island : The Unauthorized Guide to Japanese Monster Movies
Monster Island : The Unauthorized Guide to Japanese Monster Movies
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Book Description
Since the birth of the atomic behemoth Godzilla over 50 years ago, Japan-and the world-has been under constant attack from giant fire-breathing, city-stomping creatures like Gamera, Gappa, Gidorah, Battra, and Mothra.
Written by cult director Jorg Buttgereit (Nekromantik) and an international team of monster experts, this book is a loving homage to Japanese monster movies, their creators, their stars, and their fans.
Monster Island contains plenty of in-depth film reviews, rare illustrations, and exclusive interviews with filmmakers, special effects wizards, monster-suit makers, and actors, as well as informed chapters on the changing face of Japanese monsters, TV spinoffs, and fondly remembered shows like Ultraman and Jonny Sokko and his Flying Robot.
Not to be missed!
About the Author
A life long fan of Japanese monster movies, having written extensively on the subject and interviewed many of those people involved in their making, Jorg Buttgereit is perhaps better known as the director of the controversial Nekromantik, the most bootlegged film of all time! He now works in television and writes radio plays.
Monster Island : The Unauthorized Guide to Japanese Monster Movies,Jorg Buttgereit,Critical Vision,1900486520,Cinema/Film: Book,Film & Video - General,Performing Arts,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Popular Culture - General,Performing Arts / Film / General
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