The American Cinematheque schedule for Godzilla’s 50th birthday festival is finally posted. Basically, don’t expect me to exist anywhere outside of the Egyptian Theatre from June 24 through 29. The re-release of the first Godzilla movie (in it’s vastly superior original Japanese version) hit town a couple weeks ago and the Cinematheque premieres both Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., neither of which I’ve seen before. More to the point, I haven’t seen any of these in the theater before and I’m especially psyched to see Rodan and Godzilla vs. Hedorah – which I maintain is single-handedly responsible for every Japanese communal acid rock band ever.
On the other coast, the Columbia University library is running an exhibition of Godzilla movie poster art through the end of the year. This cubist-Godzilla on the Polish poster is just unbelievably adorable – I desperately want a full-size reproduction of it.
And don’t forget I’ve got a Turkish Gamera vs. Godzilla poster with your name on it!
I haven’t forgotten at all!