Tag Archives: Japan
A Halloween Marathon, Midnight Only-Style
In years past I’ve proposed 24 hour horror marathons on this site, as a method to just recommend a bunch of great horror films – but this year I’m not going to be quite as rigorous. Having just put myself … Continue reading
Posted in Marathon, Theater Caligari
Tagged 60's, 70's, 80's, Christopher Lee, Coffin Joe, Dario Argento, Deborah Kerr, Dracula, Ghosts, Halloween Marathon, Hammer, Haunted House, horror, Jack Clayton, Japan, John Carpenter, Linda Hayden, Susan Strasberg, Tommy Lee Wallace, Val Lewton, Vampire, Vincent Price
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Mothra (1961)
Mothra (1961) was based on a Japanese novel (The Luminous Fairies and Mothra) but regardless takes its biggest cues from the earlier Godzilla films (Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again) and King Kong (1933). As in King Kong, the plot is set in motion … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 60's, Fantasy, giant moth, Japan, Kaiju, Killer Plant, Mothra, Surreal
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Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
At one point in Sans Soleil (1983), essay filmmaker Chris Marker, visiting Japan, turns his camera on his hotel television set. He watches footage of Japanese recovering from an earthquake, he watches samurai movies, and he watches the anime TV … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Inkwell
Tagged 70's, Animation, Galaxy Express, Japan, Pluto, Rintaro, Robot, Science Fiction, Train
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