by tylerpistol » Thu May 19, 2005 9:46 am
I find myself wondering if the use of stock footage from Godzilla '54, which was a black and white film, may have contributed to the decision not to go with color.
I believe the reason the film was shot black and white was because it was actually originally being produced for ABC television in the states. At that time, there was no color tv, so it was done in black and white. That deal fell through, but Toho finished production, and cropped a lot of it to widescreen.
I ordered my copy off Ebay, and I'm looking forward to seeing it. I can honestly say I never had any interest in non-Godzilla Toho kaiju films until Media Blasters did such a great job on "the Mysterians". The trailers on that DVD really sold me.
And speaking of which, what's up with the "Varan" trailer? There's no titles, it appears to freeze in the middle and ends rather abruptly....anyone know if there's a story behind that?
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