Hello, Kaiju Lovers! In this, the penultimate episode of the “Monster Island World Tour,” Nate is joined by MIFV staple (and Jessica’s “bestie”), Becky “Bex” Smith, but this time, she brings her “husbando,” Encyclo, along! They discuss arguably the best (or at least most iconic) British kaiju film, Gorgo, the last of the 1961 European kaiju movies. Why? To pay off a joke that goes all the way back to episode 18! This is the third Eugene Lourie monster film Nate has discussed on the show, so he may have to bent the podcast’s purview to include the fourth and final one. Bex is full of hot takes about the monster suit and special effects, while Nate argues this has the first ever “Kenny” in a kaiju film. That’s just a taste of what they discuss! Since this film takes place partly in Ireland and there are tensions between Ireland and England, the Toku Topic is Anglo-Irish relations.
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Timestamps:
- Introduction: 0:00-27:06
- Entertaining Info Dump: 27:06-36:22
- Toku Talk (main discussion): 36:22-2:33:20
- Podcast Ad – Henshin Power V3: 2:33:20-2:35:30
- Toku Topic – A Brief History of Anglo-Irish Relations: 2:35:30-3:12:12
- Outro (housekeeping, etc.): 3:12:12-3:28:32
- Credits: 3:28:32-end
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Bibliography/Further Reading:
- Barr, Jason. The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema’s Biggest Monsters. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. 2016.
- Bogue, Mike. Apocalypse Then: American and Japanese Atomic Cinema, 1951-1967. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2017.
- Derendorf, Kevin. Kaiju for Hipsters: 101 “Alternative” Giant Monster Movies. Maser Press, 2018.
- Gorgo blu-ray special features (VCI Video):
- “Before and After Restoration”
- Gorgo blu-ray/4K special features (Vinegar Syndrome):
- “9th Wonder of the World, The.”
- Commentary by Stephen R. Bissette.
- “Gorgo Lives.”
- “Gorgo: Behind-the-Scenes.”
- “Gorgo.” IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054938/.
- “Gorgo (film).” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgo_(film).
- “Gorgo (1961).” Wikizilla. https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Gorgo_(film).
- “Gorgo, Queen of Sparta.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgo,_Queen_of_Sparta.
- Schoell, William. Creature Features: Nature Turned Nasty in the Movies. McFarlane & Company, Inc., 2008.
- Warren, Bill. Keep Watching the Skies! (Vol. 1). McFarlane & Company, Inc., 2010.
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