Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon

Varan (1958)


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We've gone back to the 50s for the unbelievable flying squirrel himself, Varan -- and he deserves better than this movie! Corporate shenanigans and bad luck made a cheap made-for-TV serial movie become retrofitted for a theatrical release, resulting in a boring imitation of better kaiju films. The Good: Varan's costume made from peanut shells and vinyl hoses, and his many cute moments of hiding and flare-eating. The bad: Real-world racism in this film's presentation of indigenous people, and a lot of characters running back and forth through the woods.

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Sources include:

"The fight for self-representation: Ainu imaginary, ethnicity and assimilation" by Marcos P. Centeno Martín from Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media

A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series by David Kalat

Ishirō Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa by by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski

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