The Kaiju Film
- Author : Jason Barr
- Publisher : McFarland
- File Size : 44,5 Mb
- Release : 17 February 2016
- ISBN : 9781476623955
- Page : 212 pages
Summary: The Kaiju Film PDF is a Fantastic Performing Arts book by Jason Barr. It was published by McFarland on 17 February 2016. This Book has 212 pages and Available to download in PDF, EPUB and Kindle Format. Read detail book and summary below and click download button to get book file and read directly from your devices.
The Kaiju (strange monster or strange beast) film genre has a number of themes that go well beyond the "big monsters stomping on cities" motif. Since the seminal King Kong 1933) and the archetypal Godzilla (1954), kaiju has mined the subject matter of science run amok, militarism, capitalism, colonialism, consumerism and pollution. This critical examination of kaiju considers the entirety of the genre--the major franchises, along with less well known films like Kronos (1957), Monsters (2010) and Pacific Rim (2013). The author examines how kaiju has crossed cultures from its original folkloric inspirations in both the U.S. and Japan and how the genre continues to reflect national values to audiences.