Godzilla (Criterion Collection)

Ishiro Hondas GODZILLA is the roaring granddaddy of all monster movies. It's also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama made in Japan at a time when the country was still reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing. It's rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire populations fears, became a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning more than twenty sequels and spinoffs. This first thrilling, tactile spectacle continues to be a cult phenomenon; here, we present the original, 1954 Japanese version, along with GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS!, the 1956 American reworking starring Raymond Burr (Rear Window).