Episode 3 - King Kong (1933)

Episode 3 September 27, 2021 01:01:55
Episode 3 - King Kong (1933)
Kaiju Vs. History
Episode 3 - King Kong (1933)

Sep 27 2021 | 01:01:55

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Show Notes

This is the official start of the history of the Kaiju Genre and the original 8th Wonder of the World. On this first full film review for the Kaiju Vs. History Podcast we travel back in time 88 years. New York City sees the release of one of the most ground breaking and influential special effects driven films of all time. This week’s episode is on 1933’s King Kong!

In this weeks episode we look at the world that this film was released in, still suffering dearly from the stock market crash. Despite that it achieved the height of film effects excellence for nearly 20 years. Many of the tropes and elements of later Kaiju Eiga cinema would be planted here. From these seeds many of the films of the 1950s and beyond would begin to grow.

The towering image of King Kong is still spectacle of film making today. You can still imagine through this episode what it must have been like for those first audiences lucky enough to see it. Join us as we explore this films production, release, film elements and historic legacy in our review of the film in the history of Kaiju films.

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Next week on Kaiju Vs. History join us as we take on the first cash-grab sequel in Kaiju cinema, but certainly not the last, its History vs SON OF KONG

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