Criterion Releases Official Godzilla Blu-ray Details
Cover art, release date inside
 Long rumored and now official, Criterion is bringing the 1954 classic Godzilla to Blu-ray on January 24, 2012.
The specs go like this: - New high-definition digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) - Audio commentary by David Kalat (A Critical History and Filmography of Toho’s Godzilla Series) - New high-definition digital restoration of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Terry Morse’s 1956 reworking of the original, starring Raymond Burr - Audio commentary for Godzilla, King of the Monsters by Kalat New interviews with actor Akira Takarada (Hideto Ogata), Godzilla performer Haruo Nakajima, and effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai - Interview with legendary Godzilla score composer Akira Ifukube - Featurette detailing Godzilla’s photographic effects - New interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato - The Unluckiest Dragon, an illustrated audio essay featuring historian Greg Pflugfelder describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo fukuryu maru, a real-life event that inspired Godzilla - Theatrical trailers - New and improved English subtitle translation - PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic J. Hoberman Amazing. Cannot wait! Source: Ryan Turek, Managing Editor |
