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Gorgo vs. Godzilla
Vadim Ozaki/Sandbox/Gorgo vs. Godzilla
Directed by John Carpenter
Producer John Carpenter[1]
Running time 40 minutes
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Gorgo vs. Godzilla is a short fan film[2][3] directed by John Carpenter. It is a crossover between Godzilla and Gorgo, the giant monster from the movie of the same name. It has never seen a proper release since Carpenter created it during his early experiments with visual effects in the 1960s.

Plot

Gorgo and Godzilla meet and fight each other.

History

After seeing the movie It Came From Outer Space (1953) as a child, Carpenter became interested in the horror genre.[4] At the age of eight, when he got an 8mm camera, he began making his first films, inspired by science fiction and horrors like King Kong (1933) and Forbidden Planet (1956).[5][1] After 1961,[6] Carpenter made several 40-minute films, including Gorgo vs. Godzilla.[1] The exact date of filming is unknown. The literature indicates that Carpenter made Gorgo vs. Godzilla while studying at the University of Southern California.[4] According to IMDb, the film was made in 1969.[2]

In Gorgo vs. Godzilla, as well as in other films of 1960's, Carpenter experimented a lot with a variety of special effects. He used stop-motion photography inspired by Ray Harryhausen's style, forced perspective and background projection.[5][1]

Gorgo vs. Godzilla has never been shown in theaters or released on video. In 2003, Carpenter stated that he would never show this and his other early films to anyone because they are "devastatingly bad".[2][3]

Appearances

Monsters

Trivia

  • Since Gorgo in the 1961 film was a cub and much smaller than Godzilla, Gorgo was likely an adult animal in this film.

See also

External links

  • "Gorgo Vs. Godzilla: John Carpenter's Gojira Film He Won't Release". screenrant.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022.
  • "Gorgo Versus Godzilla". IMDb.

References

This is a list of references for Vadim Ozaki/Sandbox/Gorgo vs. Godzilla. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 John Kenneth Muir (September 15, 2015). The Films of John Carpenter. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 6. ISBN 9780786493487.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Gorgo Vs. Godzilla: John Carpenter's Gojira Film He Won't Release". screenrant.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "John Carpenter Is Teasing Something Godzilla-Related - But What Is It?". cbr.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Robert C. Cumbow (1990). Order in the Universe: The Films of John Carpenter. Scarecrow Press. p. 4. ISBN 9780810823440.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Colin Odell, Michelle Le Blanc (March 31, 2011). John Carpenter. Kamera Books. p. 22. ISBN 9781842434987.
  6. ↑ "Lei ha scritto, diretto, musicato, montato e prodotto molti dei suoi film. Come si barcamena fra tutte queste responsabilità?". offscreen.it. Archived from the original on 11 January 2007.

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