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Aug 28 05 8:32 PM
Quote:this is another toho entry-its quite good.about a man who under goes an experiament to become invisable.
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Sep 4 05 2:59 PM
Quote:I wonder if MediaBlasters is considering this for a DVD release!
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Aug 25 06 2:50 AM
Quote:There is a Toho invisible man film (um, The Invisible Man...) made the same year as Gojira--1954.
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Jun 6 09 12:05 PM
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Jun 6 09 12:20 PM
Hachigatsu wrote: There are two "invisible" period films: THE INVISIBLE SWORDSMAN (Tomei Kenshi) and THE INVISIBLE TENGU (Tomei Tengu), I believe -- I'm away from home right now and cannot look up the exact titles. Honda's origina and uncut version of THE HUMAN VAPOR is quite superior to the re-edited American version -- Honda's is told in a linear narrative, not in flashback, and the film unfolds like a crime story, rather than a love story. Although, I do have to give props for some of the well-written monolouges written for voice dubber James Hong. Also, the US version removes much of the original and powerful score by Kunio Miyauchi, and replaces it with soggy and tired library cues. I would love to see a Media Blaster's release of this film materialize for US fans.
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Jun 12 09 6:22 PM
Hachigatsu wrote: I was told that the US versions of THE HUMAN VAPOR, THE LAST WAR and GORATH are still in the hands of MGM. So, the rights to the Japanese versions should be available through Toho, I would imagine.
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Chris Koenig wrote: I had heard that MGM did restore the negatives for the American versions, but they haven't done any transfers as that would be the most expensive task at hand. What MGM did restore, if true, was the edit splices as they were deteriorating; had they not been re-spliced the negatives would've fallen apart. It all comes down to MGM doing new digital transfers of the materials and that is what is stopping them: it seems the negatives need an extensive amount of color correction as they've been reported to being close to faded.
MGM has not always gone the extra mile to include alternate versions. They had ample opportunity to include the Danish cut of "Reptilicus": that didn't happen because of lack of interest from the studio. Same goes for the Italian cut of "Planet of the Vampires": no interest whatsoever to include that version. MGM also had open possibilities to release their AIP versions of the Mario Bava films "Black Sunday" and "Black Sabbath" which they did restore and have been shown on cable TV: that won't happen as they are under litigation with Alfredo Leone (i.e., I heard Leone did win the case to own the films, but so far nothing else has been reported about it). MGM even restored the God-awful AIP cut of Bava's "Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs" yet no DVD release is even considered...and MGM won't attempt to go as far as to release it alongside the original far superior Italian cut "The Spies Who Came From the Cool". This, from a company that put a lot of effort in their DVD release of "Killer Klowns From Outer Space", which was their big seller I might add.
Aug 11 09 7:32 PM
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