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Writing is a joy this week. Too rainy to go anywhere ... as long as the power holds out and the computer and the TV work, can't miss.
Just some little notices today. Sherman Torgan of The New Beverly is showing a Kaiju Double bill starting this Sunday, the original GOJIRA from last year's revival plus Columbia's newly-struck subtitled, Japanese Version of MOSURA -- MOTHRA! The charming monster fairy tale has great music, especially now with a second mysterious song by the tiny twin princesses - the Peanuts - restored. I have a no-subtitles Japanese laserdisc of this, but I think I'm going to have to go see it on a screen. Mike Schlesinger over at Columbia is doing a fine job taking care of Columbia's Toho releases: MOTHRA - THE H-MAN, BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE.
Also, ace genre writer/interviewer Tom Weaver has reportedly posted on the net that Criterion may be prepping an uncut version of CORRIDORS OF BLOOD, the Karloff/Chris Lee horror movie about experimental anaesthesia that's notorious for having several seconds of surgical shock removed. The movie isn't bad at all (Lee plays a colorful creep named Resurrection Joe) and would be a big surprise to see out under the Criterion banner. Hope it isn't just a rumor!
Glenn Erickson
Posted by DVD Savant at February 22, 2005 05:48 PM