Tim Burton on War of the Gargantuas
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- čas přidán 7. 12. 2010
- Tim Burton joined us to reveal the 5 seminal films that have influenced his career.
He talks here about War of the Gargantuas (1966) and his love of Japanese movies and culture.
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Nice to see a major director appreciating War of the Gargantuas. I love this film so much. I'm surprised Toho never made a new one to go along side their newer Godzilla films and even Daiei Studios new Gamera films.
Probably because they felt they didn’t have the same level of recognition. Far fewer movies were made by Toho themselves in the 1990’s and War Of The Gargantuas benefited from American funding in the first place.
I think unlike the new Godzilla films ( that have been ruined ) That war of the gargantuas would be hard to mess up
@@sourmilk7862perhaps for us old school folks we think the new Godzilla movies have been ruined but at least they have been mainstreamed into American culture.
The issue with Sanda vs Gaira is just that. The story line and plot between the original Japanese version vs the Henry Saperstein American version are much different.
The Japan version works off of Frankenstein vs Baragon or even the US Frankenstein Conquers The World.
If any remake or continuation were to be made it has to be made off of the American version and hopefully Toho and some American producer can collaborate to make a spectacular version.
Picks up after both supposedly perished from the volcano.
I saw a video like this where Brad Pitt was talking about the War of the Gargantuas and how he loved the movie as a child
same.
seen at the indoor theater, with, Monster Zero ....
Jacob Snyder Lmao, I just came from that video 😂
@@content4502 I saw the same 2 Movies together!
Probably the best Japanese monster movie made... The battle between the Green Gargantua and the giant octopus during a sea storm was both epic and frightening to me as a child... Love it!
The scene where the fisherman looks down in the water and sees the green one staring up through the water is such a great horror moment.
Agreed! Every time we look over the stern of my brothers fishing boat, we do that scene.. lol..My brother who lives on the beach along the Oregon coast is the green Gargantua, and I live in the Mountains so I’m the Brown.. what’s truly funny is, as kids, he was the green, I was the brown when we played battle in our room, now we both live in our respective climates..
@@John-gr4td that’s hilarious - my brothers and I still do goofy shit like that too. Fellow Oregonian here 👍
Rad..Not only that, he sent me the entire soundtrack on Vinyl for my birthday this past September.. it’s really an amazing score.. the horns and the foreboding music is super cool..
This and Daimajin are my fave kaiju films.
I love how big g had cameos in pee wee's big adventure and Mars attacks!
Glad Burton said that about dubbed films. I liked dubbed movies because you are actually watching the movie, and not merely reading words that make you miss everything on the screen. I do however like to also watch an original version with subtitles only *after* seeing the dubbed version, to see any differences, additional scenes, etc. Being a major Godzilla/Japanese Kaiju fan, having different versions available is fantastic, unlike when I was a kid. And yes, War of the Gargantuas is beyond awesome.
There is a difference with WOTG in that the storyline is different between the dubbed version and original.
You nailed it. Besides what you mentioned, dubbing was part of the charm, especially in the Showa era. The movies were so goofy and over the top, that the cartoonish voices made it more surreal. Two forms of campiness that blended together like bread and butter.
The scene where the fisherman looks down into the water and sees the green one staring up at him is such a great horror moment. And the expectoration of masticated clothing is so charming!
You folks in this comment section are my PEEPS! It’s great to see how many groovy cool people share my love of WOTG!!
Saw it at the drive in in Lansing Michigan in like 1969-70 I think. They had multi features. I was obsessed with this movie and the ad for it in the newspaper. Same with “Destroy All Monsters”. Loved that shit
Motoroil I remember writing down all the monster movies from TV guide. I had a schedule. Weekends after 10 were the best. Creature features. Sir Graves Ghastly in Michigan and Monster Incorporated in Minneapolis
i finally tracked down the best monster movie EVER!! WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS!!!!! It was my favorite wen I was little. And watching it after all these years was great fun!
War Of The Gargantuas is one of my favorite movies ever made, along with Frankenstein Conquers The World, the two best Kaiju films.
I feel the exact same way as he does about this sort of silly old dubbed Japanese movie... They're pretty much my favorite thing!
+Dani Jones Ha me too : )
I'm sure that Russ Tamblyn or the family of Nick Adams would appreciate Mr. Burton's comments.
"Washed up" LOL!
Anyone else find it interesting that Burton alluded to Frankenstein, given that War of the Gargantuas is a sequel to Frankenstein Conquers the World?
lmao Speaking of classic monsters - those 2 gargantuas do sort of look like giant wolfmen. XD
Tim Burton is my idol
No wonder Burton is a gold mine of creativity, he grew up on gold to begin with.
Eliminating the rubber monster suits really helped. The gargantuas could move and fight very fluidly. Remember that scene where one is running along an airport tarmac? It was scary because it was fast. And I loved Burton's line about the has-been actors: Russ Tamblyn, Nick Adams (Monster Zero), and Robert Dunham (Dogora). Those were my boys!
I wouldn’t say they were has been actors.
It’s amazing to me that Russ was so difficult to work with. To me there were some scenes where the arrogance is there but it passes off as just acting.
Nick Adams was good too.
These movies were great to bring back relations between Japan and the US and to both sides of the public.
Who would have ever thought that just 20 years prior WW2 just ended.
I bet it was nakajimas favorite suit
That green gargantua terrified me 20x more than Godzilla ever did.
Something about a monster that looks remotely human - sort of brings the terror closer to home on a psychological level. lol
Exactly!
If monsters resembling a man scares you, then you might want to check out the live action Attack on Titan movies
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Interesting. Thanx for that heads-up.
Btw, check out the creature at the end of the 1986 remake of The Fly.
It looked slightly human too - terrifying. **gulp** :-0
Gaira was indeed creepy
I would literally have nightmares about the Green one chasing me.
I would hide in a building but he would find me.
I was hoping the Brown one would rescue me but he never showed up. 🤣
"Monster smack down" love that quote.
it's one of my favorites. I know it's a corny movie, but I loved when the girl was singing the words get stuck in my throat.
The woooooooooords get stuckinmythroat
She should have sang "I'm gonna get stuck in your throat."
What Burton says about dubbed movies is really interesting. I've always had a fondness for dubbed movies too but could never really articulate why as well as he does here.
I also prefer dubbed over subbed when it comes to the old Japanese monster movies, though that has more to do with nostalgia than anything else!
If Legendary ever plan to remake/reboot War of the Gargantuas, they need Burton to direct.
Dear god, no
And Brad Pitt to star in it
Michael Dougherty is interested in directing a Gargantua reboot for the MonsterVerse
@@arkadyrex5305
Why not?
@@aleaanderson6600 Really?
It is one of the best Japanese daikaiju movies. And yes, Russ Tamblyn was a stoner, and likely stoned through much of the film.
I ALWAYS WISHED NICK ADAMS WAS IN THE MOVIE.HE HAD SUCH A GOOD CHEMISTRY WITH MIKU MIZUNO.(SORRY IF I SPELLED HER NAME WRONG)
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Her name is Kumi Mizuno, but no worries! Totally agree with you, concerning Adams. Much better actor than Tamblyn.
Yep. I think Adams was happy to work in Japan and he didn't sleepwalk thorugh his appearances in those films like Tamblyn. Also, Tamblyn seemed to look down on his castmates and you didn't see that with Adams.
Burton seems to be referring to Nick Adams, who died of a drug overdose two years later, but I had heard that the Japanese actually liked him and he got along with Kumi and her co-stars very well, Nick did a three picture deal, Monster Zero 64', Frankenstein Conquers the World 65', then seemed to go home and fade away. Yes Tamblyn was an asshole! It should of been Adams in this movie.
Heard Tamblyn was an asshole to Ishiro Honda. Lots of testimony to that.
I definitely remember seeing it on Creature Feature on WGN in Chicago back in 1973.
Burton had a great run of films in the 80s' and 90s' and then I don't know what happened. The only two post 2000 films that I liked by him were Big Fish and Sweeney Todd. With that being said, I'm glad that he is a kaiju film fan.
I will always say Gargantuas is the best kaiju movie ever
Right on dude, you are 100% correct.
The Gargantuas' battle topped most other Toho monster fights because they were more realistic in motion and speed, not lumbering around like the others. The only other one that comes close is Kong vs Godzilla.
This was something I immediately noticed in Frankenstein vs Baragon as well.
The decision to use the actors real eyes in addition to the suits being humanoid in design gave the actors great agency over their kaiju as characters.
Also, Mr. Burton points out that the climactic battle is a “struggle between two Gargantuas”. He makes a good observation here. There’s a purpose between their conflict and a certain sadness since it’s unwanted, yet unavoidable. It adds another layer to the film.
This was also some great effects work by Tsuburaya.
One of the best Showa era films to be sure.
War of the Gargantuas
The First Installment of the MonsterVerse Phase 2
Directed by Tim Burton
Screenplay by Alfred Gough Miles Millar and David Callaham
Story by David Callaham Max Borenstein and Seth Grahame-Smith
Based on The War of the Gargantuas by Toho
Produced by Mary Parent Thomas Tull Jon Jashni and Tim Burton
Music by Danny Elfman
Runtime: 122 Minutes (2 hours and 2 minutes)
Titan Cast
Sanda (The Main Protagonist who is Gaira's Younger Brother)
Height: 108.5 Meters
Weight: 65.789 Tons
Gaira (The Main Antagonist who is Sanda's Older Brother)
Height: 110.2 Meters
Weight: 67.865 Tons
Godzilla (Cameo)
Kong (Cameo)
Mothra (Cameo)
Skar King (Mentioned Only)
Human Cast
Alec Baldwin
Justin Theroux
Dan Stevens
Jenna Ortega
Emma Myers
Hunter Doohan
Luis Guzmán
Winona Ryder
Working with David Lynch ain't washed up to me
War of the gargantuas is (at least in the japanese version)a sequel to Frankenstein conquers the world.
Love me some Gargantuas!🤪
@Night0fTheLivingNES How many other movies feature great dubbing? It's either THAT or subtitles ( do you prefer the latter there ? ).
The words get stuck in my throat!! What a cheesy, fun song.....
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Part 2 of Frankenstein conquers the world.... I shit you not! It's on STARS on demand (Comcast) War of the Gargantuans. Someone else plays the American. I had heard of this but Frankenstein is mentioned and is accused of being the Green monster and they find out there both Frankenstein?!¿ Yup, totally fucked!😂
This interview was enthralling but kind of hard to focus at times with his hands swirling around at every which way my eyeballs 👀 were all over the place watching this. 🥴😵😵💫
I hope his daughter didn't attempt to eat a Barbie doll since she pretended to be the Green Gargantuan.
I'm sorry Tim, I must disagree on your statement that the acting was terrible in the Japanese monster movies, it is your preference of dubbing over subtitling that doesn't let the actors true abilities shine though. Kumi Mizuno, in particular, is fantastic in War of The Gargantuas and Ishiro Honda is a fantastic director that deserves SO much more recognition than he gets.
If you've only seen the dubbed versions, you really have no evidence upon which to base a criticism of the acting in the movie. (Among other ridiculous and/or disrespectful comments.)
russ tamblyn is great... hes not washed up
I dig Russ but I read that he was a douche on set being rude to everyone and acting like a primadona.
@zakzilla420
This is from the man who directed more garbage in his career than most people care to remember. Planet of the Apes. Mars Attacks. Alice In Wonderland. Corpse Bride. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Ishiro Honda gave us movies remembered after nearly 60 years. Burton gave us movies that have been forgotten after less than 10.
Amen to that!
Burton's an over-rated hack.
His movies look good but his direction is quite pedestrian......
.....and he apparently combs his hair with an eggbeater.
Hey Tim...speak coherently, will ya?
You want to hear some real horrendous dubbing, watch King Kong vs. Godzilla. The butchering of language is cringe worthy.
Yeah. Tim Burton sounds kind of dumb here. Maybe he is dumb. Frankenstein is the Doctor. Russ Tamblyn wasn't washed up. He went on to make Dracula vs Frankenstein, Satans Sadists and Cabin Boy to name a few