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The episode discusses the Oscar-winning film 'Godzilla Minus One' with film critics Alonso Duralde and Dave White, exploring its themes of PTSD and community.

It's the groundbreaking Godzilla film that won the Oscar and made us all cry! We're joined by film critics Alonso Duralde and Dave White of Linoleum Knife for Takashi Yamazaki's dour but hopeful post-WWII period piece, which retells the original Godzilla story through the lens of PTSD, survival, found family, and community. From an all-star cast, to the cat-like Godzilla, to critics' views of when these movies are "legitimate" or not, we get into why this is the Godzilla film beloved even by people who don't like Godzilla! Linoleum Knife Patreon Alonso's book: Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film Dave's newsletter: SLUGGISH Cover Art by : ⁠Byrne the Artyrannus⁠ ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) ⁠⁠Read Derek's Kaiju United piece: "King of the Ad Breaks: An Assortment of Godzilla Commercial Appearances" Part of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Cover Art Gallery ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠skreeonkpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Theme song: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠"BIO WARS…

People in this episode

Guests: Alonso Duralde, Dave White

Topics covered

• Godzilla
• film criticism
• PTSD
• post-WWII
• community
• found family

Keywords

• Godzilla
• film
• Oscar
• PTSD
• community
• Alonso Duralde
• Dave White
• Takashi Yamazaki
• Linoleum Knife

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Linoleum Knife, Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective

Products: Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film, SLUGGISH

Books & works: Godzilla Minus One

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