39. Godzilla

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Godzilla!

For this episode, we watched:

• Godzilla (Gojira), 1954. The original. Directed by Ishirō Honda, produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, and starring Akira Takarada, Momoko Kōchi, Akihiko Hirata, and Takashi Shimura. Watch it on Amazon.
• Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, 1956. The “original.” Directed by Ishirō Honda and Terry Morse, and starring Raymond Burr. Watch it on Amazon.
• Godzilla, 1998. The modern “classic.” Directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin, and starring Matthew Broderick, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, and Jean Reno. Watch it on iTunes and Amazon.
• Godzilla, 2014. The newer American one. Directed by Gareth Edwards, and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Sally Hawkins, and Bryan Cranston. Watch it on iTunes and Amazon.
• Shin Godzilla, 2016. The Japanese reboot. Directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, and starring Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, and literally every other actor in Japan. Watch it on iTunes and Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Adapt or Perish Episode 11. The Fault in Our Stars
• Takashi Shimura and Seven Samurai
• The History and Evolution of Godzilla by YouTuber Cynical Justin
• Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah
• Independence Day and Stargate
• “Museum,” the original teaser trailer for Godzilla (1998)
• Godzilla and Taco Bell
• Production designer Patrick Tatopoulos
• The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
• Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid and Kung Pow! Enter the Fist

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38. Brokeback Mountain

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Annie Proulx’s Brokeback Mountain!

For this episode, we read and watched:

• Annie Proulx’s original short story, first published in the New Yorker on October 13, 1997, an expanded version of which was published in Close Range: Wyoming Stories. Read Close Range on iBooks or Amazon.
• Brokeback Mountain, the 2005 movie directed by Ang Lee, written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, and starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.

Footnotes:

• limn, verb, to represent in drawing or painting; to portray in words; describe
• Matthew Shepard
• Our own episode on The Birdcage
• Ang Lee, director of The Wedding Banquet, Sense and Sensibility, Hulk, and Brokeback Mountain
• “Gene Shalit's Brokeback Mountain review angers gay rights group” from The Advocate
• “No Man’s Land” from The New Republic
• “Return to the Range” from The Wall Street Journal
• Brokeback Mountain, the 2014 opera by composer Charles Wuorinen, with libretto by Annie Proulx

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37. True Grit

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Charles Portis’ True Grit!

For this episode, we read, watched, and discussed:

• Charles Portis’ original 1968 novel. Read it on Amazon or iBooks.
• The 1969 John Wayne movie of the same name, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne, produced by Hal B. Wallis, written by Marguerite Roberts, and starring John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell, Robert Duvall, and John Wayne. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• The 2010 movie adaptation, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, and Josh Brolin. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Episode 11 of Adapt or Perish, The Fault in Our Stars
• r/menwritingwomen
• The Last of Us and Children of Men
• “True Grit” written by Don Black and Elmer Bernstein, performed by Glen Campbell
• Arielle’s thinking of Maureen McGovern in The Poseidon Adventure, not Karen Carpenter
• When Jeremy said “John Wayne is just John Wayne,” and thought he was quoting The Birdcage, he was thinking of a line from Get Shorty. It’s important to him that you know that.
• Rooster Cogburn, 1975, starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn
• Cinematographer Roger Deakins
• Actor Elizabeth Marvel
• Theater director Ivo van Hove
• Coen regular Peter Stormare
• Joel & Ethan Coen - Shot/Reverse Shot from the YouTube channel Every Frame a Painting

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