Black and White Version of Godzilla Minus One Coming Soon

Godzilla Minus One is getting a special re-release in Japan this January. A black and white cut called Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color (Godzilla -0.1/C) will has been in the works for a long time via director Takashi Yamazaki and his team.

Rather simply make the movie monochrome, the film has had more extensive work done to it. Take a look at the trailer below:

“I had them make cut-by-cut adjustments while making full use of various mattes, as if they were making a new movie,” said Yamazaki, “What I was aiming for was a style that looked like it was taken by masters of monochrome photography. We were able to unearth the texture of the skin and the details of the scenery that were hidden in the photographed data.” Yamazaki insists that by eliminating the color, “a new sense of reality exists.”

Godzilla -0.1/C hits Japanese theaters December 12th.

Set in a post-war Japan, Godzilla Minus One once again shows us a Godzilla that is a terrifying and overwhelming force. Japan, which had already been devastated by the war, faces a new threat with Godzilla, bringing the country from nothing (zero) into the ‘minus.’

Godzilla Minus One is directed by Takashi Yamazaki. An award winning filmmaker and avid Godzilla fan, his work on Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005) earned him two Japanese Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Screenwriter. He was honored with another Best Director and Best Screenplay nomination for the sequel, Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007). In 2016, he won the Best Director category again for The Eternal Zero. Yamazaki also helmed highly acclaimed actioners, Returner, Space Battleship Yamato and many others.

He gave Godzilla a cameo during an opening dream sequence in Always: Sunset on Third Street 2. In 2021 he returned to Godzilla and directed footage for Seibuen Amusement Park's Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monster Battle Summit.

Godzilla Minus One is now playing in both Japan and North America.
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Source(s):
Official Godzilla Minus One Twitter
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