GODZILLA (1954), MINUS ONE MINUS COLOR to Screen at The Rio Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia on 01/29/24
Other screenings of GODZILLA MINUS ONE will occur on 01/28 and 01/31.
Tickets can be purchased individually or as a double feature at the links below.
6:30pm - GODZILLA (1954)
8:30pm - GODZILLA MINUS ONE MINUS COLOR
Double Feature
Here's all the details, courtesy of The Rio Theatre:
#MonsterMonday | Godzilla (1954) & Godzilla Minus One: Minus Color
6:30pm - Monday, Jan 29, 2024
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Monday, January 29 for a very special #MonsterMonday double bill featuring a 70th Anniversary screening of the 4K restoration of director IshirÅ Honda's original 1954 Kaiju classic GODZILLA (a.k.a. "Gojira") with the 2023 blockbuster GODZILLA MINUS ONE/MINUS COLOUR.
Doors 6:00 pm
Godzilla (1954) | Movie 6:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
Godzilla Minus One: Minus Color | Movie 8:30 pm *Screening as part of a double bill. Start time subject to change.
We mash our way into #MonsterMonday first with:
GODZILLA (1954) the undisputed roaring granddaddy of all monster movies. It’s also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama, made in Japan at a time when the country was reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing in the Pacific. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population’s fears, became a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning almost thirty sequels.
One of the longest-running series in film history began with Honda's grim, black-and-white allegory for the devastation wrought on Japan by the atomic bomb. As his visual metaphor, Honda uses a 400-foot-tall mutant dinosaur called Gojira, awakened from the depths of the sea as a rampaging nuclear nightmare, complete with glowing dorsal fins and fiery, radioactive breath. Crushing ships, villages, and buildings in his wake, Gojira marches toward Tokyo, bringing all of the country's worst nightmares back until an evil more terrible bomb -- capable of sucking all the oxygen from the sea -- returns the monster to its watery grave. The original 1954 film is chilling, despite some rather unconvincing man-in-a-suit special effects, and brimming with explicitly stated anti-American sentiment.
We take a brief intermission between films to "evacuate the city" and restock doomsday supplies at concession. Then we rebuild and come back with:
Takashi Yamazaki's awe-inspiring, explosive reboot of the kaiju icon, GODZILLA MINUS ONE: MINUS COLOR.
Hailed by critics and audiences alike (it is now the highest-grossing live action Japanese film ever in North America), its path of destruction is set to continue with parent company Toho's glorious black and white re-release, the brilliantly titled GODZILLA MINUS ONE: MINUS COLOR.
"It’s the rare kaiju movie that cares this deeply about the inner lives and motivations of the people scurrying out of the way of the monster’s ginormous thudding feet." (Slate)
"You wouldn’t believe a monster movie could make you sob, as well as think, but Godzilla Minus One does." (Financial Times)
"It puts the trauma of history at the very centre of the story, ultimately crafting a story about human beings pulling together to heal and defeat an inexplicable force of destruction." (Guardian)
"This may be the only Godzilla movie that will make you feel verklempt by the time it concludes." (Hollywood Reporter)
*Minors permitted. Must be 19+ w/ID for bar service.
*Rio Theatre Groupons and Rio Theatre passes are OK for any single film screening only. Please redeem at the box office.
*All seating is General Admission; please arrive 20-30 minutes prior
to showtime to ensure great seats and time for snacks at concession.
*Online sales end an hour before showtime; unless otherwise noted,
tickets are also available for purchase at the box office prior to
showtime. Box office is open 30 minutes before showtime.
*To redeem a Rio Theatre gift certificate or Groupon to any regular
Rio Theatre screening: Either email us in advance and give us a "heads
up", or exchange at box office prior to showtime. (We seat 400+ people
and our regular screenings are very rarely at capacity – you should not
have issues being admitted.)
Source: The Rio Theatre
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