Video for James Morrow’s Novel “Shambling Towards Hiroshima”
With James Morrow’s new novel, Shambling Towards Hiroshima being released in February 2009, we were sent a sneak peak video that was done by Matt Staggs in preparation for the book’s release.
Staggs says: “I just wanted to point you toward the final version of a video I did for James Morrow’s new novel Shambling Towards Hiroshima. It premiered on IO9 last week, and I’ve now uploaded it to YouTube to unleash upon the world. It was a bit of a Frankensteinian effort: necessity being the mother of invention, I sutured together bits of vintage World War II newsreels with a Korean monster film to create the beast you see before you. Hope you like the end results.”
The novel’s synopsis:
In the tradition of Godzilla as both a playful romp and a parable of the dawn of the nuclear era, this original satire blends the destruction of World War II with the halcyon pleasure of monster movies. In the summer of 1945 war is reigning in the Pacific Rim, while in the U.S., Syms Thorley continues his life as a B-movie actor. But the U.S. Navy would like to use Thorley in their top-secret Knickerbocker Project, putting the finishing touches on the ultimate biological weapon: a breed of gigantic, fire-breathing, mutant iguanas. Thorley is to don a rubber suit that will transform him into the merciless Gorgantis and star in a film that simulates the destruction of a miniature Japan—if the demonstration succeeds, the Japanese will surrender, sparing thousands of lives; if it fails, the mutant lizards will be unleashed. Godzilla devotees and history buffs alike will be fascinated by this conspiratorial secret history of a war, a weapon, and an unlikely hero who will have to give the most convincing performance of his life.
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