NPR Show Reports on BRINGING GODZILLA DOWN TO SIZE

OFF-RAMP interview with documentary producer Steve Ryfle airs tomorrow Source: NPR Offical Site: Off-Ramp

The National Public Radio show OFF-RAMP covers news and events in Southern California. For this week`s show, OFF-RAMP takes a look at the new documentary BRINGING GODZILLA DOWN TO SIZE, which will premiere August 3 at the Egyptian Theatre. Host John Rabe also interviews BRINGING GODZILLA producer Steve Ryfle. From the press release... OFF-RAMP with John Rabe -- August 2, 2008 This time: We go panning for gold in the San Gabriel River just 15 minutes from Azusa. Learn panning techniques, hear the toll the obsession exacts on its victims, and meet the “mayor” of Nugget Alley. When Charlie Perry took the LA Times buyout this year, the paper lost a renaissance man. We’ll start a series of interviews with Perry, who resume includes rooming with a counterculture icon, observing the sex lives of beagles, translating for the Grateful Dead in Egypt, being one of Rolling Stones` first editors, and heading the Culinary Historians of Southern California. It sure feels good when the big tanker planes fly overhead on their way to fight wildfires, but new reporting shows their value is frequently overrated, and their use is often political and wasteful.

This week`s OFF-RAMP Recommendation is the screening at the Egyptian Theatre on Sunday of a new documentary, BRINGING GODZILLA DOWN TO SIZE. Lots of people have celebrated Godzilla, Mothra, Toho Studios, etc. But this is the first documentary to focus on the men who made the incredibly intricate miniature sets that the monsters wrecked in film after film. These men were craftsmen whose heart and soul shows in the films. I heartily recommend going to the Egyptian to see the triple bill, featuring the new documentary, plus WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS (1966) and the original MOTHRA (1961), neither of which is available on DVD. We also interview the producer of BRINGING GODZILLA DOWN TO SIZE on this week`s OFF-RAMP. *** OFF-RAMP will air this Saturday, August 2 from noon-1:00pm on 89.3-KPCC in Los Angeles. The show will be rebroadcast on Sunday, August 3 at 8:00pm and also be available online and for ipods at the OFF-RAMP website. Also check the show`s archives for additional Godzilla reports, including interviews with voice actor George Takei (GIGANTIS THE FIRE MONSTER, RODAN) and SciFi Japan`s Keith Aiken. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ For more information on BRINGING GODZILLA DOWN TO SIZE please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan: