Assignment task: Godzilla directed by honda ishiro in 1954
Q1. How did the film portray the relationship between science, the military, and society?
Q2. How did the film portray the relationship between Japan and the US? Was Godzilla just a symbol for the US or are there other readings?
Q3. How did the film portray gender roles?
Q4. Anderson (2006) sees the film as commenting on a sense of "spiritual loss" in modernity - thoughts?
Q5. Are there themes from the film that still resonate today?