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How Godzilla Changed Monster Movies

In early filmmaking, stop-motion was the way everything was shot. Until Godzilla came along. With just six months to film instead of the needed 7 years, Ishirō Honda had to find a new way to film his monster movie. So he swapped the traditional method for suitmation — actors wearing latex suits and wrecking havoc on miniature sets — thus changing the industry forever.

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