Godzilla: The First 70 Years is a 432-page book filled with stories, interviews and photos of one of cinema’s most enduring figures

American author Steve Ryfle remembers scouring his TV guide every week to find the monster movies and horror films he loved.

“The Japanese films always appealed to me the most,” says the co-writer of the Emmy-winning 2017 documentary Miracle on 42nd Street. “They were intriguing because they took place in a world that was unfamiliar, a culture that was unfamiliar.”

Godzilla, he says, was especially captivating to a dinosaur-loving kid.

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