Karl Joseph Ufert

Karl Joseph Ufert has been a passionate fan of daikaiju eiga since his childhood moviegoing experiences sparking a lifelong, avocational study of world cinema. By profession, he is President of Mitra Creative, an award-winning digital marketing agency with clients in the high tech, media, education, healthcare and other industries. He’s also co-chair of the Microsoft Marketing Round Table Group (global marketing education for Microsoft Certified Partners) and a frequent speaker for Microsoft’s IAMCP.

Destroy All Dogmas: The Politics of Daikaiju Eiga

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On November 3, 1954, Ishiro Honda’s original Gojira was released in Japan.  In the sixty years since, this creation has inspired twenty-seven sequels, as well as decades of spinoffs and satires; books and blogs; and T-shirts and toys.  Meanwhile, other cinema monsters, from favorites like King Kong and Mothra to newcomers like Cloverfield and The … Read more