A mathematician's slow maddening at the hands of a pattern of numbers

 From the back cover
When American reporter Steve Martin (Raymond Burr) investigates a series of mysterious disasters off the coast of Japan, he comes face to face with an ancient creature so powerful and so terrifying, it can reduce Tokyo to a smoldering graveyard. Nuclear weapon testing resurrected this relic from the Jurassic age, and now it's rampaging across Japan. At night, Godzilla wades through Tokyo leaving death and destruction in his wake, disappearing into Tokyo Bay when his rage subsides. ... read more

 

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Okay, this is the first, best, most important Gozilla.  It establishes the mood/moral of all Godzilla movies - the Godzilla philosophy, if you will.  Man creates evil/tampers with technology.  In response, earth retaliates - creates Godzilla.  You gotta love that thought.

The best film ever made.

 This is the most fascinating movie I've ever seen and the best conversation I've ever been allowed to spy on.  A physicist, a poet, and a politician meet one day at Mt. St. Michel in France and have a conversation.  That's it.  Believe it or not, you'll be glued to the screen/rivited.  I invite people over, pour some wine, and allow people to pause the tape when they have an argument to interject into the conversation on screen.  You have to own this movie!