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Heh. I'm a somewhat busy person, and I didn't get to see it until about two weeks ago, in the dollar theater. It was a one chance opportunity, as it was the last showing, so I went. It's funny to say about a so called \"horror\" movie, but I really do think it was a work of art.[/b]
I unfortunately live my life in the UK and the film isn’t officially released until the end of September (lol). So I guess I was lucky in that respect to attended the premiere with my mate in Scotland. He was like \"Romero is going to be in Scotland, we have to go\". I’m also glad someone else considers this masterpiece of a ‘work of art’. (its nice to know people respect good films) :wink:
I would love to go to those ‘second run’ theatres you have in America, most cinemas in the UK are based around the idea of monopoly, cinemas like Odeon and Warner Village, there arrn't many privately owned cinemas around anymore :shock:
I think it adds to the ‘experience’ when you go to one of those second-class (second run) cinemas cause you feel the impact of a film like “Land of the Dead” without the glossy feeling you get from those mainstream cinemas. :idea:
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Heh! It is an interesting connection, isn't it? I know that George hadn't cast Duane because he was black, or really any other reason than being a good actor (George has said so himself, in an interview I remember reading a while back). But I'm sure that casting the black guy as the zombie leader does have some relavence, at least in reference to NOTLD. Or, I could just be a conspiracy theorist ;P[/b]
Its true, I totally agree with you. Romero said at the weekend he felt a connection towards this kind of stuff – like he feels more ‘sympathy’ for the zombies than the actual ‘people’ in the film and with him being black it has major relevance to NOTLD.
I heard Duane was just a friend of Romero who was ‘the most perfect person’ for the part so they cast him as the protagonist, like they didn’t consider the racial issue until after the film had been show in drive-in theatres etc and it was like “WOW this film has importance reflecting the important issues of the 1960s”. I remember Romero saying that Duane was scared “shit-less” when he had to hit Barbara in the face saying he “would be lynched by white people”. I guess it was at that point in time when passion and intelligence actually meant something important to intelligent and passionate people.
The strange thing was that when they 'finished' the film they threw the print into the back of their truck to premiere it and that was the night that Martin Luther King had been shot……that’s some scary shit man, it shows it reflects its time, like some kind of pre-residue within their idea……. (Especially considering the ending of the film with the rednecks).
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I'm not a big fan of SW myself. I haven't even bothered to see Episode III yet. It's a bunch of bologna, to me. The Dead movies reflect a lot about the human will to survive. And it's kind of corny to talk about, but the fact that we band together in times of hardship (um... Like a zombie holocaust) is very inspiring. We're interesting creatures, us humans *[/b]
Star Wars can go \"F*ck itself where i am concerned\" (lol). This is why I love the movies so much man, its like we think on the same wave length when it comes to Romero. Its all about the condition to survive and helping each other out – like the only people to ‘survive’ are the people who band together and ‘look out for each other’.
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Honestly, the idea of running zombies is OK with me, depending on how far their decomposition has progressed. A freshly dead corpse would definately have the capability to run, but one that's been around, rotting for a while, wouldn't have the strength to. But, of course, zombies aren't real, so it's a bit difficult to test that theory *[/b]
This is interesting in the realm of imagination cause that is a good concept, like the ‘new’ zombies who haven’t decomposed might have the ability to run while the ‘old’ zombies might find it difficult as they copy the ‘new’ zombies and their legs could fall off and stuff (lol). You have some interesting ideas.........
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Romero definitely does have a knack for turning a film about walking corpses that feast on the flesh of the living into a fun, wholesome movie for the whole family *His death definitely will have an impact on a lot of people, both in and out of the film industry. I know I'll be sad :-/[/b]
His level of intelligence he integrates into his films makes me happy because he doesn’t undermine his audiences intelligence like 99% of directors do , he treats us with respect rather than express childlike sentimentalism thinking the audience wont don’t understand unless its rammed down their throats (I hate Spielberg movies btw).
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You lucky git. I hope you had fun *[/b]
Fun is an understatement, I had the best experience in my life – it was like magic to connect with Romero on that level. It was like I didn’t understand what I said but my friend said “You really touched him” and I was like “What” and he said “he was touched about what you said” and I was like “oh”. Something I will take to the grave…… connecting to my one and only ‘hero’ in the world.
I still cant believe I met him, it feels like a dream.
Its nice to talk to someone who apprciates 'good' films :wink:
