'Night of the Living Dead was a watershed movie. It played for years after its initial release' 'It established the "midnight movie" trend - late-night film screenings which privileged cult, low-budget horror films - and it reminded American filmmakers that exploitation cinema could be socially progressive, radical and even revolutionary.'
These extracts tell me that this film was greatly appreciated by the public. The fact that it was screened for years shows it had a major effect on cinema at the time. People were even going to watch it at midnight so it must have had a great impact on them. The second extract told us that it reminded American filmmakers that this type of cinema could be revolutionary, which obviously encouraged cult movies at that time.
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
George A Romero Interview
Romero talks about why the zombie genre is so popular and how he got involved in the horror genre. He mentions how he has never seen any remakes of his films except "Dawn of the Dead" and even then he says he loved the first 20 minutes of the film but then it 'turns into a video game'. This tells me that he thinks the original zombie films were better than the remakes and maybe even a lot more suitable for movies, as appose to his view about the new films which are more like video games. He also mentions that he thinks zombies shouldn't run. The fact that he created the zombie genre is a very good insight into how zombies should behave. I think he is saying that zombies should be more like how he wanted them than how they are evolving today.
"Night of the Living Dead" Review
Link to review - http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-01-07/film/the-dead-zones/
I chose this review as it goes into good detail about the ground breaking effect this film had on cinema at the time and also how it has affected films today, while also stating political views that Romero has. It mentions the 'resourceful black hero' (shown above) in this film which was unusual of films at this time. This review also mentions Romero's sequels such as "Dawn of the Dead" and "Day of the Dead" and also explains how he expanded from zombie films.
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