tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post3829558381886985789..comments2024-02-21T20:51:54.249+00:00Comments on The Celluloid Highway: Night of the Living Dead (1968)Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]http://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-23953279720074911522013-01-16T14:05:50.462+00:002013-01-16T14:05:50.462+00:00Hi there Dale - thanks for the comment and apologi...Hi there Dale - thanks for the comment and apologies for the delay in replying. My favourite Romero films are his non-zombie pictures too...especially MARTIN, I think THE CRAZIES is a lesser film. I'm not sure I'm suffering with the hype as such, more I felt a need to contextualise it and address it in the review. The problem I have with NOTLD is I don't find it particularly Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-70751794278244873472013-01-06T23:05:46.674+00:002013-01-06T23:05:46.674+00:00I still have to give NOTLD points for significance...I still have to give NOTLD points for significance in the genre,never felt Romero was THAT heavy handed (though my favorites of his are the non-zombie films like MARTIN,THE CRAZIES or NIGHTRIDERS)and suspect you're suffering from hype that goes beyond the movie itself. It's certainly happened to me with such things. To me,NOTLD and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE kind of occupy the same place. Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050780812342957714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-91021079978835022962010-10-09T13:31:04.289+01:002010-10-09T13:31:04.289+01:00Yeah I'm more appreciative of 'The Omen...Yeah I'm more appreciative of 'The Omen'. I've certainly watched it many more times than 'The Exorcist'. I agree with you about the remake, for me though the absolute nadir of Hollywood's remake fetish was 'The Wicker Man' - the original is one of my favourite films. That was an unspeakable travesty and offered a distubring indication of the depths Hollywood Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-91459743329831181642010-10-07T21:27:13.325+01:002010-10-07T21:27:13.325+01:00I don't dislike THE EXORCIST, but it did nothi...I don't dislike THE EXORCIST, but it did nothing for me as it did those who saw in the theaters. I did find certain things about it shocking, but THE OMEN was far more frightening to me. I had seen that one first, so possibly the sheer terror of civilization's destruction made more of an impression on me than a timid girl possessed by the devil.<br /><br />I simply find THE OMEN a much venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-29683387225012549212010-10-07T21:18:02.687+01:002010-10-07T21:18:02.687+01:00Thanks for the endorsement Venom, it is very much ...Thanks for the endorsement Venom, it is very much appreciated. I do agree with you that NOTLD has power as a horror film. It works very well within the genre, and I guess you could say it is revisionist. The problem is that so few people nowadays discuss the film within the terms of genre. Fans of the film tend to leap upon political and allegorical aspects because this is a laudable defence for Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-29398703796993195702010-10-07T19:11:44.226+01:002010-10-07T19:11:44.226+01:00Wow, this was an amazing review, Shaun! I wholly d...Wow, this was an amazing review, Shaun! I wholly disagree with just about all of it, but damn, I love it when somebody goes against the grain and puts their thoughts out there regardless of whether it's the popular majority. I do think the movie is a masterpiece, but in what it is able to accomplish on its minuscule budget. Personally, I think its shortcomings work in its favor. The acting venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-35847294063754128792010-10-05T16:08:53.753+01:002010-10-05T16:08:53.753+01:00I do think that Romero is, as Doom noted, heavy ha...I do think that Romero is, as Doom noted, heavy handed. In fact he is at times clumsy. The problem with NOTLD is that its a pretty awful film. It amazes me how people are so surprised at how poor Romero has gone - wasnt he always poor? (Martin aside). I could easily defend the film, but then I wouldnt be true to myself. I think it sucks! I can objectively recognise it's important within a Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-18270034161735452502010-10-04T19:45:58.709+01:002010-10-04T19:45:58.709+01:00Agree with you on the Amateurish aspects of the fi...Agree with you on the Amateurish aspects of the film, specially when it comes to its technical side, as you mentioned, the sound isnt all that great at times. <br /><br />But considering this was Romero's first film, I think he achieved a lot with very little which is why I still respect this film. A film with this kind of budget under a less visionary director would have been a lesser film, Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-25147878365105940802010-10-04T15:38:57.200+01:002010-10-04T15:38:57.200+01:00I'm so pleased I'm not the only one who th...I'm so pleased I'm not the only one who thinks Romero is an incompetent film-maker.<br /><br />Even his socio-political commentary, for which he gets so much praise, is obvious and heavy-handed.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.com