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land of the dead

bobbyburns

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I haven't read the entire script of romero's fourth dead installment, but the intr is badass. I want to see it now. jesus ...

BLACK. THE SOUND OF CHANNELS BEING TURNED ON A TV. TITLE UP:
“SOME TIME AGO”.

NEWSCASTER (O.S.)
It’s hard for us here to believe
what we’re reporting to you, but it
does seem to be a fact.

CLICK! In a corner of the BLACK SCREEN, A SMALL TV APPEARS.
On it, in BLACK & WHITE, A NEWSCASTER sits at an anchor desk.

NEWSCASTER (O.S.)
Bodies of the recently dead are
returning to life and attacking the
living.

CLICK! With each CLICK, the TV disappears, then reappears in
a new position ON SCREEN. CREDITS ROLL in the surrounding
BLACK.

NEWSCASTER (O.S.)
Murder victims have shown signs of
having been partially devoured by
their murderers.

CLICK! ANOTHER NEWSCASTER is on the TV now, sitting in a more
modern studio. The broadcast remains in BLACK & WHITE.

SECOND NEWSCASTER
Because of the obvious threat to
untold numbers of citizens, due
to the crisis that is now
developing this radio station will
remain on the air day and night.

CLICK! The second newscaster looks more and more dishevelled.

SECOND NEWSCASTER (O.S.)
It has been established that persons
who have recently died have been
returning to life and eating the
flesh of the living.

CLICK!

SECOND NEWSCASTER (O.S.)
We must not be lulled by the
concept that these are our family
members or our friends. They are not.
They must be destroyed on sight.

CLICK! A THIRD NEWSCASTER, more haggard than the others, sits
at an ANCHOR DESK on a barren set, still in BLACK & WHITE.

2.

THIRD NEWSCASTER (O.S.)
Every dead body that is not
exterminated becomes one of them.
It gets up and kills. The people it
kills get up and kill. They kill
for one reason. They kill for food.

CLICK!

THIRD NEWSCASTER (O.S.)
If this situation is allowed to
continue, there will be nothing
left. Nothing.

CLICK!

THIRD NEWSCASTER (CONT’D)
It’s over. Finished. Finished. It’s
their world now.

CLICK! IN ABSOLUTE BLACK, A SINGLE WORD FADES UP: “TODAY”. A
SOUND FADES IN TOO. TCHICK! KA-TCHICK-TCHICKY-TCHICK! Soft.
Metallic. It makes us nervous...
 
It will prob be very good :)

I do have one complaint. Pretty much every single zombie movie has done the "tv showing the end of the world as zombies over run it" thing to death. Even the new day of the dead movie had it. Could he have not thought up something a little more origonal?
 
SillyWabbit said:
It will prob be very good :)

I do have one complaint. Pretty much every single zombie movie has done the "tv showing the end of the world as zombies over run it" thing to death. Even the new day of the dead movie had it. Could he have not thought up something a little more origonal?

I think you'll find that when George romero first used that cliche it wasn't a cliche. Check out Night Of The Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead. George Romero wrote the book on modern zombie films with those two. It was copyists who turned his vision into cliches.

For the all time best zombie film though, check out Val Lewton's I Walked With A Zombie; no actual zombies as such but a really creepy, atmospheric movie.

Not that I'm a zombie movie obsessive or anything. I just have a few videos.
 
Mr. O.,

Did you walk with a zombie last night? :)

You know what I have to listen to on the way to work now, don't you? :)

Irene Wilde
 
Billy Oblivion said:
I think you'll find that when George romero first used that cliche it wasn't a cliche. Check out Night Of The Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead. George Romero wrote the book on modern zombie films with those two. It was copyists who turned his vision into cliches.

For the all time best zombie film though, check out Val Lewton's I Walked With A Zombie; no actual zombies as such but a really creepy, atmospheric movie.

Not that I'm a zombie movie obsessive or anything. I just have a few videos.

Yeah, I know that and have seen those movies you talk about :) ( although I have never seen or head of the "I walked with a zombie movie." )

The point is: It was not a cliche then, but it IS now. And also, secondly, as you point out. He already did that, TWICE, can't he do something different then just re-tread the same ground from 20 years ago?

OK, I KNOW, that i'm being really picky here :) I want to see them movie and i'm sure it will be good. But, to me, it's just a little dissapointing that he can't do better than that. Sure, I expect people to rip of ideas from movies but isnt there something wrong when the originator is just re-hashing his old ideas?
 
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VAL LEWTON
Producer. Born Vladimir Ivan Leventon in Yalta, Russia 7th May 1904. Died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California 14th March 1951. Nephew of the actress Alla Nazimonva. emigrated to America at the age of seven. Began his career as a writer with novels published under his real name and as Carlos Keith, Cosmo Forbes or Herbert Kerkow. Also wrote radio scripts and worked in the MGM publicity department. From 1933 to 1942 he became the editorial assistant to David O'Selznick. In 1942 he was in charge of low-budget RKO production unit.
40's 1942 The Cat People 1943 I Walked With a Zombie. The Leopard Man. The Seventh Victim. The Ghost Ship 1944 Madamoiselle Fifi. Youth Runs Wild. The Curse of the Cat People. 1945 The Bodysnatcher. Isle of the Dead 1946 Bedlam 1949 My Own True Love.
50's 1950 Please Believe Me 1951 Apache Drums.


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An exceedingly better zombie film was also released in 1943 titled I Walked With a Zombie. Based loosely on the novel Jane Eyre, the film has deservedly held a substantial reputation among movie aficionados for it's poetic quality and dream-like atmosphere, "trademarks" typified by the output of producer Val Lewton at RKO Studios, who, on a low budget, could make memorable horror films that oozed with eerie foreboding. His first for RKO is the renowned classic The Cat People (1942) directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Simone Simon that told its tale of repressed sexuality with mere suggestion combined with an extraordinary use of light and shadow not seen since the early days of German cinema.
What came to be referred to as "Val Lewton's style" continued with I Walked With a Zombie, although credit should be given to the skills of director Jacques Tourneur, who in partnership with Lewton helped create the haunting atmosphere that made their series, including The Leopard Man (1943), such a success. Lewton later partnered with editor Mark Robson who he elevated to director on other films including The Seventh Victim (1943), The Ghost Ship (1943) and Bedlam (1946).
 
I like the idea of a newscaster speaking to the rest of the world, telling them they've lost. it's finished. they're dead. it's a haunting reminder of the original metaphor that made night of the living dead so scary. you can fight it, you can outsmart it, you can outrun it, you can cheat it, but sooner or later death gets everyone. life is always consumed.
 
Yeah, I like it too :)

But it's been done by him and it's been done my many others. Move on. Do something else.

I hope the rest of the movie is not that way. I hope he creates soemthing a little new and fresh.
 
filming wraps up in december, it'll be out next year. the cast is as follows:

simon baker: riley, dead reckoning's commander.
asia argento (director dario argento's daughter): an ex-hooker whom riley befriends.
dennis hopper: kaufman, the evil ruler of the fortified city (the last human refuge).
john leguizamo (sp?): a member of dead reckoning's crew.
tom savini (the king of special fx): probably cholo's sidekick. he was in dawn, too.
the trademark african character is going to be a zombie, like bub from day, that leads the other zombies in a war against the living. not sure who they've casted yet.

this film is going to show people living a lie. they all have detached their feelings trying their best to hide the hell that exists outside. all in an attempt to live as normally (in the past) as possible.
 
quick question, for what movie was the poster of the skull (looked from one side) with human eyes looking to the camera? :confused:

edit: nevermind found it, evil dead 2, cool pic i call it
 
"Zombieeeeee, Zombieeeeee, Zombieeeeeee" - God, I hate The Cranberries, although I am partial to the drink though...

I like Zombie movies, but answer me this...How do you classify the dude in 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'...is he a Zombie? No, I thought not...

'28 Days Later' is ok...but for me, you can't beat the old Peter Jackson zombie-movies like 'Bad Taste' and 'Braindead'...they rock the Hizzzelsssssss!
 
peter jackson did some awesome films back in the day. have you seen meet the feebles?

I don't think leatherface was supposed to be undead, just fucked up. his character was based on the real life serial killer, ed gein, so, chances are he was probably not a zombie. but let me ask you this: would you categorize friday the 13th and halloween as zombie films? after all, jason voorhees and michael meyers both returned from the dead. they're both zombies ... but it's hard to say because the genre usually calls for many zombies. in almost every film they outnumber the living.
 
bobbyburns said:
. but let me ask you this: would you categorize friday the 13th and halloween as zombie films? after all, jason voorhees and michael meyers both returned from the dead. they're both zombies ... but it's hard to say because the genre usually calls for many zombies. in almost every film they outnumber the living.

Hmm...good question...I shall go and sit on the top of a near-by mountain and ponder this...

Yeah, 'Meet The Feebles' is sick...I love the gross-out comedy of those flicks...What the hell is Peter Jackson on anyway?!?! He definitely indulged in his younger days...
 
i just saw john carpenter's the thing
what a great movie.
now i want to try the ps2 videogame where the paronoia of your team mates seems to play an important role
 
if you purchase the criterion edition of videodrome, it's got a cool interview with john landis, john carpenter and david cronenberg each discussing their latest films (in 1982), i.e., an american werewolf in london, the thing, and videodrome. you've gotta see it, it's awesome.
 
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