George A. Romero reanimates the zombie genre with Diary of the Dead (Weinstein Company)
When George A. Romero made The Night of the Living Dead in 1968, he essentially invented a genre. But potential distributors were not initially impressed. In fact, they asked him to change the film's bleak ending. But he simply said, “F--k you.” That pretty much set the tone for Romero's relationship with the mainstream film industry. Like John Waters, he's a filmmaker who has remained outside the industry (Pittsburgh for Romero and Baltimore for Waters) making the films he wants. This year he delivers the much-anticipated zombie outing, Diary of the Dead (opening exclusively at the Palm Promenade Theaters).“It's not a continuation, it's not sort of a fifth film in the series,” Romero explains, “It goes back to the first night when the dead are coming back. I sort of felt that I had gone far enough with Land of the Dead , and I was ready to get off of that train… There was a collection of short stories, actually two volumes, called Book of the Dead, and they were all stories about what happened on that first night. I came to realize that I could sort of keep doing stories about different people over those first two or three nights.”
aaron soto
from Tijuana
February 16, 2008 at 03:57 AM
Thanks Beth, great interview!
Beth Accomando from San Diego
February 16, 2008 at 05:13 PM
Hey Aaron!
Let me know what you think after you see the film.
Zombies rule!
Sergio Valdez
from Tijuana B.C.
February 18, 2008 at 08:06 AM
i think romero that this vision of his is really actual and it applys perfectly with the media manipulation and the blogs outthere, the times are changing A LOT the technology is overwhelming us and we are finding ourselves acting in some strange ways.
Cathy from Tj
February 18, 2008 at 08:26 AM
Hi Beth! cool interview, thanks!
Beth Accomando from San Diego
February 18, 2008 at 05:49 PM
I'm glad to see there are Romero fans out there.
