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I liked Night Of The Living,The Crazies, and I absolutely loved, Dawn Of The Dead, but Romero just doesnt have it anymore. Really, how many times you make a movie with the same theme in mind?
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He did not. Land Of The Dead was about ignoring the problem, as he’s said so many times. But there was something interesting that the Dennis Hopper character said (Kaufman), to his board members when they are contemplating of fleeing the Green in fear of Cholo’s imminent attack. Kaufman says: “I created all these vices to keep them on the streets and out of this place, it’s my responsibility”. The same way we’re all invested in making money in order to survive. The film is about surviving, to me it is at least. Surviving and still keeping your head together and fight for what is right, and to speak out against despotism. Look at Riley Denbo and what he stands for in the movie, Kaufman’s power has no reign over his being, in contrary Cholo was so invested in being part of this high society that chose to ignore the dangers that awaited them outside those confines of steel. In the end only the willful survived.
Diary Of The Dead was about the confusion and chaos that the media creates. Look at the end, where the girl has the camera and the gun in her hands, and the guy tells her: “Shoot me.” - then the film fades out and the question is only explored but never answered. You see this guy obsessed in capturing every waking moment of this tragedy so he can show it to the world, and in doing so he loses his own awareness - and gets lost. Just look at Twitter people are reporting their lifes every hour - it’s as if the world is becoming this one giant monster hooked to wires and it only keeps growing - that’s the fear, of where will it all be in ten years from now. Romero is from a different generation and he’s a good observer of these changes, I saw recently about a man who stalking this woman by using her twitter posts, some even post where they are, etc. So it’s dangerous stuff that people don’t think about.