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George A. Romero on Diary of the Dead: The RT Interview

The zombie master on bringing his franchise into the age of information.

by Fred Topel | February 15, 2008

Summary

With sequel talk already on the horizon, RT chats up horror legend George A. Romero about zombie movies and the latest addition to his Living Dead series. Back to Article

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Young Turk writes:
on Feb 15 2008 05:45 PM

I really want to see this.

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Some guy you dont know writes:
on Feb 15 2008 06:21 PM

Romero is king.

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jdale writes:
on Feb 15 2008 08:42 PM

I really lost faith in this series after Land. But I'm interested.

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Ruckas356 writes:
on Feb 15 2008 08:50 PM

Georg A is the F#CKIN MAN

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Product_of_You writes:
on Feb 15 2008 09:01 PM

Thats weird; I thought Land was his best film. Maybe Dawn was just a bit better, but they're on equal footing more likely. I thought Day of the Dead was terrible, and Night wasn't very good.

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reavus4983 writes:
on Feb 16 2008 07:22 AM

Night is my favorite, followed by Land. Dawn to me got too goofy with all the things making fun of consumerism. Night is so original and has so many creepy moments in it (especially the graveyard scene), and since Diary is his first independent since Night I really hope they compare again in their zombie-creepiness factor. Too bad it's a limited release.

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jarek writes:
on Feb 16 2008 07:32 AM

Diary is a great flick.

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ocmurer writes:
on Feb 16 2008 10:04 AM

Night of the Living Dead was goofy, because, duh, it's from the sixties. But it was still a very good movie. Dawn of the Dead was even better, but again, a little goofy. Day of the Dead was just incredibly stupid. And I forgot to see Land of the Dead. But I like the premise for Diary of the Dead (being a film student myself) and I want it to freaking open in a theater near me.

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punktuate writes:
on Feb 16 2008 02:32 PM

If it says Romero on it....it will be seen by me all of his movies kick *** no matter if it's actually about consumerism or whatever they are badass visually and just done so intelligently; Romero kicks more *** than a 12 year old a.d.d. kid at the Grand Canyon

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knowingtoast85 writes:
on Feb 16 2008 09:02 PM

Oh God I feel so bad saying this.

But Diary is the worst piece of **** I have seen in a long time, and that's coming from a huge fan of Night and Dawn. The movie could have been about 30% better without the incredibly pandering, didactic narration. As far as the nature of the narrative goes, I swear "Cloverfield" handled it far better, even with all its flaws. The camera movement in "Diary" won't make anyone sick though, just the script. I didn't want it to be this way any more than anyone else, but man what a ****burger.

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Some guy you dont know writes:
on Feb 16 2008 09:42 PM

Diary of the Dead is great. Don't listen to the stupid people.

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knowingtoast85 writes:
on Feb 16 2008 10:23 PM

I insist you make your own decision, sure. But I know I won't be alone in this once it opens wider.

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BigEarn writes:
on Feb 17 2008 06:13 AM

In reply to this comment (#1577715)
Bruce Campbell F'in Rules! Romero should try doing a nice romantic comedy.

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theunrulyone writes:
on Feb 17 2008 04:07 PM

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I understand it had its issues, but I really think Diary is a better movie than Cloverfield. On all levels. One, the acting is better than in Clvoerfield, as were the characters. In Cloverfield I could have cared less about any of them, except maybe Marlena cause she seemed cool (and she was a hottie), but in Diary, I found myself interested in the fates of at least two of the characters. Romero has never been subtle in his commentary, but that's okay. Zombies are not exactly subtle things, after all. The only real issue I had with Diary was the repetition of scenes. I thought the attack at the beginning was cool, but I did not need to see it three or four more times.
Still, I really liked this flick and would rank it better than Day and Land.
Oh, and for those of you who are curious: YES there is a tone of blood and gore in this flick, but not quites as much as Day, but then, what movie can match Day for straight up goriness?

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sliknik27 writes:
on Feb 17 2008 08:41 PM

I'm excited for Diary, but Romero did little to woo me with Land.

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darrinsgoodman writes:
on Feb 17 2008 09:26 PM

as a huge romero fan i have to be like everyone else here and rank them in the order that i like them so here goes: dawn, land, day, & night. i haven't seen "diary" yet but cannot wait till it expands. speaking of - how much is this movie expanding to anyone know? and how soon?

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walkingdead09 writes:
on Feb 18 2008 07:28 AM

I've never seen any of his movies, is it best to start with the first and work my way through it or what? I'm not a big horror guy, let me know.

JD

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reavus4983 writes:
on Feb 18 2008 10:57 AM

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If you're truly the Evil Dead Bruce Campbell, then I just bought one of your books today.

On the subject of this movie, I'm hopefully going into NYC to see it this week, regardless of the bad reviews. Zombie movies are zombie movies, and so they are always in some way good.

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meatcake writes:
on Feb 18 2008 11:45 AM

Either way, good or bad I plan on seeing it. I am such a fan of George's work, even the non-zombie stuff like "Martin" that I am bound to at least like it. While "Land" was not up to snuff, it was better than "Day" and "Diary" is bound to be leaps and bounds better than the 07 remake of "Day of the Dead" with Nick Cannon which was an utter travesty!

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