George Romero tribute now online
The official Land of the Dead site now has a neat retrospective/tribute to George A. Romero online. Includes interviews with directors Clive Barker, Guillermo Del Toro, John Landis and several fun clips of Dennis Hopper rambling incoherently. There’s even a few interesting on-set moments. Oh, and did I mention Asia Argento? (yum)
For those who don’t get why people would gush over this movie… you first have to possess a certain admiration for intelligent horror films which use subversive political/social subtext. That, and admire Romero for consistently giving Hollywood the finger by making his hits independent of the system. Fans have been waiting two decades for this final installment in his “living dead” saga… and the advance buzz has been overwhelmingly strong. If that makes me a DeadHead… so be it.
Again, this is the summer movie to see, if you have a strong enough stomach.
