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George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968) (other zombie…
George A. Romero's
Night of the Living Dead
(1968)
What's up in 1968
Vietnam War starting
Civil Rights movement ending (passage of Civil Rights Act), on the cusp of MLK assassination, Malcolm X murder
Hey, Nixon!
space exploration and Col War anxieties
60s: Harper Lee's
To Kill a MOckingbird
and its film adaptation (62)--questions of race and justice in the public media fiction
other zombie flicks
The Reapers are Angels
ZOmbieland
28 Days Later
Resident Evil (as film/as game)
Train to Busan
Shawn of the Dead
The Walking Dead
slow zombies
Barbara
hyserical/catatonic/manic
other survivors as useless
takes 40 minutes in before we get to know them
Ben
intro: maybe mistaken for zombie;
radio and TV
repetition of graphic violence; this is also the era of broadcasting mass violence through war and civil unrest
TV reports radiation? A nuclear thing? From a satellite?
critique of the novelty/fascination with mass media broadcasts
inconsistent narratives; jeopardizing lives
Karen and Helen death scene
takes maternal instinct and makes it the threat
use of garden trowel: domestic spaces, womanly roles
digital manipulation of scream--dehumanizing, discomforting
closeup of her suffering face