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In Reply to: George A Romero's "Land of the Dead" posted by RGA on June 25, 2005 at 22:04:16:
Very nice post on LotD RGA...thanks!An acquaintance of mine had a small bit part in the film, and consequently has seen the original, longer, cut of the film and says that the studio did Dead fans a disservice when they pressured Romero to cut it down. I think the longer cut may address the issue you had with characterisation and (for me) expansiveness. I've heard that his cut was anywhere from 15 to 25 minutes longer, net reports have mentioned that there was a very interesting opening sequence involving a wedding party, and that no longer appears to be the case with the theatrical cut.
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Well thank heaven for DVD. I think the studio wants a fast paced edit for the low attention span masses.I never understood the length complaint of Dawn of the Dead which was IMO the best of this series. It was also the longest - but it served its characters and mood well. It's one of the only horror films I can watch over and over again -- and given the production values even then, that says something. There are a few good jumps in this one as well but it's never really been about theat. The scariest thing of all is fear itself and how the human survivors act. This in Land of the Dead has been retained thankfully.
Simon Pegg of Shawn of the Dead (this was a hoot) had a cameo but I missed it.
Yes, I thought 'DotD' was strong, all things considered (era, budget etc). Too bad about the remake, which my friend (who's a diehard Dead fan) dragged me to see. I didn't hate it, but it certainly didn't have many layers to enjoy, compared to the original.I think Simon Pegg's cameo was the scene where people were having their pictures taken with captured zombies.
I actually liked the Dawn Re-make as a straight ahead actuion horror. It's not terribly insightful like the original. Still it was fun in a theme-park ride kind of way -- the opening 10 minutes was strong. Some of the characters were utterly unconvincing card board characters -- and too many of them.I'm going to see Land tomorrow again with someone else so I'll look closer at the picture scene (which was kind of funny). Now Romero needs to make Twilight of the Dead, Country of the Dead, Planet of the Dead. You can never have too many zombies -- if this makes some money they may give him an even bigger budget for another one.
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