Romero-dokumentären Birth of the Living Dead på iTunes

Snart är det premiär för Rob Kuhns dokumentär Birth of the Living Dead på iTunes om zombiefilmens fader George A. Romero och hans ikoniska film Night of the Living Dead. En magisk trailer finns att kika på så länge.

Birth of the Living tar en grundlig titt på tillkomsten av Romeros klassiska zombiefilm från 1968 och dess påverkan på samhället och samtiden. Filmen får premiär på iTunes den 15 oktober och i trailern här nedanför får ni en fin försmak på vad som väntar inklusive en härligt skrattande George A. Romero. Här hittar ni hemsidan för Birth of the Living Dead.

Synopsis:
In 1968 a young college drop-out named George A. Romero directed a low budget horror film that shocked the world and became an icon of the counterculture – “Night of the Living Dead.”

“Year of the Living Dead,” a new documentary, shows how Romero gathered an unlikely team of Pittsburghers — policemen, iron workers, teachers, ad-men, housewives and a roller-rink owner — to shoot, with a revolutionary guerrilla, run-and-gun style, his seminal film. During that process Romero and his team created an entirely new and horribly chilling monster – one that was undead and feasted upon human flesh. The “zombie” became its own genre worth billions of dollars that continues to this day.

This new documentary also immerses audiences into the singular time in which “Night” was shot. Archival footage of the horrors of Vietnam and racial violence at home combined with iconic music from the 60s invites viewers to experience how Romero’s tumultuous film reflected this period in American history. “Year of the Living Dead” shows us how this young filmmaker created a world-renowned horror film that was also a profound insight into how our society really works.