The Cinema of George A. Romero : Knight of the Living Dead / Tony Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Tony, author.

Series:

Directors' cuts.

Directors' Cuts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romero, George A--Criticism and interpretation.

Romero, George A.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

second edition

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

In this comprehensive portrait of horror's definitive director, Tony Williams ties George A. Romero's films to the development of literary naturalism and American culture, expanding the artist's creative footprint beyond his mastery of the "splatter movie" genre. Williams locates Romero's influences in the work of Emile Zola, the Entertainment Comics of the 1950s, and the novels of Stephen King, revealing the interdisciplinary depth of his seminal films Night of the Living Dead (1968), Creepshow (1982), Monkey Shines (1988), and The Dark Half (1992). For this second edition, Williams reads Romero's Bruiser (2000) against his more recent Land of the Dead (2005) and takes a fresh look at Diary of the Dead (2007) and Survival of the Dead (2009), two overlooked films that feature Romero's greatest achievements yet.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction to the First Edition

Introduction to the Second Edition

1. A Director and His Traditions

2. Night of the Living Dead

3. There's Always Vanilla

4. Jack's Wife

5. The Crazies

6. Martin

7. Dawn of the Dead

8. Knightriders

9. Creepshow

10. Day of the Dead

11. Monkey Shines

12. One Evil Eye and The Dark Half

13. From Bruiser to Land of the Dead

14. Diary of the Dead

15. Survival of the Dead

Epilogue

Appendix One: The Romero Screenplays and Teleplays

Appendix Two: Chronology

Notes

Filmography

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-85075-1

OCLC:

979880242