The cinema of George A. Romero : knight of the living dead /
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| Author / Creator: | Williams, Tony, 1946 January 11- author. |
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Imprint: | New York : Wallflower Press, [2015] |
| Description: | viii, 309 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Directors' cuts Directors' cuts. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10163882 |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 309 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231173544 0231173547 9780231173551 0231173555 9780231850759 |
