Comments on: George A Romero http://www.blacklagoon.info/movies/black-lagoon-heroes/george-a-romero/ Weird movies for sane people Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul J. Marasa http://www.blacklagoon.info/movies/black-lagoon-heroes/george-a-romero/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Paul J. Marasa Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.blacklagoon.info/?p=33#comment-18 Matt, I responded to your comment on my blog; I just wanted to leave a note on yours to underline your pick of <I>Night of the Living Dead</I> as the key film. <I>Dawn</I> is more complex, but there is a purity to <I>Night of ...</I> that is hard to match. It's the low-budget-first-film syndrome that seems to fit horror particularly well; consider <I>The Evil Dead</I>, <I>Carnival of Souls</I>, and even <I>The Blair Witch Project</I>. <BR/><BR/>When I watch these films, I'm reminded of something Roger Ebert said about pre-CGI special effects: that with CGI you see the monster, but with old-style FX you see the filmmakers' imaginations at work--and let me add that if those filmmakers are as blissfully twisted as Romero--and even Mr. Big Shot, Sam Rami--then the results are delirious, unfiltered mesages from their creepy little Ids. Which is, of course, a good thing. Matt, I responded to your comment on my blog; I just wanted to leave a note on yours to underline your pick of Night of the Living Dead as the key film. Dawn is more complex, but there is a purity to Night of … that is hard to match. It’s the low-budget-first-film syndrome that seems to fit horror particularly well; consider The Evil Dead, Carnival of Souls, and even The Blair Witch Project.

When I watch these films, I’m reminded of something Roger Ebert said about pre-CGI special effects: that with CGI you see the monster, but with old-style FX you see the filmmakers’ imaginations at work–and let me add that if those filmmakers are as blissfully twisted as Romero–and even Mr. Big Shot, Sam Rami–then the results are delirious, unfiltered mesages from their creepy little Ids. Which is, of course, a good thing.

]]>