Saturday 26 January 2008

Diary of the Dead

Robin Wood was raving about this film in Cineaste. Like some other critics, he expressed reservations about its predecessor, "Land of the Dead", but he is really going all out in his praise of this latest instalment. He admires Romero's unconventional technique, at such a late stage of his career, which he describes as almost avant garde in tone. Wood also claims the characterisation was so good it almost brought him to tears. He is even willing to place "Diary of the Dead" at the pinnacle of Romero's achievements, which is really saying something in light of his appreciative remarks in "Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan."
The official trailer has whet my appetite even further; feast on this cold, dead flesh....

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