The Cinema of George A. Romero: Knight of the Living Dead is the first in-depth study in English of the career of this foremost auteur working at the margins of the Hollywood mainstream in the horror genre. In placing Romero’s oeuvre in the context of literary naturalism, the book explores the relevance of the director’s films within American cultural traditions and thus explains the potency of such work beyond ‘splatter movie’ models. The author explores the roots of naturalism in the work of Emile Zola and traces this through to the EC Comics of the 1950s and on to the work of Stephen King. In so doing, the book illuminates the importance of seminal Romero texts such as
Night of the Living Dead (1968),
Creepshow (1982),
Monkey Shines (1988),
The Dark Half (1992). This study also includes full coverage of Romero’s latest feature,
Bruiser (2000), as well as his screenplays and teleplays.
Tabella dei contenuti
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction
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
Conclusion
Appendix One: The Romero Screenplays and Teleplays
Appendix Two: Chronology
Notes
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
Circa l’autore
Tony Williams is Professor and Area Head of Film Studies at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He has published widely in the areas of horror and American independent cinema.
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