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With all the lame remakes, needless sequels and other brain dead fodder, I love what they did with this. George A Romero's classic, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD has been given new life by a collection of over 100 artists. These creative minds take their shot at recreating the movie, scene by scene with the original dialogue and sound used to back it. What you get is a massive collection of all sorts of art mediums that make for a fresh edition of the seminal film. The sheer diversity of artistic approach will entertain the heck out of you. Some of the art looks life-like, some completely abstract , cool inventive and down right funny. Some of the techniques used include; oil paintings, sketches, pencil, pen, CGI, claymation, sock puppets, stick figures and so much more. If you remember this movie you know what's going to happen scene by scene. It's all in the way each art form chosen plays out that makes it fun and exciting. The stick figures, Barbie dolls with GI Joe dolls, furbies and sock puppets had me laughing big time. I was also amused by the little references and nods to filmmakers and films. Like "Romero Viz TV, George Romero's name on one of the gravestones and the JAWS poster hanging over the fireplace in the living room was neat. There are a bunch of supplements that come with the DVD. The Audio Commentary features Michael Schnieder says that the project idea went out to 500 artist spread around the globe. With somewhere between 100 & 125 artists actually ended up contributing. The film took 15 months to finish and another 3 months to make the DVD. I whole heartedly endorse NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD REANIMATED. This DVD will be great to play during the Halloween season.. | ||
