American - Director | February 4, 1940 - July 16, 2017
To me, the zombies have always just been zombies. They've always been a cigar. When I first made 'Night of the Living Dead,' it got analyzed and overanalyzed way out of proportion. The zombies were written about as if they represented Nixon's Silent Majority or whatever. But I never thought about it that way.
George A. Romero
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I go to these horror conventions all the time, and these audiences get so deep into it. They've pulled apart every movie fifty ways from Sunday.
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I grew up in New York City. And I lived in the Bronx in a place called Parkchester.
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I'm more alarmed by people reacting violently to the violence in my films than I am by the violence in films.
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Zombies cannot run.
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Zombies are my ticket to ride! It's how I get a deal! I don't care what they are. I don't care where they came from.
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Zombies to me don't represent anything in particular. They are a global disaster that people don't know how to deal with.
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In the old days, there were three networks, and all of a sudden, Walter Cronkite is the most trusted man in America. Everybody believes what he says, not even thinking. In those days, we didn't even know it was being spun. We were very willing to just listen to it and go along with.
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I'm a Turner Classic Movies guy. That's it. I'd much rather sit here and watch an oldie than anything new.
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I vote in the Academy, so I get all the screeners. I'm so often disappointed by all the material and especially by what wins. I find myself never voting for the winner.
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The only advice you can give is, 'Don't let the bad stuff keep you down.'
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Back then, in 1968, everything was suspect - family, government, and obviously the family unit in 'Night of the Living Dead' completely collapses. That's what we were focused on.
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