High Times: That’s Stephen King? High Times: That’s reminiscent, of course, of Dawn of the Dead, where you have this bizarre, three-cornered war being waged among the zombies and the humans in a sealed-off shopping mall. But, you know… Romero: Yeah… Well, with me, it’s a big “Why not?” I mean, that’s about all I can say. Romero: A lot of it’s pirate copies: sixteen-millimeter distributors who don’t really have a contract with anybody to show the film. Best known for his Night of the Living Dead, filmmaker George Romero (1940– 2017) talked to Mike Wilmington and Barry Brown for the July, 1981 issue of High Times.
Best known for his Night of the Living Dead, filmmaker George Romero (1940– 2017) talked to Mike Wilmington and Barry Brown for the July, 1981 issue of High Times. Topics included bucking the Hollywood movie mafia, working with friend Stephen (The Shining) King, and the social structure of zombie society. In honor of Romero’s birthday February 4, we’re republishing the interview below.
In the World of Movies, we are in the Age of Horror. The Age of Homicidal Mania. The age of psychos, ghouls, vampires, werewolves and demons of every description. Theater...
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