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Synchonicity? With Jeff's New Post - Wikipedia Main Article

Postby NavnDansk » Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:28 am

<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Today's featured article<br><br>Zombies as portrayed in the movie Night of the Living Dead Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 lack-and-white independent horror film directed by George A. Romero. The film stars Duane Jones as Ben and Judith O'Dea as Barbra. The plot revolves around the mysterious reanimation of the dead and the efforts of Ben, Barbra <br>and five others to survive the night while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse. <br><br>Romero produced the film on the low budget of $114,000, but after a decade of theatrical re-releases it had grossed an estimated $12 million in the United States and $30 million internationally. Reviewers criticized the graphic contents, but three decades later the Library of Congress placed Night of the Living Dead on the United States National Film Registry with other films deemed "historically, culturally or aesthetically important." <br><br>The culture of Vietnam-era America had a tremendous impact on the film. It is so thoroughly riven with critiques of late 1960s American society that one historian described the film as "subversive on many levels." <br><br>While not the first zombie film made, Night of the Living Dead influenced subsequent films in the sub-genre. The film is the first of five Living Dead films (completed or pending) directed by Romero, and has been remade twice. (more...)<br><br>--Was looking up Livermore Labs that Jeff referenced in his pot - the graphic of the caves and the sleeping darth cheney is one of Jeff's best.<br> <p></p><i></i>
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