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Birth of the Living Dead is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 18 october 2013 with George A. Romero

Birth of the Living Dead (2013)

Birth of the Living Dead
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Released in USA 18 october 2013
Length 1h16
OriginUSA
Rating69% 3.490383.490383.490383.490383.49038

Birth of the Living Dead (sometimes known by its working title Year of the Living Dead) is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Rob Kuhns. It is about the 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead and that film's legacy. It features interviews with Night of the Living Dead director George A. Romero, Elvis Mitchell, Jason Zinoman, Larry Fessenden, Gale Anne Hurd, and Mark Harris.

Synopsis

Rob Kuhns interviews a range of authors, critics, and filmmakers about the impact, legacy, and enduring popularity of Night of the Living Dead. Romero describes the film's background, production, and distribution, including how it accidentally fell into the public domain. Fessenden describes Night of the Living Dead‍ '​s aspects of postmodernist film, including an early commentary on horror films inside of a horror film – Johnny's taunting of his sister, Barbra, in the opening graveyard scene. Hurd cites the film as an influence on her own work as executive producer of The Walking Dead. Mitchell, among other things, describes how the film presents a strong Black male as the protagonist of a film without resorting to racial commentary. The final scene, in which Duane Jones' character, Ben, is killed by a posse is compared to historical footage of 1960s lynch mobs and police brutality, and scenes of violent zombie attacks are compared to footage from Vietnam broadcast on television.

Actors

George A. Romero

(Himself)Gale Anne Hurd

(Film producer)Larry Fessenden

(Filmmaker)
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Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead
Night of the Living Dead
(1968) Dawn of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead
(1978) Zombie Flesh Eaters
Zombie Flesh Eaters
(1979) Anthropophagous
Anthropophagous
(1980) Absurd
Absurd
(1981) Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead
(1985) The Return of the Living Dead
The Return of the Living Dead
(1985) Document of the Dead
Document of the Dead
(1985) Return of the Living Dead Part II
Return of the Living Dead Part II
(1988) Killing Birds
Killing Birds
(1988) Zombie Flesh Eaters 2
Zombie Flesh Eaters 2
(1988) FleshEater
FleshEater
(1988) Night of the Living Bread
Night of the Living Bread
(1990) Night of the Living Dead
Night of the Living Dead
(1990) After Death
After Death
(1990) Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2
Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2
(1991) Return of the Living Dead III
Return of the Living Dead III
(1993) Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition
Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition
(1999) Children of the Living Dead
Children of the Living Dead
(2001) Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead
(2004) Dawn of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead
(2004) Land of the Dead
Land of the Dead
(2005) Day of the Dead 2: Contagium
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium
(2005) The Knight of the Living Dead
The Knight of the Living Dead
(2005) Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
(2005) Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
(2005) Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
(2006) Fido
Fido
(2006) Diary of the Dead
Diary of the Dead
(2007) Flight of the Living Dead
Flight of the Living Dead
(2007) Night of the Living Dead 3D
Night of the Living Dead 3D
(2008) Dance of the Dead
Dance of the Dead
(2008) Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead
(2008) Survival of the Dead
Survival of the Dead
(2010) Juan of the Dead
Juan of the Dead
(2011) Zone of the Dead
Zone of the Dead
(2011) Night of the Living Carrots
Night of the Living Carrots
(2011) Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation
Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation
(2012) Birth of the Living Dead
Birth of the Living Dead
(2013) Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn
Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn
(2015)

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