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The latest Film Forum schedule came out and Night of the Living Dead is listed as released by Janus Films. The CF.org folks think it'll be an October release. Also, apparently the restoration notes for Straw Dogs lists the scan as being done by The Walt Disney Company 
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Clearly that indicates an upcoming animated remake where Mickey and Minnie have their country house invaded by Pete and his gang.
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Jul 6, 2017 04:51
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Egbert Souse posted:The latest Film Forum schedule came out and Night of the Living Dead is listed as released by Janus Films. The CF.org folks think it'll be an October release. The phantom page for George Romero makes this almost a definite
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Jul 6, 2017 06:48
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NOTLD Criterion is a dream release, holy moly.
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Jul 6, 2017 07:41
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They better put Day of the Dead on there too.
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Jul 6, 2017 07:51
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The_Rob posted:They better put Day of the Dead on there too. Day of the Dead got a Shout Factory collector's edition release fairly recently, which is the next best thing.
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Jul 6, 2017 08:07
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The_Rob posted:They better put Day of the Dead on there too. I must be the only person on earth who doesn't care for Day. Bub is great, but everything else is a boring slog.
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Jul 6, 2017 08:55
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Amazon has a few Criterions up for <$20 https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_...nid=10346811011 Kwaidan, The Royal Tenenbaums, and Safety Last are all also $20 and some change.
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Jul 6, 2017 15:11
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Kwaidan for $20 is a steal, it's one of those Criterions that I'd have gladly paid full price for. I put in my pre-order for Stalker, I wasn't going to but then I got scared that it might sell out.
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Jul 6, 2017 15:15
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Basebf555 posted:Kwaidan for $20 is a steal, it's one of those Criterions that I'd have gladly paid full price for. I added it to my Filmstruck watchlist. That and Jeanne Dielman are the ones jumping out at me right now, but I've already got my B&N sale list and money put away so will be avoiding any blind buys for now at least.
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Jul 6, 2017 15:29
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I Married A Witch is a cute and funny supernatural romcom.
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Jul 6, 2017 15:39
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Looks like there's quite a few more on sale now, some under 17 bucks.
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Jul 6, 2017 15:49
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God drat it, Stalker is playing at my local art house theatre this weekend but I don't know if I can make either showing. Is it worth abandoning friends, family and a social life to see it on a big screen? 
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Jul 6, 2017 17:25
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Cacator posted:God drat it, Stalker is playing at my local art house theatre this weekend but I don't know if I can make either showing. Is it worth abandoning friends, family and a social life to see it on a big screen? I mean, you can invite them to the showing too. But yes. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Your friends, family, and social life will still be there afterwards. Anyone know when the B&N sale will start?
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Jul 6, 2017 17:28
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GrandpaPants posted:I mean, you can invite them to the showing too. Word on the street is July 11
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Jul 6, 2017 17:28
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Gonna nab Three Outlaw Samurai for my brother's birthday. That is a top-notch samurai flick.
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Jul 6, 2017 20:01
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I must be the only person on earth who doesn't care for Day. Bub is great, but everything else is a boring slog. I appreciate Day for just being an ugly mean movie. It's so nihilistic and dark that I end up being fascinated by it every time I watch it.
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Jul 6, 2017 23:20
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Honestly, I've never gotten the opinion that Day is a particularly nihilistic film. If anything, it rejects nihilism. The nihilists in the cast end up devoured, and the humanists and hedonists gently caress off to a beautiful island to live out their days.
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Jul 7, 2017 05:32
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:Honestly, I've never gotten the opinion that Day is a particularly nihilistic film. If anything, it rejects nihilism. The nihilists in the cast end up devoured, and the humanists and hedonists gently caress off to a beautiful island to live out their days. The issue is though that wherever they are living at the end the idea of world destruction and mass death is still looming in the background.
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Jul 7, 2017 15:05
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I do think there's a difference between a film that is incredibly bleak, which Day of the Dead is, and one that's nihilistic. I find it hard to label it nihilistic when I consider how the Bub storyline is treated.
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Jul 7, 2017 15:07
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I wouldn't say that the Dead films are nihilistic, more just fatalistic. Whether it's bleak endings like Night or the military half of Day or relatively upbeat survivor endings like Dawn you know it's never going to actually work out anyway.
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Jul 7, 2017 15:13
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Basic humanity is not meaningless, if the Dead films are saying anything it's that. When society breaks down and human decency is no longer a given, it suddenly becomes more meaningful than ever. Not that it always wins out, but I do think the movies say it's worth fighting for and surviving for.
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Jul 7, 2017 15:18
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Y'all like Land of the Dead? I watched a few months ago and while I didn't think it was as good as Night/Dawn/Day it seemed alright to me.
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Jul 7, 2017 15:20
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I must be the only person on earth who doesn't care for Day. Bub is great, but everything else is a boring slog. "DAY IS BETTER THAN DAWN!" I scream as I flee the horror movie convention in fear for my life.
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Jul 7, 2017 16:07
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TrixRabbi posted:"DAY IS BETTER THAN DAWN!" I scream as I flee the horror movie convention in fear for my life. The consensus seems to be slowly turning on that though. Dawn's reputation isn't quite what it used to be and Day's seems to get better and better as time goes on. I think the whole rampant consumerism thing in Dawn is seen as trite and simplistic today as compared to the 80's and 90's.
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Jul 7, 2017 16:30
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Basebf555 posted:The consensus seems to be slowly turning on that though. Dawn's reputation isn't quite what it used to be and Day's seems to get better and better as time goes on. I think the whole rampant consumerism thing in Dawn is seen as trite and simplistic today as compared to the 80's and 90's. One dude in the class got really loving mad that anyone would read the film in that way, and blasted it as "pseudo-intellectual" or something like that.
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Jul 7, 2017 16:57
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Raxivace posted:Y'all like Land of the Dead? I watched a few months ago and while I didn't think it was as good as Night/Dawn/Day it seemed alright to me. Yeah Land of the Dead is okay. The two after that are real lovely though.
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Jul 7, 2017 18:07
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Basebf555 posted:The consensus seems to be slowly turning on that though. Dawn's reputation isn't quite what it used to be and Day's seems to get better and better as time goes on. I think the whole rampant consumerism thing in Dawn is seen as trite and simplistic today as compared to the 80's and 90's. All three are phenomenal, but I do think Day has been unfairly overshadowed all these years. Night remains the champ.
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Jul 7, 2017 20:27
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Raxivace posted:Y'all like Land of the Dead? I watched a few months ago and while I didn't think it was as good as Night/Dawn/Day it seemed alright to me. It's really bad but I enjoyed the brief moment where Dennis Hopper goes 'watch out, get down' before he shoots somebody in the head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w77EQ2-yJ0c
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Jul 8, 2017 06:52
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The_Rob posted:The issue is though that wherever they are living at the end the idea of world destruction and mass death is still looming in the background. Yeah, but they don't have to mope about it. Acceptance and striving for happiness in the face of death is portrayed as the better option. The world is chaotic and horrible, so just eke out your own little niche.
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Jul 8, 2017 09:25
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Basebf555 posted:The consensus seems to be slowly turning on that though. Dawn's reputation isn't quite what it used to be and Day's seems to get better and better as time goes on. I think the whole rampant consumerism thing in Dawn is seen as trite and simplistic today as compared to the 80's and 90's.
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Jul 8, 2017 11:27
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SubG posted:If that's what consensus is doing consensus is an idiot. Dawn of the Dead (1978) is one of a very small handful of genre films whose reach is felt beyond the genre and, for that matter, beyond film. It, even more than Night of the Living Dead (1968) is the template for virtually all living dead fiction that came after it. Recent films, games, comics, and asinine poo poo like zombie preppers all follow a line back to the urban survival fantasy of Dawn, not the fallout shelter drama of Night. That being said, if the endpoint of that is The Walking Dead, who's to say that's a good thing.
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Jul 8, 2017 14:19
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SubG posted:If that's what consensus is doing consensus is an idiot. Dawn of the Dead (1978) is one of a very small handful of genre films whose reach is felt beyond the genre and, for that matter, beyond film. It, even more than Night of the Living Dead (1968) is the template for virtually all living dead fiction that came after it. Recent films, games, comics, and asinine poo poo like zombie preppers all follow a line back to the urban survival fantasy of Dawn, not the fallout shelter drama of Night. It's influence is undeniable, no question about it. But, as Uncle B pointed out, not everyone agrees that the influence has been a positive thing. The survival fantasy element of zombie films is something that I think not everyone enjoys and you're correct that it can be traced back to Dawn of the Dead. I know for myself, when I watch Day of the Dead I think "I wish more zombie movies were like this", while when I watch Dawn of the Dead it's more like "this is really good but I feel like I've seen it a thousand times before". Not that it still isn't relevant, because of course it is, but it's just not novel anymore, and Day feels like it still is.
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Jul 8, 2017 15:31
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To clarify though, Dawn of the Dead is my favorite of the original trilogy too, although they're all great.
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Jul 8, 2017 18:02
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I remember wanting to like Land of The Dead so much but between CG blood and hamfisted political commentary it just couldn't win me over.
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Jul 8, 2017 18:30
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It was a great follow-up to Super Mario Bros: The Movie.
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Jul 8, 2017 18:32
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Basebf555 posted:It's influence is undeniable, no question about it. But, as Uncle B pointed out, not everyone agrees that the influence has been a positive thing. The survival fantasy element of zombie films is something that I think not everyone enjoys and you're correct that it can be traced back to Dawn of the Dead. But, you know, that's not really how consensus works. If something is still, approximately 40 years after its initial release, one of the most instantly-recognisable clusters of cultural signifiers and is the basis for a string of contemporary, popular, commercially-successful properties it's really loving hard to see this as an argument for declining consensus opinion.
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Jul 8, 2017 20:39
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I watched Dawn way after I'd been exposed to the 8 million different things it influenced but I'd say it definitely still feels fresh. A lot of the stuff that came afterwards feels a lot more rigid in this weird adherence to the idea of "zombie media" as rules 2 be set with stuff like, "fast vs slow zombies" or "only adults can become zombies" or whatever whereas like Dawn just throws some zombie kids runnin at the protagonist in like the first 30 minutes.
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Jul 8, 2017 21:16
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The shopping montage in Dawn 78 where they become akin to mannequins and start to be bored by uninhibited consumerism is the best part of the movie and nobody ever seems to copy it, unless I'm wrong then please tell me where I can find more of that.
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The two guys gambling with thousands of dollars that now might as well be Monopoly money is probably my favorite image of the movie. That and the oddly empathetic way the footage of the zombies milling about the mall are. I was definitely someone who hated zombies for years and and avoided everything due to their over-saturation, until I rewatched Night and saw Dawn for the first time about 4 years ago and realized they're two of the greatest American films period.
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