Legendary filmmaker George A. Romero, father of the modern movie zombie and creator of the groundbreaking “Night of the Living Dead” franchise, has died at 77, his family said.
Too many of my favorite directors are passing away recently:
Re: Director George A. Romero - 1940-2017
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:04 pm
by static14
Sad sad news. Had the pleasure of interviewing him a few years back and he was a joy to talk to. He was a man who loved his work and his life. He will be deeply missed. :(
Re: Director George A. Romero - 1940-2017
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:05 pm
by Mateo Sanboval
Hear, hear. RIP.
Re: Director George A. Romero - 1940-2017
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:26 pm
by The Cult Leader
He was always the hardest boss to defeat in Nazi Zombies. RIP
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Re: Director George A. Romero - 1940-2017
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 7:44 am
by Bezulsqy
Very sad news. Damn.
Re: Director George A. Romero - 1940-2017
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:30 am
by ScoJo
Passed away listening to his favourite film score, The Quiet Man.
Classy to the very last...
Re: Director George A. Romero - 1940-2017
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 4:20 pm
by Hatter313
Thrilled to have had the chance to see him introduce the remaster of NOTLD here in NYC last year. I hope that someone releases it soon, it was a gorgeous restoration.
I know that Waxwork is working on an anniversary vinyl release, and Kevin was there that night talking to Romero so it should be a special release, if not a little sad now.
Re: Director George A. Romero - 1940-2017
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 5:12 pm
by slik
It is hard to quantify how much this man influenced "horror" cinema, and indeed my own viewing from a possibly too young age....... sir, you will be missed. A sad day.
Re: Director George A. Romero - 1940-2017
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 7:28 pm
by chandler75
I also really like his "Knightriders". I'm not sure who did the score or if it's just reimaginings of medieval tunes.
Re: Director George A. Romero - 1940-2017
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 7:44 pm
by Hatter313
slik wrote:It is hard to quantify how much this man influenced "horror" cinema, and indeed my own viewing from a possibly too young age....... sir, you will be missed. A sad day.
I just wrote a long bit on this about how i think its THE most important and influential horror movie of its time and paved the way for the genre as we know it.
Unfortunately when i hit "post" it logged me out and its gone, so the above will have to do as a summation...
