george a. romero: dawn of the dead

i saw the trailer for the remake of george a. romero's classic dawn of the dead. while the habit of remaking classics used to focus on films that were fifty years old, we are now cannibalizing (pun intended) films from the seventies. first it was the texas chainsaw massacre, now it's this. i don't know if i can bring myself to watch either of these. it's like going to a favourite holiday destination twice. the second time ruins the magic.

it's been a very long time since i've seen the original dawn of the dead, but remember it well. i got hooked on romero's zombie trilogy at a time when i was going through my first existential crisis. at the time, though, i didn't know that there were whole ideological systems that could help me cope with my philosophical crisis. instead, i watched zombie movies. and felt strangely better.

nothing comments on the wonderful bleakness of existence and struggle of humanity like zombies.

{February 24, 2004 09:39 PM}