The Land of the Dead is the 4th film in George Romero’s “The Dead” movie franchise. Similar to Day of the Dead, this one takes place after the zombie apocalypse, where zombies have pretty much taken over the world and there is only a small amount of humanity left, who are basically just trying to survive and find away to return things to what they once were. The opening few minutes of the film, is very clever and different from most zombie films. Rather than build a suspenseful opening, Romero has opted for a more slowed down, chilled and haunting effect with a few hints of comedy thrown in. Here there are various close ups, medium shots, long shots and panning shots which go throughout a small town showing zombies doing everyday activities, as if they were normal people again e.g. there is a zombie teenage couple holding hands, a band stand with zombies wearing matching suits and holding instruments attempting to play them. In this film Romero has tried to make the zombies seem more human, rather than portraying them as evil monsters, he makes the audience sympathise with them more, as well as making them feared.
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