Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Letter of the Dead

When George A. Romero chooses to speak, not only do I listen, but since he's not (at least yet!) speaking directly to me (cruel world) I steal. He sent this letter to the fellas at AICN, but I'm just going to pretend it was in my inbox this morning and re-post the whole thing here. Let me have my delusions, okay? Little things, they keep me going. Anyway, sayeth Mr. Romero:

"Hi, guys,

Lemme tell ya about Diary of the Dead. I love it. It’s the first film since my original Night of the Living Dead that I can say is completely my own.

I’ve been trying to work under-the-radar, with no hype or press, but lately I've started hearing all kinds of shit about “What’s goin' on with Romero?” “What’s with his new film?”

Gimme a break over here! I'm up in Toronto workin' my ass off, making Diary the best it can be. Truth is, I'm having a blast. I've gone home to the kind of filmmaking that I used to do, back in the day.

Diary is a hundred percent independent, made with my partner, Peter Grunwald, and our new friends at Artfire. I haven't had this much freedom since 1968. The cast, of what film critics will probably call “unknowns” (they won’t be for long) is, in my opinion, fuckin' great.

This one comes from my heart. It's not a sequel or a remake. It's a whole new beginning for the dead.

Thanks to all of you who are out there waiting and wondering. You guys, the fans, have always kept me going. Now Diary's keeping me going, night, dawn, and day.

I love this movie. I hope you will, too. I'll be back here from time to time to keep you posted. Stay tuned.

Stay scared.

George A. Romero"

Diary's still just listed as being released in "2007" so hopefully we'll see something, anything, an image, a scrap, a limb, somewhere soon. Love ya, George!
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3 comments:

sparky2379 said...

yay, i can't wait! i live for zombies (pun intended).

Anonymous said...

oooh....nice

PIPER said...

Yeah, I'm glad Romero is doing another Dead film, but sheesh, the guy can do more than Dead films. Hows about directing something else?