Screening of the Night of the Living Dead
China Miéville introduces George A. Romero’s classic zombie film
6.30pm, Saturday 31 January
Prince Charles Cinema
7 Leicester Place
(just off Leicester Square)
London WC2
"It was 1968, man. Everybody had a message… I think the anger and the attitude and all that’s there is just there because it was 1968." – George Romero
Since its release in 1968, critics and film historians have seen Night of the Living Dead as a subversive film that critiques 1960s American society, international Cold War politics and domestic racism. Others see the film as a grotesque echo of American involvement in Vietnam, or even of American capitalism with the zombies' victims symbolising the repression of the 'other'.
China Miéville introduces George A. Romero’s classic zombie film
6.30pm, Saturday 31 January
Prince Charles Cinema
7 Leicester Place
(just off Leicester Square)
London WC2
"It was 1968, man. Everybody had a message… I think the anger and the attitude and all that’s there is just there because it was 1968." – George Romero
Since its release in 1968, critics and film historians have seen Night of the Living Dead as a subversive film that critiques 1960s American society, international Cold War politics and domestic racism. Others see the film as a grotesque echo of American involvement in Vietnam, or even of American capitalism with the zombies' victims symbolising the repression of the 'other'.
I'm tempted to go. I'd really like to, but in all likelihood I'll be too hungover. I missed an opportunity to hear Miéville speak at Brixton Library (I used to live a stone's throw from there) a while back and have been kicking myself ever since.
Tickets can be booked here.
