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Birth of the Living Dead
In this documentary film, Rob Kuhns interviews authors, critics and filmmakers of the popular film 'Night of the Living Dead'. He also describes the film's background, production and distribution of the film.
23 March 1963, New York City, New York, USA
15 January 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
30 March 1985, New York City, New York, USA
4 October 1943, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
25 October 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 March 1928, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA
1 March 1927, New York City, New York, USA
June 22, 2016
Viewers will feel most rewarded by Kuhns' dissecting of Night's production, which provides a colorful and inspiring portrait of guerrilla filmmaking from a pre-digital era.
August 24, 2015
Stands as a firm and very convincing argument that Night of the Living Dead (1968) is among the most important and influential films of all time.
November 05, 2013
Mr. Romero, manifesting a self-effacing demeanor and sensible humanity, is a most agreeable raconteur.
November 07, 2013
Sweet and simple, Birth of the Living Dead is a nostalgic, informative trip back to the origins of the modern zombie, featuring a George A. Romero who is as spry and entertaining as ever.
November 05, 2013
What distinguishes this doc from much of the tedious critical prose Romero has inspired is the fan-boy and fan-girl ardor that fuels its smarts - both behind and in front of the camera.
November 07, 2013
Fans won't learn much from it that they didn't already know.
October 31, 2013
Rob Kuhns's amusing but perfunctory documentary about the origins of the 1968 ur-text of zombiedom, George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead."
November 05, 2013
Kuhns makes time for political insights, provocative montages of race riots cut with the movie's hick militia, and the comments of owlish Romero himself, who recounts the shoot like the enthusiastic 27-year-old he was.
February 09, 2016
Birth of the Living Dead does not uproot the order of behind-the-scenes documentaries, but the great likelihood that this film will send viewers right back to Romero's original with eyes reopened is a mark of its considerable success.
November 07, 2013
What works here is enthusiasm, enjoying a wealth of appreciation presented to a worthy production, reinforcing its status as a groundbreaking picture that reverberates to this day.
November 07, 2013
Basically a glamorized DVD extra, but it entertains.
November 11, 2013
A reminder that this zombie flick was as much a product of its time as "Easy Rider" or "The Graduate".
