Land of the Dead DVD Blurb
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Land of the Dead DVD Blurb
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Land of the Dead
Director George Romero recently talked to IGN about the upcoming DVD release of his recent film Land of the Dead, and he confessed that much of the material will be character-building content rather than simply extra gore. "There is one scene in particular where [John Leguizamo's] Cholo, before he meets [Dennis Hopper's] Kaufman, he goes into a neighboring penthouse and finds a human that hung himself and has to kill him. That was a scene that we felt didn't turn out as effectively as it could have and we didn't think it was necessary so that's really the only major scene from the original script that's gone."
Romero also revealed that work on the DVD is currently underway and that its running time will be about six minutes longer. "[It's] all just adding back or putting in some effects that were excised and putting in some little things like little bits of dialogue in existing scenes that we cut out just to tighten the pace. It's mostly that, and that penthouse scene."
Romero says that he employed a few CGI tricks to bypass some of the MPAA's objections to the film's gore for the theatrical cut, but did not indicate whether the shots would be restored for the DVD. "I used Kubrick's trick on green screen," he explains. "I shot figures walking by so if there was a particular gory shot I could composite it and walk someone in front of it." He marvels at the MPAA's vigilance when it comes to excising or editing questionable footage. "It's amazing sometimes that the MPAA will do a frame count." Thanks to Bloody Disgusting.
Land of the Dead
Director George Romero recently talked to IGN about the upcoming DVD release of his recent film Land of the Dead, and he confessed that much of the material will be character-building content rather than simply extra gore. "There is one scene in particular where [John Leguizamo's] Cholo, before he meets [Dennis Hopper's] Kaufman, he goes into a neighboring penthouse and finds a human that hung himself and has to kill him. That was a scene that we felt didn't turn out as effectively as it could have and we didn't think it was necessary so that's really the only major scene from the original script that's gone."
Romero also revealed that work on the DVD is currently underway and that its running time will be about six minutes longer. "[It's] all just adding back or putting in some effects that were excised and putting in some little things like little bits of dialogue in existing scenes that we cut out just to tighten the pace. It's mostly that, and that penthouse scene."
Romero says that he employed a few CGI tricks to bypass some of the MPAA's objections to the film's gore for the theatrical cut, but did not indicate whether the shots would be restored for the DVD. "I used Kubrick's trick on green screen," he explains. "I shot figures walking by so if there was a particular gory shot I could composite it and walk someone in front of it." He marvels at the MPAA's vigilance when it comes to excising or editing questionable footage. "It's amazing sometimes that the MPAA will do a frame count." Thanks to Bloody Disgusting.
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I'm really looking forward to this release. I finally saw this over the weekend and I thought it was a lot of fun. I might even say it's my favorite of the four (I know I'm probably in the minority).
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I'm really looking forward to this release. I finally saw this over the weekend and I thought it was a lot of fun. I might even say it's my favorite of the four (I know I'm probably in the minority).
I too am looking forward to the DVD release. I found it interesting that the theatrical release of LAND had more gore than the unrated director's cut of the DAWN remake on DVD. (LAND had a lot more going for it in every other aspect too, but that is a topic for another thread)
As for a boxset, now that Bill Lustig is no longer with Anchor Bay, I think that there is an excellent chance of seeing a quality DEAD boxset that includes LAND.
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*patiently awaits the announcement of the "Box of the Dead" or some other variant title for a boxset of these loverly films*
I'm sure to get this release without hesitation. I had a good time with this movie.
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Originally Posted by mifuneral
*patiently awaits the announcement of the "Box of the Dead" or some other variant title for a boxset of these loverly films*
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i LOVED the film and i will see it for a second time tonight. THATS how you do zombies. hopefully those "kubrick" shadows will be removed on the DVD but either way, i cannot wait for this DVD to hit.
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There was a nice article - I'll try to find it - that discusses the use of the green-screen shot footage to mask some of the gore (one scene that was talked about was the soldiers in the shed scene), and how it makes it much easier to just remove them in the unrated release so you can see the full image.
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I hope they dont release one of those box sets. Dawn already has an ultimate edition which is 4 discs by itself and including it in a box set would diminish the ultimate edition. Day has two discs with more than enough features for a movie that wasnt near as good as its predecessors. Night has about a million different versions out there, choose one and be happy. In order for a box set to be worth buying it'd have to include every disc from both Dawn and Days releases, otherwise whats the freakin point. Plus Night and Land were talking about an 8 disc box set which is absolutely pointless in my opinion when all the films have such good releases by themselves. Why does everyone have to have a cute little box for a movie and its sequels?
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I don't see what the danger is that there will be a box set. Dawn and Day are Anchor Bay, Land is Universal. I suppose Universal could release a Night/Land set, or a Dawn remake/Land set.
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I hope they dont release one of those box sets. Dawn already has an ultimate edition which is 4 discs by itself and including it in a box set would diminish the ultimate edition. Day has two discs with more than enough features for a movie that wasnt near as good as its predecessors. Night has about a million different versions out there, choose one and be happy. In order for a box set to be worth buying it'd have to include every disc from both Dawn and Days releases, otherwise whats the freakin point. Plus Night and Land were talking about an 8 disc box set which is absolutely pointless in my opinion when all the films have such good releases by themselves. Why does everyone have to have a cute little box for a movie and its sequels?
So this would be an opportunity for AB to correct that situation either by setting up an agreement with Elite (IIRC, Elite and AB had a working relationship in the past), or by creating their own ultimate edition.
There's also another opportunity to include a bonus disc of stuff that might have been left out of the individual movie releases.
Of course this assumes that AB would get the rights to produce the LAND DVD.
I already have the best editions of the first 3 films... so I'm not interested in a boxset, but I'm sure there are plenty who are.
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I'm really getting tired of the MPAA. These people are so tight, they have no assholes. But they sure have big fucking mouths to compensate.
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Originally Posted by majorjoe23
Hi Rooter, you may want to look into DVDtalk's policy on threadcraps.
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Actually, that's exactly what threadcrapping is. This is a thread about the film's DVD release. If you want to discuss the film's quality (or lack thereof) there is a thread in the Movie Forum.
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Originally Posted by sracer
I can understand someone favoring this film over the previous 4.
I too am looking forward to the DVD release. I found it interesting that the theatrical release of LAND had more gore than the unrated director's cut of the DAWN remake on DVD. (LAND had a lot more going for it in every other aspect too, but that is a topic for another thread)
As for a boxset, now that Bill Lustig is no longer with Anchor Bay, I think that there is an excellent chance of seeing a quality DEAD boxset that includes LAND.
I too am looking forward to the DVD release. I found it interesting that the theatrical release of LAND had more gore than the unrated director's cut of the DAWN remake on DVD. (LAND had a lot more going for it in every other aspect too, but that is a topic for another thread)
As for a boxset, now that Bill Lustig is no longer with Anchor Bay, I think that there is an excellent chance of seeing a quality DEAD boxset that includes LAND.
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Originally Posted by rooter
Yet many other people in this thread commented on it's quality, just positively.
From the threadcrap thread:
"One commonly seen threadcrap is someone posting that "___________ is a crappy movie" in a thread dedicated to information about the movie's DVD release. The point of the thread isn't to discuss the quality of the movie, but to discuss the movie's DVD release.
The purpose of the DVD Talk Forum is discussion. Threadcraps interfere with the flow of discussion. Something that goes against the purpose of the forum and rudely interrupts a discussion between members has no place on this forum."
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Originally Posted by majorjoe23
The purpose of the DVD Talk Forum is discussion.