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Birth of the Living Dead
2013 76m Not Rated
Documentary
7.0
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A documentary that shows how George A. Romero gathered an unlikely team of Pittsburghers to shoot his seminal film: Night of the Living Dead (1968).
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Directed By
Rob Kuhns
Studio
Glass Eye Pix
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Predestinate Productions
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Cast of Birth of the Living Dead
George A. Romero
Himself
H. Rap Brown
(archive footage)
Fred Rogers
Mark Harris
Film historian
Gale Anne Hurd
Film producer
Larry Fessenden
Filmmaker
Chiz Schultz
Film & TV producer
Clara Tirado
Dental assistant
Birth of the Living Dead Reviews
New York Daily News
Jordan Hoffman
Basically a glamorized DVD extra, but it entertains.
Seattle Times
Jeff Shannon
Romero himself is the film's highlight, appearing relaxed and funny in an entertaining interview.
The Film Stage
Amanda Waltz
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.
Boston Globe
Peter Keough
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."
AV Club
A.A. Dowd
Fans won't learn much from it that they didn't already know.
Boston Herald
James Verniere
Birth of a Zombie-Loving Nation. Insightful, funny.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
The film is unavoidably slight, but there's a certain pleasure in watching talented people wax passionate about a common source of inspiration.
The Dissolve
Noel Murray
Ultimately, Birth Of The Living Dead is little more than a glorified DVD featurette, but it's the kind of featurette that most Romero fans probably wouldn't mind watching more than once.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
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.
Big Hollywood
Christian Toto
The Birth of the modern zombie film wasn't scary. It was downright hilarious, according to this smart new doc.
New York Times
Andy Webster
Mr. Romero, manifesting a self-effacing demeanor and sensible humanity, is a most agreeable raconteur.
Village Voice
Ernest Hardy
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.
Projected Figures
Anton Bitel
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.
WBAI Radio
Prairie Miller
Sheds light on Dead's own strange parallel journey from grindhouse to born-again arthouse immortal classic. And these voracious monsters embodying collective social anxieties in reality, and related back biting, dog-eat-dog capitalism's creepy context.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
You don't need to be a fan of zombie movies to appreciate this documentary.
Shockya.com
Brent Simon
An engaging doc that merits its existence both from the legitimate perspective of academic-leaning film historians as well as more casual horror fans.
Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A short but sweet look at an iconic cinema masterpiece...
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
John Beifuss
The movie appreciates that 'Night of the Living Dead' is the Bo Diddley beat of horror -- the iteration that launched a million copycats.
Oregonian
Jamie S. Rich
At 73, Romero himself is still a hoot, making me think a full documentary on the man and his career is long overdue.
Los Angeles Times
Filled with lively, candid interview clips with a jaunty Romero, plus smart chats with film critics, authors, filmmakers and others ...
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