Saturday 31 October 2015

Shaun of the Dead (2004 Edgar Wright & co-scr)

The opening synthesizer track which sounds so familiar is 'Figment' by Simon Park, used in Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978).

It's great fun.

Last seen two Halloweens ago.

One thing I didn't get is that when the two resistance groups meet they're actually pairings of comedy duos - thus Pegg and Jessica Stevenson (Hynes) from Spaced, Martin Freeman and Lucy Davis (The Office), Dylan Moran and Tamsin Greig (Black Books).. leaving Matt Lucas. Also Q points out that each character (as they pass each other) is mirroring their counterpart in attire.

David Dunlap is the cameraman behind those efficient tracking shots, though to be pernickety you can see the exposure change on one of the entrances into the supermarket.

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