the cinema of GEORGE A. ROMERO DIRECTORS’ CUTS George_Romero_pages.indb 1 14/5/13 10:25:46 other titles in the Directors’ Cuts series: the cinema of EMIR KUSTURICA: notes from the underground GORAN GOCIC the cinema of WIM WENDERS: the celluloid highway ALEXANDER GRAF the cinema of KEN LOACH: art in the service of the people JACOB LEIGH the cinema of KATHRYN BIGELOW: hollywood transgressor edited by DEBORAH JERMYN & SEAN REDMOND the cinema of ROBERT LEPAGE: the poetics of memory A L E K S N D R D U N J E R O V I C the cinema of TERRENCE MALICK: poetic visions of america edited by HANNAH PATTERSON the cinema of ANDRZEJ WAJDA: the art of irony and defiance edited by JOHN ORR & ELZBIETA OSTROWSKA the cinema of DAVID LYNCH: american dreams, nightmare visions edited by ERICA SHEEN & ANNETTE DAVISON the cinema of NANNI MORETTI: dreams and diaries EWA MAZIERSKA & LAURA RASCAROLI George_Romero_pages.indb 2 14/5/13 10:25:46 the cinema of GEORGE A. ROMERO knight of the living dead tony williams WALLFLOWER PRESS LONDON & NEW YORK George_Romero_pages.indb 3 14/5/13 10:25:47 A Wallflower Press Book Published by Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York • Chichester, West Sussex cup.columbia.edu Copyright © Tony Williams 2003 All rights reserved. Wallflower Press® is a registered trademark of Columbia University Press A complete CIP record is available from the Library of Congress ISBN 978-1-903364-62-8 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-903364-73-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-231-85030-8 (e-book) Series design by Rob Bowden Design Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. This book is printed on paper with recycled content. Printed in the United States of America c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 p 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 00 PRELIMS.indd 4 15/5/13 11:13:25.