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George Romero is back to doing what he does best.
The independent production of "Diary of the Dead" is the most refreshing and adept film since Romero's "Dawn of the Dead." The king of the zombies returns to the beginning and re-imagines his saga in a media saturated world.
Where "Night of the Living Dead" reflected the turmoil and tensions of the 1960s and "Dawn of the Dead" was a knock on the consumer driven 1970s; "Diary of the Dead" is almost satirical in its portrayal of a world with too much in formation -- and too many lies.
Presented as a documentary, Diary goes back to the beginning...
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