Dawn of the Dead
is one of my favorite horror movies. Maybe my favorite. At the least, Romero's satirical punk-rock horror smorgasbord was the first horror movie to make me sit upright and say, "Wait a second, that's interesting." What I dig about Dawn is how the damn thing's overstuffed with ideas, and one of the ideas Dawn of the Dead presents a little more covertly is that we viewers are zombies in the same way the film's zombies are. This seems clear from the way the film repeatedly puts us in
the position of a zombie about to get shot in the head.
Many of the film's
violent scenes are shown in typical wide shots and shot/reverses. In other words, the hero points to the left, and a zombie takes a bullet from the right in the next shot. Additionally, some acts of violence look straight-on, through the scope of a sniper rifle. However, Romero
also caps many of the film's action scenes with heroes standing overhead, aiming directly at
or below the frame and staring directly at the camera.
When Roger first encounters the zombies in the complex.
When Peter tries to shoot a zombie in the apartment basement...
And Roger helps out (notice how the angle doesn't change).
When Roger and Peter finish their first race through the mall.
When Stephen ("Flyboy") is pursued through the mall's back hallways.
When Roger takes out the Hare Krishna zombie attacking fran. This is a slight variation, with Roger jamming the shoulder of his gun at the camera, but the effect is the same...
With the gun jamming directly into the frame.
Nearly all of these shots put a button on scenes of high emotion: the executions in the basement, Roger cleaning house after they get into Penney's, Steven killing the zombie stalking him, Roger killing the Krishna, and especially...
Peter killing Zombie Roger.
After this sequence, the "we are the zombie" shots go away for the rest of the film, for what I suspect are two key reasons. First, because it's impossible to put the style in a more emotionally charged moment than when Peter kills Roger. Second, because this sequence - intercut with Steven and Fran watching a limp "authority" on TV - is when the movie officially stops being about the joy of plundering a mall. After this scene, Fran checks off the days on a calendar, Stephen makes a half-hearted marriage proposal, and Peter busies himself with rooftop tennis. This shot is when the mall officially becomes a cage instead of a playground.
Dawn generally lacks the polish of Night of the Living Dead, which carried a Gothic edge in its Victorian house, black and white photography, and eerie orchestra music. Instead, Dawn goes for an almost documentary approach; the focus seems to be on grabbing all the possible coverage (i.e. shots needed for a scene) and "finding" the scene through editing instead of planning ahead of time. Despite that more free-wheeling approach, this series of images seems like a clear example of Romero and company using a careful, considered visual to communicate an important idea: that we're as guilty as the zombies of wanting the mall's shallow pleasures, and we need to cut that shit out.
When Roger first encounters the zombies in the complex.
When Peter tries to shoot a zombie in the apartment basement...
And Roger helps out (notice how the angle doesn't change).
When Roger and Peter finish their first race through the mall.
When Stephen ("Flyboy") is pursued through the mall's back hallways.
When Roger takes out the Hare Krishna zombie attacking fran. This is a slight variation, with Roger jamming the shoulder of his gun at the camera, but the effect is the same...
With the gun jamming directly into the frame.
Nearly all of these shots put a button on scenes of high emotion: the executions in the basement, Roger cleaning house after they get into Penney's, Steven killing the zombie stalking him, Roger killing the Krishna, and especially...
Peter killing Zombie Roger.
After this sequence, the "we are the zombie" shots go away for the rest of the film, for what I suspect are two key reasons. First, because it's impossible to put the style in a more emotionally charged moment than when Peter kills Roger. Second, because this sequence - intercut with Steven and Fran watching a limp "authority" on TV - is when the movie officially stops being about the joy of plundering a mall. After this scene, Fran checks off the days on a calendar, Stephen makes a half-hearted marriage proposal, and Peter busies himself with rooftop tennis. This shot is when the mall officially becomes a cage instead of a playground.
Dawn generally lacks the polish of Night of the Living Dead, which carried a Gothic edge in its Victorian house, black and white photography, and eerie orchestra music. Instead, Dawn goes for an almost documentary approach; the focus seems to be on grabbing all the possible coverage (i.e. shots needed for a scene) and "finding" the scene through editing instead of planning ahead of time. Despite that more free-wheeling approach, this series of images seems like a clear example of Romero and company using a careful, considered visual to communicate an important idea: that we're as guilty as the zombies of wanting the mall's shallow pleasures, and we need to cut that shit out.
Good eye. I love it when little touches like this sneak into a movie. And how especially damning would these shots seem if they were presented in today's multiplexes, as modern theaters are generally extensions of... shopping malls.
ReplyDeleteWho played the security guard zombie in the pipework basement of the mall. The guy with thee beard attacking Stephen.
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