George A. Romero's History of the Dead: from the Film Style to Political Allegory

• Main Authors: Yu-kai Chen, 陳聿凱
• Other Authors: Song-Yong Sing
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/tq87tt

碩士 === 國立臺南藝術大學 === 動畫藝術與影像美學研究所 === 101 === This thesis attempted to explore the political allegory of director George A. Romero’s zombie films by its film style. In the beginning of the article, I, as the author, looked back the development process of the modern horror films, and compared Romero’s first zombie films Night of the Living Dead with the classic zombie film. Secondly, observed through the series of Romero’s zombie films, and found out the film form and style are affected by modern horror films and expressionist horror films; and further, presumed that the political allegory comes from the concentrate of the traditional horror film’s motif and social race, family, international relations. Eventually, I, as the author, discovered that Romero uses zombie films imply the problem of the development of American society and the international situation.