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Duane Jones,
steely and determined as the monster killer
in Night of the Living Dead, is cast as the monster here,
and his resolve to keep his soul alive as the movie shifts
from dreamscape to bloody reality became a metaphor
for the life of Bill Gunn, the film's writer, director, and costar. Real-life horror played out for Gunn, who witnessed his triumph
edited into different versions, each badly titled recut
worse than the previous one, transforming his art
into something monstrous. Gunn fought to work in the movies even after his directorial debut
titled Stop!
steely and determined as the monster killer
in Night of the Living Dead, is cast as the monster here,
and his resolve to keep his soul alive as the movie shifts
from dreamscape to bloody reality became a metaphor
for the life of Bill Gunn, the film's writer, director, and costar. Real-life horror played out for Gunn, who witnessed his triumph
edited into different versions, each badly titled recut
worse than the previous one, transforming his art
into something monstrous. Gunn fought to work in the movies even after his directorial debut
titled Stop!
Full Transcript
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Duane Jones,
steely and determined
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as the monster killer
in Night of the Living Dead,
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is cast as the monster here,
and his resolve to keep his soul alive
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as the movie shifts
from dreamscape to bloody reality
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became a metaphor
for the life of Bill Gunn,
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the film's writer, director, and costar.
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Real-life horror played out for Gunn,
00:00:21.771 --> 00:00:24.069
who witnessed his triumph
edited into different versions,
00:00:24.774 --> 00:00:28.999
each badly titled recut
worse than the previous one,
00:00:28.152 --> 00:00:30.571
transforming his art
into something monstrous.
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Gunn fought to work in the movies
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even after his directorial debut
titled Stop!
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Movie Summary
Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.
