Night Of The Living Dead Film Analysis

The 1946 film The Killers is a renowned film noir based off of Ernest Hemingway’s short story of the same title, focusing on the detailed backstory and investigation for the motive of the murder of Pete Lund/Ole Anderson, commonly known and referred to as “The Swede.” A film noir is a term made originally to describe American mystery and thriller movies produced in the time period from 1944-1954, primarily marked by moods of menace, pessimism, and fatalism. Although the film does not focus on the war itself at all, it still puts forth interesting new ways in how gender relations can be stereotypical as well as divergent proceeding the Second World War.

Get Out (2016), directed by Jordan Peele takes a look at how an interracial couple, Chris and Rose, who decided to get out for one weekend to Rose’s parents home but things begin to take a turn once they arrive. Peele uses both a comedic side to help lighten up the mood but also utilizes terror in the film to highlight important issues such as being Black in America. Throughout the film, Get Out uses many symbols, signs, imagery that takes a look at social realities of American race relations but also in the understable parniona black people can’t help but feel after years of kidnapping, slavery, biased policing, and many more issues when Chris wonders what he got himself into.(quote). Overall, this film has been broadcasted on many platforms such as in movie theaters, television, social media apps, magazines and newspapers.

Analytical Thesis: Get Out is a psychological thriller that analyzes the racial issues in modern America through the use of visual rhetoric: such as film noir, symbolism and metaphors.

The controversial movie Get out is a movie that none of the public expected which worked out in the director, Jordan Peel’s favor. The genre is unknown to even the director of the movie even though others have classified the film as a comedy. From first-hand experience of watching the film, I can assure you that, that is not the case. Get out deals with racism issues e.g., when the main character’s white girlfriend, Rose Armitage, played by Allison Williams, hits a deer on the way to her parent's house with her black boyfriend, Chris Washington, played by Daniel Kaluuya, with him sitting in the passenger side. When Rose calls the police to report the issue, the police officer proceeds to ask for Chris’ driver's license although he was not the one driving. Rose makes a scene telling the officer that it was not fair that he had to present his license and Chris was quietly trying to calm her down because he knew that it was not going to make a difference. By putting this scene into the movie, the director wanted to address some of the issues that African Americans have to deal with from the police.

Racism is a huge problem in today’s society. Get Out (2017) gives the audience insight of the pressures and treatments a black individual may experience. A Washington Post article written by Bethonie Butler states “As Chris warily interacts with Rose's parents (her dad has the sudden inclination to use such phrases as "my man!") and their inner circle, the story conveys what it means to constantly be on alert in certain settings and company. In other words, what it means to be black in America.” (Washington Post)

Recently, racism has been widely addressed in earnest documentaries (13th, I’m Not Your Negro) and fact-based dramas (Hidden Figures, Fences, and A United Kingdom). In contrast to these, Get Out is entirely fictional and combines genres with aplomb.

Night of the Living Dead (Romero, 1968) is a movie that contains a large amount of historical significance. This movie is well known for its incredible relevance to the year that it was released. The movie has been described as “A Newsreel of 1968”, and there is ample reason to make that statement. The year 1968 was a very tumultuous period in American history that saw a great deal of violence overseas and in the United States itself. There were many history altering events that took place during 1968, which would all serve to rile up and instill fear and anger in the American people. 1968 saw the latest presidential election in which there was great division amongst the parties, and was the election in which Robert Kennedy was assassinated. Not only did that year see the assassination of another Kennedy, but it also bore witness to the assassination of the most prominent civil rights leader of the time, Martin Luther King Jr. With these tragedies a war in Vietnam raged which had riled much of the country into protest, especially young people.

Facing Death is a compelling documentary on, oftentimes, the final journey patients and their families will venture through together in life. The documentary seeks to capture how the patients and their families respond to the inevitability of death. The film includes families who respond to the issue by allowing their family member, the patient, to pass through the door of death without aggressive care, while there are yet other families who insist on everything being done to delay the moment of death. This topic of fighting death is attributed with producing much debate. On one hand are those who do not see the point of fighting death, however, on the other hand, there are those who believe that delaying death and staying alive is what ought to be done. Personally, from what I understand of either party, I think that I am a part of the later party. In addition, this issue naturally delves into what one believes occurs after death, as it is an issue dealing directly with death. This also compels me to view this topic from the viewpoint of the later party.

The 1968 cult classic, Night of the Living Dead, begins under the credits with brother and sister Johnny (Russell Streiner) and Barbara (Judith O’Dea) bickering about the long journey to rural Pennsylvania after arriving at a secluded cemetery to leave flowers on their father’s grave at their mother’s request. As they make their way back to the car, Johnny begins to tease Barbara. “They’re coming to get you, Barbara… They’re coming for you… Look, there’s one now!” A staggering, pale-faced figure (S. William Hinzman) approaches the two siblings and attacks Barbara. When Johnny comes to her rescue, he is killed during the struggle

The cinematic film Get Out, directed by Jordan Peele, presents a scenario in which African Americans are targeted by white people mainly for their physical advantages. The plot follows Chris Washington, a professional African American photographer who goes away for the weekend to visit his white girlfriend’s family. Chris’ best friend, Rod Williams, is a TSA agent who is concerned about Chris going to a white family’s estate. Throughout the movie, Chris discusses to Rod the strange events that occur in the Armitage house. Get out displays how two people use their intelligence and ability to identify social cues to escape from an arduous situation.

The mindless, heartless, undead, have come flocking in hoards as a continuous reminder of societies fear of the unknown. The meaning of the zombie has changed throughout the years. From the zombies media inception in William Seabrook’s 1929 book “Magic Island” embodying the dehumanizing act of slavery, and colonial oppression. Later George Romero’s 1968 hit film “Night of the Living Dead” that redefined the zombie and tied in elements of the civil rights movement with the sociopolitical climate of the United States during the 1960’s. To the contemporary resurgence of zombies in pop culture, they continue to remain relevant within the horror genre. Although societal insecurities have changed over time, the dehumanized hordes of zombies

For many centuries racism has being an ongoing problem and occurrence in many societies, especially in America. Many different measures have been taken to try and diminish the racism that clearly infests this beloved country, but none have ever truly worked. Although these measures have never effectively worked to erase racism out of our society as a whole, some have opened people's’ eyes in creative ways to understand that it is no joke. One measure that has somewhat worked is through media and the arts such as cinema, literature, and paintings. An example of cinema is Jordan Peele’s movie, “Get Out” that portrays racism through a sense of horror that captivates a viewer's mind to see and understand the underlying theme of it all. “Get Out” is about a young African-American man named Chris who falls for a young Caucasian woman named Rose. Together they are going up to meet Rose’s family who put on an act to make it seem like they are somewhat normal, but in reality lure young African-Americans into their home every year to auction them off to a group of older white people so they can use their bodies for pseudo-immortality. Peele’s horrific movie “Get Out” opens a viewer's eyes and mind to the different concepts of racism and how brutal and unjust it is to people of color.

Racism, prejudice and stereotyping, as the main themes of the movie, control all the sub-stories that are somehow linked to each other. Moreover, as the stories go on and events develop, it becomes possible to see how characters start to have changes in their perspective and attitude towards each other, either in a good or a bad way. An incident which can demonstrate our thesis on racism and stereotyping and how it might change in just one moment which brings people closer could be shown as the conflict between the racist police officer and the African American woman who gets harassed by him, and whose life is saved by him on the next day. The first encounter of the woman and the officer resulted with the woman

The Movie Corpse Bride the audience knows its Tim Burtons work. The story is about when Victor (played by Johnny Depp) was going to marry Victoria (played by Emily Watson) but Victor didn’t know what to do and say when they were getting married. The wedding was off until he knew what to say. Right after he didn’t know what to say, he went to a graveyard to practice his proposal. He practiced and he put the ring on a stick. The stick came alive and a skeleton called Emily (played by Helena Carter) came out of the ground and starting walking to Victor. Victor dashes to an edge of a cliff. Emily finds Victor on the ground and Victor faints. Victor wakes up and is married to Emily. Due to Tim Burton amazing film he uses unique characters weird, creepy setting, and emotional plot in Corpse Bride to make it really worthy to watch.

​For long, man has continued to use literature and other creative work to represent the social, economic, and the political situation in the society. Specific to this case, the use of films and books to represent the cultural characteristics of the society has helped in bringing out the true picture of life in different societies. More so, such literature continues to influence events long after they have been written. Literature work like George A. Romero’s living dead trilogy encapsulates and reflects a certain in America that ought to be understood even in the current generation. Among the different cultural aspects reflected in the trilogy, racism among the American society has been featured. As such, this paper dwells on the aspect of the racism or racial difference in America as reflected in George A. Romero’s living dead trilogy.