![]() ![]() The lesson is clear: It's good to live in Fiddler's Green. ![]() The residents of Fiddler's Green and the zombies have much the same relationship as citizens of rich nations have with starving orphans and refugees. Romero's zombie movies have remained fresh is that he suggests such questions. Well, yes, they probably do, and one of the reasons George A. ![]() The shot is intriguing for two reasons: (1) Why does Fiddler's Green need to advertise, when it is full and people are literally dying to get in? and (2) What is going through the minds of its residents, as they relax in luxury, sip drinks, shop in designer stores and live the good life? Don't they know the world outside is one of unremitting conflict and misery? They look like the white-haired eternally youthful golfers in ads for retirement paradises. The most intriguing single shot in "Land of the Dead" is a commercial for Fiddler's Green, showing tanned and smiling residents, dressed in elegant leisurewear, living the good life. Mercenaries stage raids outside the safe zone in Dead Reckoning, a gigantic armored truck, and bring back canned food, gasoline and booze. Other survivors cluster in the city at the foot of the tower, in a city barricaded against the zombie hordes outside. Those with money and clout live in "Fiddler's Green," a luxury high-rise where all their needs are catered to under one roof - and just as well, because they are not eager to go outside. The healthy humans, on the other hand, have evolved a class system. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Lily, the adored invalid, takes us on a quest for truth and redemption.įall on Your Knees is a story of inescapable family bonds, of terrible secrets, of miracles, racial strife, attempted murder, birth and death, and forbidden love.Īnn-Marie MacDonald is a writer and an actress. ![]() Mercedes, the obsessive Catholic is the protector of the flock. Frances is an incorrigible liar and hell-bent bad girl. Kathleen is the eldest, a beautiful talent preparing for a career as an opera diva. The mythically charged family-James, a father of intelligence and immense ambition Materia, his Lebanese child-bride and their daughters. 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