{"id":8201,"date":"2010-04-07T16:34:43","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T15:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=8201"},"modified":"2010-04-08T09:36:37","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T08:36:37","slug":"interview-joe-pilato-on-day-of-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2010\/04\/07\/interview-joe-pilato-on-day-of-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Joe Pilato on Day of the Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

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George A. Romero\u2019s Day Of The Dead<\/a><\/strong> has recently been released on Blu-ray in a special two-disc 25th Anniversary edition<\/a> and I recently spoke to one of its stars Joe Pilato<\/a><\/strong> about the film and the enduring legacy of the horror series.<\/p>\n

The third instalment in Romero\u2019s ongoing zombie saga sees the living dead take over the world and only small pockets of human resistance survive. One group of survivors, a motley crew of scientists and soldiers, are holed up in a 14-mile long underground missile silo where tensions begin to erupt as the zombie hoards surround them.<\/p>\n

The bleakest and goriest of Romero\u2019s zombie films to date, Day Of The Dead has often been overshadowed by its more illustrious predecessors, but in recent years it has found greater appreciation, with Tom Savini<\/a>‘s ground breaking make-up effects and the social commentary on Reagan’s America<\/a> becoming more apparent.<\/p>\n

This Blu-ray edition features a restored presentation of the film, a new hi-def soundtrack, four alternate sleeves, a double-sided poster, a 24-page collector\u2019s booklet \u2018For Every Dawn There Is A Day\u2019, plus a very special collector\u2019s comic \u2013 \u2018Day Of The Dead: Desertion\u2019 \u2013 featuring a brand new \u2018Bub\u2019 storyline.<\/p>\n

Two all-new documentaries were also commissioned for this release: In \u2018Joe Of The Dead\u2019 (directed by Calum Waddell) Joe talks about his career in movies – from his early appearance in the little-seen Pittsburgh horror outing \u2018Effects\u2019 (which also featured Romero regulars Tom Savini and John Harrison) to his small parts in \u2018Dawn Of The Dead<\/a>\u2019 and \u2018Knightriders<\/a>\u2019 and his work as Captain Rhodes in Day Of The Dead.<\/p>\n

In \u2018Travelogue of the Dead\u2019 (directed by Naomi Holwill), we join Pilato as he travels across Dublin, Edinburgh and Glasgow in October 2009 celebrating the 25th anniversary of Day Of The Dead and witness him meeting the fans, reciting his most famous lines from the movie – live and on stage – and drinking with the best of them.<\/p>\n

Calum Waddell also penned the \u2018For Every Dawn There Is A Day\u2019 collector\u2019s booklet, which is an essay on the making of the movie that collects brand new interviews with Romero, Savini, editor Pasquale Buba, assistant director\/composer John Harrison and actors Joe Pilato, Lori Cardille and Gary Steele.<\/p>\n

I recently spoke to Joe about the film’s Blu-ray release and you can listen to the interview here:<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/filmdetail.receptionmedia.com\/Joe_Pilato_on_Day_of_the_Dead.mp3]\n

You can download this interview as a podcast via iTunes by clicking here<\/a><\/p>\n

The two-disc 25th Anniversary Edition Day Of The Dead<\/strong> is out now on Blu-ray from Arrow Video<\/em><\/p>\n

> Download this interview as an MP3 file<\/a>
> IMDb entry<\/a>
> Pre-order the Blu-ray<\/a> from Amazon UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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