Zombies - A Living History

Visual storytelling - The Tales of Hoffmann

George A. Romero, on the Bonus DVD to Diary of the Dead, talks about the 1951 Michael Powell opera film The Tales of Hoffmann as having him very much influenced with regard to visual storytelling. He explicitly recommends to watch the film.

Sarah Juliet Lauro, Professor "Z", delivers a brilliant talk: Brain(s) Matter: Zombies in Contemporary Culture

This video currently, 21 jan 2012, has 117 views. Maybe this number can be raised by informing some friends. I think, this academic approach to the zombie theme should be promulgated ;-)

Cultural aspects of the zombie apocalypse - 1

This morning, my colleague Nina pointed out the manifestation of participatory culture in the phenomenon zombie walk. Well, yes. Also the "participatory" aspect of the zombie apocalypse proper cannot be overestimated insofar as - in one way or the other - everybody is likely to be part of it.