This is the end of ‘Dawn
of the Dead’ (1978) where there is a shot of the final survivors of the
movie. They are Fran and Peter which is unusual for a horror movie with the
blonde female being normally the female victim in the standard genre
conventions of horror and a black man which normally would one of the first to
die.
This shot also shows the importance of George Romero as an
“auteur.” This theory that a director can put his own beliefs into a film was
written by Andrew Sarris in his essay “Notes on the Auteur Theory in 1962.” ‘In
which he said ‘extending the appreciation of personal qualities in the cinema’ Romero
enjoys messing with the convention of genres and mix character types up. Also
he is anti-racist this is shown more in “Night of the Living Dead” (1968)
however this is still here in “Dawn of the Dead.” in night of the living dead
the only survivor is the black hero only being shot by the redneck with the
credit of him being dragged by hooks and burned with the zombies
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