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- CONELRAD channel.
This is a class one emergency.
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- I think everybody's
fascinated
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with society falling apart.
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[dramatic music]
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- Disaster movies used to just
be about bridges collapsing
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and buildings blowing up,
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but now, disaster movies are
about the end of the world.
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♪
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- Nobody wants to be
in the apocalypse.
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♪
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But we would all hope
to survive the apocalypse
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depending on what
that future entails.
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♪
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- [snarls]
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- People that think that
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some kind of zombie apocalypse
would be fun...
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♪
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And as soon
as things shut down,
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it's like they can't
even handle
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a toilet paper shortage.
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- The very foundations
of civilization
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are beginning to fall.
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♪
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- It is really every man
for himself.
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♪
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It's like you don't know
what's worse,
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the infection or each other.
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- Run for your life!
They're already here!
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♪
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- What would it look like if
that really, really happened?
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'Cause we--it feels like
we're right on the edge of it.
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[zombie snarls]
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♪
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[eerie music]
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[stairs creaking]
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♪
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[evil laughter]
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[screaming]
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♪
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[chainsaw revs]
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[dramatic music]
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narrator: Movies with
post-apocalyptic themes
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used to be unusual
and shocking.
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- [screaming]
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♪
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Now, they're a genre
unto themselves.
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- I think it's a human trait
that we imagine
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that we're the last
civilization.
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I think every civilization
throughout time
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has thought that they're
probably going to be the ones
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who end it for everybody
that comes to follow.
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♪
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So it's generated
this whole genre
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where we get to see or imagine
what that might look like.
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[upbeat music]
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♪
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narrator:
You might remember a time
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when movies about the zombie
apocalypse were hard to find.
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[screaming]
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But over the last two decades,
the undead have taken over.
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♪
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How do you stand out
from the herd?
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♪
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With "World War Z,"
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actor/producer Brad Pitt
found a way.
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[gunfire]
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Making a zombie
apocalypse movie
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filled with
the globetrotting locations
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and spectacular set pieces...
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only a Hollywood blockbuster
can deliver.
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♪
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"World War Z" casts Pitt
as a CDC field agent
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who saves his family
from a zombie outbreak...
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[zombies snarling and gunfire]
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Then crosses the planet
searching for a vaccine.
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- I'm going down!
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♪
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The film is very, very loosely
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based on the bestselling novel
by Max Brooks.
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- I wrote "World War Z"
to answer my own questions.
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And the big question I had is
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what would a zombie plague
look like across the planet?
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♪
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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What were governments doing?
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Different governments
in different countries.
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How were different cultures
dealing with this?
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How was one part of the planet
affecting another part?
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It's like a world war,
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and I wanted to know
about this world war.
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♪
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[screaming]
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[glass shattering]
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- If you're going to call
your movie "World War Z,"
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you better deliver the goods,
and this film does.
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- [straining]
[zombies shrieking]
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- And Brad Pitt is the kind
of hero who's up to the test.
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- [grunts]
[zombie rasps]
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- When you're put in a really
distressing situation,
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so much about a person
is revealed.
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And for me, that's why I love
the apocalyptic films so much
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because there is so much
of human nature in it.
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[screaming and snarling]
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Your fears, your--
that's your vulnerabilities.
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That's the entire movie.
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♪
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[suitcase thuds]
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[zombies snarling]
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- That was what was so great
about Brad Pitt's character
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in that movie is
he's constantly just like,
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"What is happening is insane,
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"and I'm just going
to do the best
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that I possibly can
in this given moment."
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[grenade pin clinks]
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♪
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He keeps on
barely making out alive.
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And I just think that's
a wonderful through line
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for a character.
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[snarling and screaming]
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[gunshot]
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- I think that future zombie
historians will see that movie
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as a turning point for zombies
in pop culture.
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♪
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The special effects are now
copied in every zombie movie.
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♪
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Because I was just watching
"Train to Busan."
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♪
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And the zombies coming together
in a river of humans?
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That's straight out
of "World War Z."
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♪
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narrator: "Train to Busan"
drew from "World War Z,"
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but the South Korean film's
relentless action
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and social commentary
put it in a place all its own.
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♪
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- It is interesting
how that genre,
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you think it's been done before
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and then a movie
like "Train to Busan" comes out
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and you just go,
"Oh yeah,
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"they just--
I have never seen anything."
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- Yeah, no. You're the one
that turned me on to it.
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When "Train to Busan" came out,
I was like,
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there's no way I can watch
another zombie movie
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or infected people movie.
I just can't do it anymore.
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And I was wrong.
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♪
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Just that image of the father
carrying the little girl,
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running with, like,
seemingly a thousand
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[chuckling]
infected people chasing him.
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♪
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[ominous music]
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- "Train to Busan" is probably
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one of the greatest
Korean films.
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♪
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There's something about Koreans
where we have a lot of protocol
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in terms of, like,
hierarchy and age
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and manners are so deeply
ingrained in your being.
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- [speaking Korean]
- [speaking Korean]
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- Part of the horror if
you're Korean is watching it
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and seeing people lose
all of those kind of protocols,
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all of those social niceties.
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♪
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- A lot of it is really
sort of the relationship
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of a father and his child.
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And he basically, is too busy
for her in the beginning.
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[zombie snarls]
- [screams]
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- And then ultimately,
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is as present as a parent
can be for a child,
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which he sacrifices himself
for her.
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♪
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- [groaning]
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- It's an odd commentary on
Korean film and Korean society
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that I think most
would consider it
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a terrible, sad,
horrible ending.
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But actually,
it's kind of hopeful.
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[tragic piano music]
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♪
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- Throughout the film, he finds
out what's truly important,
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the lesson that he learns
about what he values in life.
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♪
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I mean, I think that
horror films are really about
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when you can get
to the root of a character
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and pull out
the strength of them.
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And that's what this film
really is.
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narrator:
Surviving an apocalypse
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is hard and stressful work.
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[snarling and gunfire]
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It helps to have
a sense of humor.
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- [chuckles]
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narrator: They say comedy
is tragedy plus time...
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which may be why years
of zombie apocalypse dramas
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were eventually followed
by zombie apocalypse comedies.
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[zombie rasping]
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- Just get her off me!
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narrator: The best combined
humor with genuine horror.
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- Are you okay?
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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- Remember mad cow disease?
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Well, the mad cow became
mad person became mad zombie.
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And gave you a really, really
bad case of the munchies.
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[clown nose honks]
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narrator: One of the most
successful was "Zombieland"...
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[tense music]
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♪
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A horror/comedy
featuring a small cast
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of heavyweight actors fighting
their way across America.
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♪
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- "Zombieland" takes place
in a post-apocalyptic world
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where zombies have pretty much
disposed of most people
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and there's only a handful
of survivors that are left
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that we're aware of.
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There's Tallahassee
played by Woody Harrelson.
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- You got a perty mouth.
- [snarls]
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[rock music]
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- Who's managed to survive
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just by simply being the most
badass zombie killer there is.
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- My mama always told me
someday,
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I'd be good at something.
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Who'd have guessed
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that something would be
zombie killing?
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- Probably nobody.
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- Wichita and Little Rock,
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who are played by Emma Stone
and Abigail Breslin...
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- We'll take your weapons,
your car keys, your ammunition.
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- And if you got it,
sugarless gum.
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[lever action click-clacks]
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- They've managed to survive
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by just putting their own
interests above anyone else's.
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- You see, you just
can't trust anyone.
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The first time I let a girl
into my life
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and she tries to eat me.
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- For Columbus,
played by Jesse Eisenberg,
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it's ironic, but the reason
he's managed to survive
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is because he's the most
afraid person in the world.
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- I survive because I play
it safe and follow the rules.
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- He's so afraid
that he's created
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a set of rules for himself
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that have allowed him
to survive,
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and it's like a handbook.
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- Rule number four...
[horn honking]
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- [screaming]
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♪
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- Fasten your seatbelts.
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- So the biggest problem
with zombie films at this point
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is the idea that anyone
would be surprised by zombies.
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[dramatic music]
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Everyone has
a zombie apocalypse plan
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and "Zombieland"
is the first movie
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to sort of take that
head-on...
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- Don't let them catch you
with your pants down.
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Rule number three:
beware of bathrooms.
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- To admit
that this is a scenario
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that is almost a cliche
at this point
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and that everyone
is prepared for it.
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And--and here are the rules
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you need to follow
to keep you alive.
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- Which leads me
to my second rule:
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the double-tap.
[gunshot]
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- The double-tap,
I think is one of
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the greatest acknowledgments
in all of horror.
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- I mean, one more clean shot
to the head.
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- [snarling]
- [screams]
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And this lady could've avoided
becoming a human Happy Meal.
263
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- Someone finally
acknowledging, like,
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you have to make sure
it's dead.
265
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Finally, someone called it out.
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♪
267
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[zombie rasping]
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narrator: Much of the film
follows the characters
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as they journey west across
zombie-ravaged America...
270
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[zombies snarling and gunfire]
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Gradually becoming a family
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despite
conflicting personalities.
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[tires screech]
274
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[suspenseful music]
275
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- Hey, for [no audio] sake.
Enough already.
276
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We were being chased
by ravenous freaks.
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We don't have enough problems?
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- I think one of the reasons
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that it works
as well as it does,
280
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is it--it's very well-cast
with good actors
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who are not playing it
for laughs,
282
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which is why the presence
of Bill Murray
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is such an effective joke.
284
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- Bill Murray, you're a zombie?
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♪
286
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- [screams in pain]
287
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narrator: Bill Murray appears
as himself,
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disguised as a zombie.
289
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- Oh, I do it to blend in.
290
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You know--you know, zombies
don't mess with other zombies.
291
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narrator: But still
living large in Beverly Hills.
292
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- Greatest cameo
in the history of film.
293
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Bill [no audio] Murray.
294
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["Ghostbusters" theme]
- Come get him.
295
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- Light 'em up, Ray!
296
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- Making a commentary
about being Bill Murray?
297
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[evil chuckle]
298
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narrator: Unfortunately,
Murray's zombie makeup
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is a little too effective.
300
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- No!
301
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No, it's okay.
It's okay. I got him.
302
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- [groans]
303
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- I just love, like,
304
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the collective gasp
of the audience.
305
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Like, "Oh my God,
you just shot Bill Murray."
306
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- Is that how you say hello
where you come from?
307
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- Like it just, you know,
people don't see it coming
308
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and it's a bit morbid,
but certainly very funny.
309
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- [chuckles]
310
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I'm sorry. It just gets me.
[chuckles]
311
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But it still is sad.
312
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- The characters drive
the story
313
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and it's the relationships
that matter most.
314
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At the end of the day,
315
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the zombies
are window dressing.
316
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[dramatic music]
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♪
318
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narrator: Apocalypse movies
are often about
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groups of people
who band together to survive.
320
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[telephone ringing]
321
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But what if there was
no one else?
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♪
323
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What if you were
the last human on Earth?
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[shrieking and gunfire]
325
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♪
326
00:14:42,490 --> 00:14:44,579
[lion roars]
327
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[dramatic music]
328
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- There is something about
the idea of society collapsing
329
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and being left
to fend for yourself.
330
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That's a little bit exciting.
331
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[metallic thump]
332
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[wood shatters]
333
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A little bit fun, you know?
334
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No more trying to figure out
how to pay my taxes online.
335
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- Stop, stop!
336
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♪
337
00:15:06,688 --> 00:15:08,864
- No more with my Aunt Sally
338
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texting me
about her gall bladder.
339
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[rasping and snarling]
340
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♪
341
00:15:15,262 --> 00:15:19,440
It's just going to be me
and my dog and my rifle,
342
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and my cans of beans.
343
00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,573
[metallic clinking
and cables whipping]
344
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[shrieking]
345
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And it's gonna be awesome.
346
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- [shrieking]
347
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narrator: The origin point,
modern post-apocalyptic horror
348
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is Richard Matheson's
1954 novel "I Am Legend."
349
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♪
350
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- "I Am Legend,"
which purportedly is the novel
351
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that Stephen King read
and said, "I want to do this,"
352
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has been made into a movie
three times.
353
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[dramatic orchestral music]
354
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"The Last Man on Earth" with
Vincent Price in the '60s...
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♪
356
00:15:57,782 --> 00:15:59,306
"The Omega Man"
with Charlton Heston
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in the early '70s...
358
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- [screaming]
359
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[dramatic music]
360
00:16:04,354 --> 00:16:08,141
And "I Am Legend" with
Will Smith in the early 2000s.
361
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narrator: In all three films,
the protagonist is a scientist
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00:16:12,362 --> 00:16:14,016
who spends his lonely days
363
00:16:14,060 --> 00:16:16,540
killing the zombie-like
survivors of a plague
364
00:16:16,584 --> 00:16:20,283
that has wiped out
most of the human race.
365
00:16:20,327 --> 00:16:22,633
- More of them for the pit.
366
00:16:22,677 --> 00:16:25,071
Every day,
there are more of them.
367
00:16:25,114 --> 00:16:26,724
narrator:
Matheson wrote the script
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for "The Last Man on Earth,"
369
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and it's the most faithful
to his book.
370
00:16:30,380 --> 00:16:32,904
- I can't afford
the luxury of anger.
371
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Anger can make me vulnerable.
372
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It can destroy my reason
373
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and reason's the only
advantage I have over them.
374
00:16:40,086 --> 00:16:42,088
- "The Last Man on Earth"
is fantastic.
375
00:16:42,131 --> 00:16:44,568
I don't know why
that's not as well-regarded
376
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as "Night of the Living Dead"
or something. It's so good.
377
00:16:47,745 --> 00:16:49,312
[suspenseful music]
378
00:16:49,356 --> 00:16:51,227
- It's a very bleak movie.
379
00:16:51,271 --> 00:16:53,316
You watch basically
the guy's entire family die
380
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of this disease.
381
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And then there's these big pits
that they throw the bodies in.
382
00:16:59,540 --> 00:17:01,368
- Why are they burning
the bodies?
383
00:17:01,411 --> 00:17:03,370
Why don't they bury them?
384
00:17:03,413 --> 00:17:05,981
- Because it's the best-known
way to control the contagion
385
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to keep the germs
from spreading.
386
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narrator: The hero discovers
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the real reason
the bodies are burned
388
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when he buries his wife...
389
00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:19,516
and she comes back.
390
00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,997
[tense music]
391
00:17:22,041 --> 00:17:24,173
- When you look at it with
"Night of the Living Dead,"
392
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you see that George Romero
was definitely inspired
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by "The Last Man on Earth."
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00:17:29,570 --> 00:17:31,920
♪
395
00:17:31,963 --> 00:17:34,270
His treatment
of the zombie characters
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is extremely similar
to the ones in this movie.
397
00:17:36,403 --> 00:17:39,058
They're lethargic and
they're--they moan and groan
398
00:17:39,101 --> 00:17:40,407
and they call the name
of the hero.
399
00:17:40,450 --> 00:17:45,368
- Morgan.
Out...out.
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♪
401
00:17:46,935 --> 00:17:48,763
- Robert!
[gunfire]
402
00:17:48,806 --> 00:17:51,592
[dramatic music]
403
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narrator: In 1971,
Matheson's book
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was turned into
"The Omega Man."
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♪
406
00:18:03,125 --> 00:18:06,346
A movie that reflects
the turmoil rocking America
407
00:18:06,389 --> 00:18:09,218
after the social upheavals
of the '60s.
408
00:18:09,262 --> 00:18:12,395
♪
409
00:18:12,439 --> 00:18:14,615
- "The Omega Man"
is one of the grooviest
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of all apocalyptic movies.
411
00:18:16,965 --> 00:18:20,403
[upbeat funky music]
412
00:18:20,447 --> 00:18:25,060
♪
413
00:18:25,104 --> 00:18:28,411
- "Omega Man" is essentially
a "Last Man on Earth" story
414
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starring Charlton Heston
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where he is terrorized by
zombie mutant vampire-types.
416
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Let's just say hippies.
417
00:18:37,464 --> 00:18:40,641
[upbeat music]
418
00:18:40,684 --> 00:18:42,643
- One of the first things
that happens in that film
419
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is that Charlton Heston
runs "Woodstock"
420
00:18:45,211 --> 00:18:46,864
for himself
in an empty theater.
421
00:18:46,908 --> 00:18:49,389
And there's that weird
kind of amazing moment
422
00:18:49,432 --> 00:18:52,261
when he has clearly
memorized some lines.
423
00:18:52,305 --> 00:18:53,654
- [with character onscreen]
If we can't live together
424
00:18:53,697 --> 00:18:55,656
and be happy,
if you have to be afraid
425
00:18:55,699 --> 00:18:57,266
to walk out in the street,
426
00:18:57,310 --> 00:19:01,314
if you have to be afraid
to smile at somebody, right?
427
00:19:01,357 --> 00:19:04,186
- And then everything that
happens after that in the movie
428
00:19:04,230 --> 00:19:09,104
is this total repudiation
of the "Woodstock" idea.
429
00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:11,672
- We need to cancel the world
you civilized people made.
430
00:19:11,715 --> 00:19:14,240
We will simply erase history
from the time that machinery
431
00:19:14,283 --> 00:19:17,156
and weapons threatened
more than they offered.
432
00:19:17,199 --> 00:19:21,029
- The anti-capitalist,
reformist, Utopian impulse
433
00:19:21,072 --> 00:19:25,251
turns into this racially-
and sexually-integrated
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00:19:25,294 --> 00:19:29,080
zombie horde
of Luddite monsters
435
00:19:29,124 --> 00:19:31,300
in pancake makeup
and fright wigs.
436
00:19:31,344 --> 00:19:33,215
♪
437
00:19:33,259 --> 00:19:35,130
narrator: But if the infected
have inherited the Earth,
438
00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:39,265
is Heston really the hero?
439
00:19:39,308 --> 00:19:43,530
- You are the angel of death,
doctor, not us.
440
00:19:43,573 --> 00:19:46,489
- There's always
that fascinating idea.
441
00:19:46,533 --> 00:19:48,709
It's so well-executed
in "The Omega Man,"
442
00:19:48,752 --> 00:19:51,320
which is well,
who's the villain?
443
00:19:51,364 --> 00:19:55,411
- Last night you killed
how many? Three of us?
444
00:19:55,455 --> 00:19:57,370
And today, we don't know yet.
445
00:19:57,413 --> 00:19:59,981
- So he's killing them
and they're trying to kill him.
446
00:20:00,024 --> 00:20:01,896
And who is the real villain?
447
00:20:01,939 --> 00:20:05,726
- Oh, my God.
448
00:20:05,769 --> 00:20:07,945
[ominous music]
449
00:20:07,989 --> 00:20:10,165
♪
450
00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:13,212
- My name is Robert Neville.
451
00:20:13,255 --> 00:20:16,780
I'm a survivor living
in New York City.
452
00:20:16,824 --> 00:20:19,566
narrator: Both "The Omega Man"
and "The Last Man on Earth"
453
00:20:19,609 --> 00:20:22,960
were ambitious films that
suffered from low budgets.
454
00:20:23,004 --> 00:20:27,835
That was not the problem
with 2007's "I Am Legend."
455
00:20:27,878 --> 00:20:29,532
- I think "I Am Legend"
456
00:20:29,576 --> 00:20:34,058
benefited so much from
embracing the wish-fulfillment.
457
00:20:34,102 --> 00:20:37,105
[engine revving]
458
00:20:38,802 --> 00:20:42,719
That opening sequence where
he's in a gorgeous red car
459
00:20:42,763 --> 00:20:45,026
hunting a deer
in the middle of Times Square.
460
00:20:45,069 --> 00:20:48,159
Yes, we're doing what only
this movie with this premise
461
00:20:48,203 --> 00:20:49,726
can deliver a scene like this.
462
00:20:57,604 --> 00:21:00,563
- "I Am Legend"
does so many things right.
463
00:21:00,607 --> 00:21:04,654
There's a brilliant scene
where he is in a video store
464
00:21:04,698 --> 00:21:08,310
that he has put mannequins
into to make it feel normal
465
00:21:08,354 --> 00:21:10,356
when he goes in
to pick out a movie.
466
00:21:10,399 --> 00:21:12,314
And he has a breakdown
trying to get
467
00:21:12,358 --> 00:21:13,750
one of the mannequins
to talk to him.
468
00:21:15,752 --> 00:21:18,407
- Please say hello to me.
469
00:21:18,451 --> 00:21:20,496
- I mean, I think that movie
really plays into
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00:21:20,540 --> 00:21:22,716
one of the greatest fears
that we all have,
471
00:21:22,759 --> 00:21:24,587
which is yes, of course,
472
00:21:24,631 --> 00:21:26,241
we're all afraid
of the apocalypse
473
00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:27,808
and the end of the world,
zombies, that whole thing.
474
00:21:27,851 --> 00:21:29,331
But also just being alone.
475
00:21:29,375 --> 00:21:32,639
- The hell are you doing
out here, Fred?
476
00:21:32,682 --> 00:21:35,337
- He's been alone for so long
477
00:21:35,381 --> 00:21:37,774
that he thinks he's actually
started to go crazy.
478
00:21:42,475 --> 00:21:44,041
narrator: Neville eventually
meets normal humans
479
00:21:44,085 --> 00:21:47,436
and gives them a vaccine,
480
00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:51,266
but the cure was created by
experimenting on the infected.
481
00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:52,615
- This will almost
certainly kill it.
482
00:21:52,659 --> 00:21:54,704
♪
483
00:21:54,748 --> 00:21:58,186
narrator: Once again,
is he the hero or the villain?
484
00:21:58,229 --> 00:22:02,669
- Did all of them die?
- Yes.
485
00:22:02,712 --> 00:22:06,368
- All of them have the same
thread that at some point,
486
00:22:06,412 --> 00:22:08,109
man is the monster,
487
00:22:08,152 --> 00:22:10,633
that science and society
will keep reinventing itself
488
00:22:10,677 --> 00:22:12,505
over and over.
489
00:22:12,548 --> 00:22:15,246
And if you stay stuck
in the past and don't evolve,
490
00:22:15,290 --> 00:22:17,074
you may be
the source of legend.
491
00:22:17,118 --> 00:22:19,512
You may become the monster.
492
00:22:19,555 --> 00:22:22,079
narrator:
Some apocalypses are man-made,
493
00:22:22,123 --> 00:22:25,256
but the most spectacular...
494
00:22:25,300 --> 00:22:27,389
[tense music]
495
00:22:27,433 --> 00:22:29,348
Come from beyond.
496
00:22:34,614 --> 00:22:38,400
[lasers firing]
497
00:22:38,444 --> 00:22:39,575
narrator:
"The War of the Worlds"
498
00:22:39,619 --> 00:22:41,708
chronicles the devastation
of Earth
499
00:22:41,751 --> 00:22:45,364
by Martian invaders
with superior technology
500
00:22:45,407 --> 00:22:46,887
and a ruthless drive
for conquest.
501
00:22:46,930 --> 00:22:50,064
♪
502
00:22:50,107 --> 00:22:51,892
When H.G. Wells
conceived the story
503
00:22:51,935 --> 00:22:54,024
at the end
of the 19th century,
504
00:22:54,068 --> 00:22:57,680
it was a sly critique
of British imperialism.
505
00:22:57,724 --> 00:23:00,857
But by the time
Hollywood took it on,
506
00:23:00,901 --> 00:23:04,687
it became a tale about
the limits of American power.
507
00:23:04,731 --> 00:23:08,343
- Now fought with the terrible
weapons of super-science,
508
00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:11,912
menacing all mankind
and every creature on Earth,
509
00:23:11,955 --> 00:23:15,394
comes "The War of the Worlds."
[dramatic musical spike]
510
00:23:15,437 --> 00:23:16,743
narrator:
"The War of the Worlds"
511
00:23:16,786 --> 00:23:19,485
was first brought
to the screen in 1953
512
00:23:19,528 --> 00:23:22,488
by producer George Pal.
513
00:23:22,531 --> 00:23:24,881
The film is drenched
in the militaristic mood
514
00:23:24,925 --> 00:23:27,536
of post-World War II America,
515
00:23:27,580 --> 00:23:29,756
but the real draw of the film
wasn't its theme,
516
00:23:29,799 --> 00:23:33,890
it was the special effects.
517
00:23:33,934 --> 00:23:35,892
[all gasping]
518
00:23:35,936 --> 00:23:38,895
No one had shown
an apocalyptic attack
519
00:23:38,939 --> 00:23:40,244
like this before...
520
00:23:40,288 --> 00:23:42,116
[power thrumming]
521
00:23:42,159 --> 00:23:45,902
[lasers firing]
522
00:23:45,946 --> 00:23:47,730
[screaming]
523
00:23:47,774 --> 00:23:51,952
or created anything like
the Martian war machines.
524
00:23:51,995 --> 00:23:53,736
- I remember when I was
a very little kid,
525
00:23:53,780 --> 00:23:56,565
my mom telling my brothers
and I,
526
00:23:56,609 --> 00:23:59,176
"Your father and I watched
a movie on TV last night.
527
00:23:59,220 --> 00:24:00,961
"They had these things
like manta rays
528
00:24:01,004 --> 00:24:02,353
"and they came up
out of the ground,
529
00:24:02,397 --> 00:24:03,920
"and then a snake came up
530
00:24:03,964 --> 00:24:06,619
and it was shooting lasers
at people."
531
00:24:06,662 --> 00:24:09,970
And we thought, "Oh, Mom's
been into the drinks again."
532
00:24:10,013 --> 00:24:11,754
[screaming and lasers firing]
533
00:24:11,798 --> 00:24:14,888
- I just loved the sound design
and the production design,
534
00:24:14,931 --> 00:24:16,542
and the special effects
in that movie.
535
00:24:16,585 --> 00:24:18,979
The heat ray,
536
00:24:19,022 --> 00:24:20,807
the death ray that came out
of the wingtips,
537
00:24:20,850 --> 00:24:23,157
and then the sort of
brilliant optical effect
538
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:24,550
of when the General
gets frozen.
539
00:24:24,593 --> 00:24:25,768
He's like, "Oh."
540
00:24:25,812 --> 00:24:27,596
And he freezes
and then his outline
541
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,511
and then he turns green
and then you see the skeleton,
542
00:24:29,555 --> 00:24:31,208
and then he disappears.
543
00:24:31,252 --> 00:24:33,950
And the miniature work
is impeccable.
544
00:24:33,994 --> 00:24:38,477
There's these fascinating
photos of the entire farm field
545
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:43,220
with Martian war machines
suspended above the miniature.
546
00:24:43,264 --> 00:24:46,006
The Martian war machines were,
like, 38 inches across,
547
00:24:46,049 --> 00:24:47,790
so they were pretty big.
548
00:24:47,834 --> 00:24:50,053
These technicians were worried
about burning the sets down
549
00:24:50,097 --> 00:24:52,839
because they were pumping the
electricity through the wires
550
00:24:52,882 --> 00:24:54,797
that were suspending this--
the ships.
551
00:24:54,841 --> 00:24:57,060
[lasers firing]
552
00:24:57,104 --> 00:24:59,628
narrator: Downtown Los Angeles
is thoroughly,
553
00:24:59,672 --> 00:25:02,065
some might even say
lovingly destroyed
554
00:25:02,109 --> 00:25:04,590
in some of the most
spectacular effects sequences
555
00:25:04,633 --> 00:25:05,721
of the time.
556
00:25:05,765 --> 00:25:08,811
[lasers firing and explosions]
557
00:25:08,855 --> 00:25:11,335
Pal's film warned
that military might
558
00:25:11,379 --> 00:25:13,033
and scientific know-how
559
00:25:13,076 --> 00:25:16,732
were no guarantee
against a determined enemy.
560
00:25:16,776 --> 00:25:18,081
The apocalypse could happen.
561
00:25:18,125 --> 00:25:19,387
[thunder and explosions]
562
00:25:20,910 --> 00:25:22,651
- [screams]
Here!
563
00:25:22,695 --> 00:25:26,960
narrator: We could only pray
for divine intervention.
564
00:25:27,003 --> 00:25:29,397
[screaming]
565
00:25:32,182 --> 00:25:35,882
[dramatic music]
566
00:25:35,925 --> 00:25:40,539
♪
567
00:25:40,582 --> 00:25:43,193
Steven Spielberg's
2006 adaptation
568
00:25:43,237 --> 00:25:44,891
had an equally blunt message
569
00:25:44,934 --> 00:25:47,850
about American complacency
and overconfidence.
570
00:25:47,894 --> 00:25:50,113
[thunder cracks]
- It's okay.
571
00:25:50,157 --> 00:25:52,333
- I want to go inside.
- It's okay.
572
00:25:52,376 --> 00:25:53,639
narrator: Set in New York
573
00:25:53,682 --> 00:25:56,337
and made just a few years
after 9/11,
574
00:25:56,380 --> 00:25:59,340
it's a nightmare vision
of a terrorist attack
575
00:25:59,383 --> 00:26:02,299
waged by shadowy enemies
we don't understand.
576
00:26:02,343 --> 00:26:03,692
- Lightning doesn't
strike twice
577
00:26:03,736 --> 00:26:06,695
in the same--
- [screams]
578
00:26:07,914 --> 00:26:10,307
narrator: In this version,
the Martian war machines
579
00:26:10,351 --> 00:26:13,572
don't fall from the sky,
they emerge from the ground,
580
00:26:13,615 --> 00:26:15,312
where they've been
buried for millennia,
581
00:26:15,356 --> 00:26:19,142
a tip of the hat to the
classic Hammer horror film
582
00:26:19,186 --> 00:26:20,622
"Quatermass and the Pit."
583
00:26:20,666 --> 00:26:22,711
[mysterious rasping]
584
00:26:22,755 --> 00:26:25,061
- Get back!
Let's go! Now!
585
00:26:28,369 --> 00:26:32,329
- There's so many interesting
visual things about it.
586
00:26:32,373 --> 00:26:35,724
I love that the whole front
of the church comes off.
587
00:26:35,768 --> 00:26:40,163
♪
588
00:26:40,207 --> 00:26:43,384
That effects sequence
of the first war machine
589
00:26:43,427 --> 00:26:47,736
coming out of the ground
is absolutely stunning.
590
00:26:47,780 --> 00:26:48,694
♪
591
00:26:48,737 --> 00:26:52,132
[machine drones loudly]
592
00:26:52,175 --> 00:26:54,700
Then when the little death ray
comes out and starts,
593
00:26:54,743 --> 00:26:56,136
[imitates lasers]
594
00:26:56,179 --> 00:26:57,050
And the people
are running down the street.
595
00:26:57,093 --> 00:26:58,573
And all of a sudden,
596
00:26:58,617 --> 00:27:02,577
you just see the
clothes floating with the dust.
597
00:27:02,621 --> 00:27:05,667
It's definitely
technically more proficient.
598
00:27:05,711 --> 00:27:07,364
You know,
when they're on the ferry
599
00:27:07,408 --> 00:27:09,279
and you look over
and you see the machine
600
00:27:09,323 --> 00:27:12,935
coming underneath the water
up at them.
601
00:27:12,979 --> 00:27:17,287
♪
602
00:27:17,331 --> 00:27:20,769
I think that's a great example
of what technology gives you
603
00:27:20,813 --> 00:27:24,338
in terms of the advancement
over five decades.
604
00:27:24,381 --> 00:27:28,429
♪
605
00:27:28,472 --> 00:27:31,301
- They found a different way
to tell that story.
606
00:27:31,345 --> 00:27:34,087
[suspenseful music]
607
00:27:34,130 --> 00:27:36,524
It's completely subjective.
608
00:27:36,567 --> 00:27:41,572
Like, you only see
what Tom Cruise sees.
609
00:27:41,616 --> 00:27:43,749
- Robbie!
610
00:27:43,792 --> 00:27:46,708
[dramatic music]
611
00:27:46,752 --> 00:27:51,974
- It's Boschian in its vision
of worldwide horror.
612
00:27:52,018 --> 00:27:55,630
There is a moment,
a peaceful morning,
613
00:27:55,674 --> 00:27:57,980
when a shaken Tom Cruise
takes his family
614
00:27:58,024 --> 00:28:00,766
down to the riverside
to find freshwater.
615
00:28:00,809 --> 00:28:03,072
And they freeze on the banks
of the river
616
00:28:03,116 --> 00:28:06,423
to watch one bloated corpse
after another float by.
617
00:28:06,467 --> 00:28:09,209
♪
618
00:28:09,252 --> 00:28:11,211
That's, like, the whole film
in a nutshell.
619
00:28:11,254 --> 00:28:13,953
Every time they think they've
had to witness the worst,
620
00:28:13,996 --> 00:28:15,650
there's always something
more terrible
621
00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:17,260
waiting around
the next corner.
622
00:28:20,220 --> 00:28:22,265
narrator: Every telling
of "The War of the Worlds"
623
00:28:22,309 --> 00:28:25,225
ends with civilization aflame,
624
00:28:25,268 --> 00:28:29,620
but the Earth proves more than
capable of defending itself.
625
00:28:29,664 --> 00:28:31,666
- So at the end, they show up,
they think they're going to,
626
00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:33,233
you know, take us over,
kill us all.
627
00:28:33,276 --> 00:28:35,670
But what they don't realize
is that humans are filthy
628
00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:38,238
and our diseases
just destroy them.
629
00:28:38,281 --> 00:28:40,283
Aliens not being prepared,
that's a good feeling.
630
00:28:40,327 --> 00:28:43,069
That's a hopeful feeling.
631
00:28:43,112 --> 00:28:45,419
I like the idea that aliens
don't do all the research.
632
00:28:45,462 --> 00:28:50,250
♪
633
00:28:50,293 --> 00:28:54,863
narrator: There are many ways
to cope with an apocalypse.
634
00:28:54,907 --> 00:28:59,085
Some hide in heavily-
fortified bunkers...
635
00:28:59,128 --> 00:29:01,043
[motorcycle engine revving]
636
00:29:01,087 --> 00:29:04,612
While others meet the disaster
head-on.
637
00:29:09,530 --> 00:29:12,185
narrator: How would you face
the apocalypse?
638
00:29:12,228 --> 00:29:14,448
- Help, they're coming!
They're coming!
639
00:29:14,491 --> 00:29:17,190
narrator: Curse the fate that
brought you to this point?
640
00:29:17,233 --> 00:29:19,627
- I've been condemned to live.
641
00:29:19,670 --> 00:29:21,324
narrator: Play games
642
00:29:21,368 --> 00:29:23,587
in your fully-stocked
survivalist compound?
643
00:29:23,631 --> 00:29:26,068
- Is that "Monopoly"?
644
00:29:26,112 --> 00:29:28,288
narrator: Or motor to the mall
and help yourself
645
00:29:28,331 --> 00:29:31,334
to some bitchin' threads?
646
00:29:31,378 --> 00:29:33,728
If you answered yes
to the last question,
647
00:29:33,772 --> 00:29:35,904
you might be a betty
in the mid-'80s
648
00:29:35,948 --> 00:29:38,385
apocalypse film
"Night of the Comet."
649
00:29:38,428 --> 00:29:42,128
[automatic gunfire]
650
00:29:42,171 --> 00:29:45,087
- That movie could not be
more '80s.
651
00:29:45,131 --> 00:29:48,438
[dramatic music]
652
00:29:48,482 --> 00:29:51,572
Down to the music
and the fashion,
653
00:29:51,615 --> 00:29:53,617
and the hairstyles
and everything.
654
00:29:53,661 --> 00:29:55,532
- Like, I'm 18, okay?
655
00:29:55,576 --> 00:29:56,838
And I can watch the comet
656
00:29:56,882 --> 00:29:58,100
wherever I want
to watch the comet.
657
00:29:58,144 --> 00:30:04,280
♪
658
00:30:04,324 --> 00:30:06,108
narrator:
A mysterious comet
659
00:30:06,152 --> 00:30:08,894
reduces most of the Earth's
population to dust.
660
00:30:08,937 --> 00:30:11,331
- Everybody's gone.
- What?
661
00:30:11,374 --> 00:30:12,680
- I swear to God.
662
00:30:12,723 --> 00:30:14,334
- [coughs]
You made me swallow my gum.
663
00:30:14,377 --> 00:30:17,119
- There's nobody.
I mean, there's nobody!
664
00:30:17,163 --> 00:30:19,121
narrator: A pair of sisters
from the LA suburbs
665
00:30:19,165 --> 00:30:22,124
must run a gauntlet
of deranged cannibals...
666
00:30:22,168 --> 00:30:24,344
- [screaming]
667
00:30:24,387 --> 00:30:25,911
♪
668
00:30:25,954 --> 00:30:27,390
narrator:
Mutant mall employees...
669
00:30:27,434 --> 00:30:31,742
- Let's play a game.
It's called scary noises.
670
00:30:31,786 --> 00:30:33,962
narrator:
And sinister scientists.
671
00:30:34,006 --> 00:30:35,355
♪
672
00:30:35,398 --> 00:30:37,923
- [snarls]
- [screaming]
673
00:30:37,966 --> 00:30:39,402
narrator:
All things considered,
674
00:30:39,446 --> 00:30:41,535
they handle it pretty well.
675
00:30:41,578 --> 00:30:42,710
- Like this is the height
of, you know,
676
00:30:42,753 --> 00:30:44,973
valley girl mentality.
677
00:30:45,017 --> 00:30:47,889
This culture
that's very ditzy LA women.
678
00:30:52,763 --> 00:30:55,201
- Daddy would've gotten us
Uzis.
679
00:30:55,244 --> 00:30:58,160
- And to see a movie
where they end up
680
00:30:58,204 --> 00:31:00,597
surviving and kicking ass,
681
00:31:00,641 --> 00:31:02,904
it just makes it really stand
the test of time with how,
682
00:31:02,948 --> 00:31:04,384
like, how great it is.
683
00:31:04,427 --> 00:31:05,907
- They said you were dead.
684
00:31:05,951 --> 00:31:08,997
- They were exaggerating
totally.
685
00:31:09,041 --> 00:31:11,173
- Hey, that's a great outfit.
- Thanks.
686
00:31:11,217 --> 00:31:13,741
♪
687
00:31:13,784 --> 00:31:15,395
narrator: You could look
at "Night of the Comet"
688
00:31:15,438 --> 00:31:18,833
as being an expression
of the fear of nuclear war.
689
00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:20,617
- Thirsty.
- Yeah?
690
00:31:20,661 --> 00:31:22,532
Well, what are you going to do
when your complexion freaks up?
691
00:31:22,576 --> 00:31:25,405
Dermatologist is dead,
you know.
692
00:31:25,448 --> 00:31:27,233
narrator: That's
probably overthinking it.
693
00:31:27,276 --> 00:31:29,322
[suspenseful music]
694
00:31:29,365 --> 00:31:31,237
If the apocalypse does come,
695
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,370
you'd better hope you can
spend it outdoors and free...
696
00:31:34,414 --> 00:31:37,852
[ominous music]
697
00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:40,246
narrator: Not locked up
with the doomsday prepper
698
00:31:40,289 --> 00:31:42,422
at "10 Cloverfield Lane."
699
00:31:42,465 --> 00:31:44,424
[metallic impact]
- [yelps]
700
00:31:44,467 --> 00:31:46,252
[tires squealing]
701
00:31:46,295 --> 00:31:49,646
♪
702
00:31:49,690 --> 00:31:51,387
narrator:
After a traffic accident,
703
00:31:51,431 --> 00:31:53,999
a young woman wakes up
to find herself
704
00:31:54,042 --> 00:31:57,393
chained to a railing
in a survivalist's bunker.
705
00:31:57,437 --> 00:31:59,221
He tells her
that he has saved her
706
00:31:59,265 --> 00:32:01,441
from an apocalyptic attack.
707
00:32:01,484 --> 00:32:02,877
♪
708
00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:05,662
- Everyone outside of here
is dead.
709
00:32:05,706 --> 00:32:08,274
[ominous orchestral music]
710
00:32:08,317 --> 00:32:13,279
narrator: Leaving the bunker
means certain death.
711
00:32:13,322 --> 00:32:15,063
♪
712
00:32:15,107 --> 00:32:16,456
Can he be trusted?
713
00:32:16,499 --> 00:32:18,240
- No one comes in or out.
714
00:32:18,284 --> 00:32:24,812
♪
715
00:32:24,855 --> 00:32:26,683
narrator: The tense scenario
is played out
716
00:32:26,727 --> 00:32:28,947
between three actors:
717
00:32:28,990 --> 00:32:31,993
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
as Michelle,
718
00:32:32,037 --> 00:32:35,083
John Gallagher Jr. as Emmett,
719
00:32:35,127 --> 00:32:38,434
and John Goodman
as the inscrutable Howard.
720
00:32:38,478 --> 00:32:40,697
♪
721
00:32:40,741 --> 00:32:42,830
- It's quite a still movie.
722
00:32:42,873 --> 00:32:46,007
Purposefully, we are--we have
very specific compositions
723
00:32:46,051 --> 00:32:48,053
to make our characters
feel boxed in
724
00:32:48,096 --> 00:32:51,317
and, like, we're watching a
little diorama unfolding.
725
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,145
Then there are moments
where things get more unhinged
726
00:32:53,188 --> 00:32:55,060
and the camera loosens up
and we're more handheld.
727
00:32:55,103 --> 00:32:56,713
[tense music]
728
00:32:56,757 --> 00:32:59,542
- [screaming]
- Stop!
729
00:32:59,586 --> 00:33:02,241
narrator: One of those moments
comes when Michelle,
730
00:33:02,284 --> 00:33:05,026
convinced that Howard
is a dangerous predator,
731
00:33:05,070 --> 00:33:09,117
tries to escape and discovers
the apocalypse is real.
732
00:33:09,161 --> 00:33:13,556
- [screaming unintelligibly]
733
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:17,125
[snarling and head bashing]
734
00:33:17,169 --> 00:33:22,391
♪
735
00:33:22,435 --> 00:33:26,439
- The obvious reference points
that we had were "Misery."
736
00:33:26,482 --> 00:33:30,573
- You did it! You did it!
You murdered my Misery!
737
00:33:30,617 --> 00:33:32,532
- Which we could homage
because it was a remake
738
00:33:32,575 --> 00:33:34,534
up until our final act.
739
00:33:34,577 --> 00:33:37,972
I kept on saying to everyone is
that we're sort of the inverse
740
00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:41,671
and that in "Misery,"
you meet Kathy Bates
741
00:33:41,715 --> 00:33:43,456
and you like her
and you trust her.
742
00:33:43,499 --> 00:33:45,327
And then you're not sure
if there's a darkness.
743
00:33:45,371 --> 00:33:48,156
[thunder rumbling]
744
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:49,418
♪
745
00:33:49,462 --> 00:33:50,941
- [groans]
746
00:33:50,985 --> 00:33:52,508
- In our movie,
we meet this guy
747
00:33:52,552 --> 00:33:56,121
and we are immediately going,
"He's trouble."
748
00:33:56,164 --> 00:33:58,949
- You think I sound crazy.
749
00:33:58,993 --> 00:34:01,343
Crazy is building your ark
750
00:34:01,387 --> 00:34:03,345
after the flood
has already come.
751
00:34:03,389 --> 00:34:04,781
- "I've seen this horror movie
before.
752
00:34:04,825 --> 00:34:06,218
I got to get out of here."
753
00:34:06,261 --> 00:34:07,567
And then it flips on us
and we go, "Oh wait,
754
00:34:07,610 --> 00:34:09,395
maybe he's not trouble,"
you know?
755
00:34:09,438 --> 00:34:14,139
♪
756
00:34:14,182 --> 00:34:17,751
- You gonna walk out on me?
757
00:34:17,794 --> 00:34:19,970
narrator: But as time passes,
Michelle realizes
758
00:34:20,014 --> 00:34:23,191
she is
in a worst-case scenario
759
00:34:23,235 --> 00:34:25,889
because Howardis
a homicidal maniac.
760
00:34:25,933 --> 00:34:28,544
[metallic scrape]
- [screaming]
761
00:34:28,588 --> 00:34:31,330
And when she finally gets out
of the bunker,
762
00:34:31,373 --> 00:34:34,376
she sees the apocalypse
is still in progress.
763
00:34:34,420 --> 00:34:39,164
♪
764
00:34:39,207 --> 00:34:41,209
- Come on.
765
00:34:41,253 --> 00:34:44,430
narrator: And the audience
sees why this film is a sequel
766
00:34:44,473 --> 00:34:47,172
to the giant monster movie
"Cloverfield."
767
00:34:47,215 --> 00:34:53,787
♪
768
00:34:53,830 --> 00:34:55,832
- It's a
psychological thriller
769
00:34:55,876 --> 00:34:59,053
that becomes an
apocalyptic horror at the end
770
00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:01,360
because you don't know
if any of it's real.
771
00:35:01,403 --> 00:35:04,841
♪
772
00:35:04,885 --> 00:35:06,843
And then this is
a great reveal of,
773
00:35:06,887 --> 00:35:09,846
like, no, not only is it real,
it's infinitely worse
774
00:35:09,890 --> 00:35:11,021
than what you thought.
[chuckles]
775
00:35:11,065 --> 00:35:13,807
- [gasps]
[glass cracks]
776
00:35:13,850 --> 00:35:15,200
[windshield wiper squeaks]
777
00:35:15,243 --> 00:35:16,853
[creature roars]
778
00:35:16,897 --> 00:35:18,899
There is an apocalypse.
There are aliens.
779
00:35:18,942 --> 00:35:20,335
It's super [no audio] up.
780
00:35:20,379 --> 00:35:24,078
And I think Trachtenberg did
a really fantastic job
781
00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:28,648
making a movie that was really
more spiritually a sequel
782
00:35:28,691 --> 00:35:30,040
to the first one.
783
00:35:30,084 --> 00:35:35,742
♪
784
00:35:35,785 --> 00:35:37,613
narrator:
Most movie apocalypses
785
00:35:37,657 --> 00:35:39,049
arrive with a bang.
786
00:35:39,093 --> 00:35:43,097
♪
787
00:35:43,141 --> 00:35:47,057
But what if the end of the
human race comes quietly
788
00:35:47,101 --> 00:35:50,583
and we don't realize it
until it's far too late?
789
00:35:50,626 --> 00:35:51,366
- [screams]
790
00:35:55,762 --> 00:35:58,286
narrator: "Planet of the Apes"
791
00:35:58,330 --> 00:35:59,722
gave us one of
the most indelible images
792
00:35:59,766 --> 00:36:03,204
of post-apocalyptic Earth
ever recorded:
793
00:36:03,248 --> 00:36:05,250
when Charlton Heston
comes across
794
00:36:05,293 --> 00:36:08,688
the centuries-old ruin
of the Statue of Liberty.
795
00:36:08,731 --> 00:36:11,081
- You blew it up!
796
00:36:11,125 --> 00:36:14,346
Ah, damn you!
797
00:36:14,389 --> 00:36:18,698
God damn you all to hell!
798
00:36:18,741 --> 00:36:21,527
[dramatic music]
799
00:36:21,570 --> 00:36:23,529
narrator:
And in "Soylent Green,"
800
00:36:23,572 --> 00:36:27,315
the bleakest of Heston's
'70s-era apocalypse movies,
801
00:36:27,359 --> 00:36:31,058
a world ravaged by climate
change and overpopulation
802
00:36:31,101 --> 00:36:34,017
resorts to a high-tech form
of cannibalism
803
00:36:34,061 --> 00:36:35,976
to feed the masses.
804
00:36:36,019 --> 00:36:39,414
- Soylent Green is made
out of people.
805
00:36:39,458 --> 00:36:43,331
Next thing, they'll be
breeding us like cattle.
806
00:36:43,375 --> 00:36:48,293
You gotta tell 'em!
Soylent Green is people!
807
00:36:48,336 --> 00:36:50,512
♪
808
00:36:50,556 --> 00:36:52,166
narrator: But the end
of the human race
809
00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:53,907
doesn't always require
ruined cities
810
00:36:53,950 --> 00:36:55,604
and blighted countrysides.
811
00:36:55,648 --> 00:36:57,954
[shrieking]
812
00:36:57,998 --> 00:37:00,566
There is the quiet apocalypse
of being stealthily replaced
813
00:37:00,609 --> 00:37:04,526
by things that look like us,
but are utterly alien.
814
00:37:04,570 --> 00:37:08,226
♪
815
00:37:08,269 --> 00:37:10,837
That's the paranoid premise
of Jack Finney's novel
816
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:12,273
"The Body Snatchers."
817
00:37:12,317 --> 00:37:15,189
- They're like huge seed pods.
818
00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:17,583
narrator: Which has
been adapted and ripped off
819
00:37:17,626 --> 00:37:21,021
countless times since it was
published in 1955.
820
00:37:21,064 --> 00:37:23,763
[dramatic orchestral music]
821
00:37:23,806 --> 00:37:25,547
- "Invasion
of the Body Snatchers"
822
00:37:25,591 --> 00:37:26,766
is a movie that gets remade,
like, every generation.
823
00:37:26,809 --> 00:37:28,594
I mean, we all get the
824
00:37:28,637 --> 00:37:30,160
"Invasion of the Body
Snatchers" that we deserve.
825
00:37:30,204 --> 00:37:31,597
- Miles.
- Miles.
826
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:33,381
♪
827
00:37:33,425 --> 00:37:35,165
- For mine,
it was the 1956 version
828
00:37:35,209 --> 00:37:37,298
which was an almost film noir.
829
00:37:37,342 --> 00:37:39,822
- Listen to me!
We're in danger! Danger!
830
00:37:39,866 --> 00:37:41,346
- Get out of the street!
Go on! Get out of here!
831
00:37:41,389 --> 00:37:42,956
[ominous music]
832
00:37:42,999 --> 00:37:44,392
narrator:
In a small California town,
833
00:37:44,436 --> 00:37:47,177
people are being replaced
by duplicates.
834
00:37:47,221 --> 00:37:49,789
♪
835
00:37:49,832 --> 00:37:52,487
Emotionless creatures
grown from pods
836
00:37:52,531 --> 00:37:54,968
that all think identically.
837
00:37:55,011 --> 00:37:58,580
- No emotion.
And you have no feelings.
838
00:37:58,624 --> 00:38:00,278
Only the instinct to survive.
839
00:38:00,321 --> 00:38:02,323
narrator: Clearly,
there's an allegory here
840
00:38:02,367 --> 00:38:05,326
about conformity
and political extremism,
841
00:38:05,370 --> 00:38:06,980
but the targets
of the critique
842
00:38:07,023 --> 00:38:08,808
depend on your point of view.
843
00:38:08,851 --> 00:38:12,072
- Desire, ambition, faith.
844
00:38:12,115 --> 00:38:14,379
Without them, life's so simple.
Believe me.
845
00:38:14,422 --> 00:38:16,032
- The genius of the first
846
00:38:16,076 --> 00:38:17,425
"Invasion
of the Body Snatchers"
847
00:38:17,469 --> 00:38:21,951
is that it can be interpreted
as anticommunist.
848
00:38:21,995 --> 00:38:25,346
And it can be interpreted
as anti-McCarthy witch hunts.
849
00:38:25,390 --> 00:38:28,088
- He's been talking day after
day about the way he wants to
850
00:38:28,131 --> 00:38:31,613
get anyone tainted with
communism out before sundown.
851
00:38:31,657 --> 00:38:33,093
- It's a malignant disease
852
00:38:33,136 --> 00:38:34,616
spreading through
the whole country.
853
00:38:34,660 --> 00:38:37,663
♪
854
00:38:37,706 --> 00:38:39,665
- So that's a really clever
thing is that the, you know--
855
00:38:39,708 --> 00:38:40,927
like, "Invasion
of the Body Snatchers"
856
00:38:40,970 --> 00:38:42,363
is like a double whammy.
857
00:38:42,407 --> 00:38:45,410
[dramatic orchestral music]
858
00:38:45,453 --> 00:38:52,199
♪
859
00:38:55,594 --> 00:38:58,118
[screeching]
860
00:38:58,161 --> 00:39:00,599
narrator:
Phillip Kaufman's 1978 version
861
00:39:00,642 --> 00:39:03,036
is more of a sequel
than a remake.
862
00:39:03,079 --> 00:39:06,866
- [screaming]
863
00:39:06,909 --> 00:39:08,868
narrator:
Set in San Francisco,
864
00:39:08,911 --> 00:39:12,132
it's a chilling horror film
and a satire
865
00:39:12,175 --> 00:39:13,786
of the baby boom generation's
drift away
866
00:39:13,829 --> 00:39:16,658
from the free-thinking values
of the '60s.
867
00:39:16,702 --> 00:39:19,705
- Matthew, I've lived
in this city all my life,
868
00:39:19,748 --> 00:39:22,664
but somehow today,
I felt everything had changed.
869
00:39:22,708 --> 00:39:23,665
People were different.
870
00:39:23,709 --> 00:39:25,885
[ominous music]
871
00:39:25,928 --> 00:39:27,495
narrator: Donald Sutherland,
872
00:39:27,539 --> 00:39:29,889
a one-time symbol
of the counterculture,
873
00:39:29,932 --> 00:39:33,719
stars as a health department
inspector who slowly realizes
874
00:39:33,762 --> 00:39:36,635
his friends are being replaced
by pod people.
875
00:39:36,678 --> 00:39:42,728
♪
876
00:39:42,771 --> 00:39:45,948
- All right. Let's back up
and go through it once more.
877
00:39:45,992 --> 00:39:48,864
narrator: In one of many
clever bits of casting,
878
00:39:48,908 --> 00:39:51,954
Leonard Nimoy appears
as a pop psychologist
879
00:39:51,998 --> 00:39:54,914
who at first seems to be
the voice of reason.
880
00:39:54,957 --> 00:39:57,743
- You're jumping into
a very bizarre conclusion
881
00:39:57,786 --> 00:40:01,660
that this man you live with has
been replaced by somebody else.
882
00:40:01,703 --> 00:40:04,358
Isn't it more likely that want
to believe that he's changed
883
00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:06,926
because you're really looking
for an excuse to get out?
884
00:40:06,969 --> 00:40:10,973
- Nimoy who up until then had
always been seen as a good guy,
885
00:40:11,017 --> 00:40:14,324
as Spock from "Star Trek,"
suddenly playing a villain,
886
00:40:14,368 --> 00:40:16,849
made that film
extra frightening.
887
00:40:16,892 --> 00:40:20,156
- You will be born again
into an untroubled world.
888
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,985
Free your anxiety, fear.
889
00:40:23,029 --> 00:40:27,381
- But he also was, like,
a strange sort of ambassador
890
00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:29,470
or emissary
for their point of view.
891
00:40:29,514 --> 00:40:32,908
He almost made
becoming a pod person
892
00:40:32,952 --> 00:40:35,694
sound somewhat appealing.
893
00:40:35,737 --> 00:40:38,914
- We don't hate you.
There's no need for hate now.
894
00:40:38,958 --> 00:40:41,003
♪
895
00:40:41,047 --> 00:40:42,962
narrator: In keeping with
the bleak spirit of the times,
896
00:40:43,005 --> 00:40:44,572
the hero ends up
being absorbed
897
00:40:44,616 --> 00:40:47,749
into the emotionless
collective.
898
00:40:47,793 --> 00:40:53,712
- [screeching]
- No, no!
899
00:40:53,755 --> 00:40:55,148
- I mean, that last shot
of Donald Sutherland
900
00:40:55,191 --> 00:40:56,541
is absolutely terrifying.
901
00:40:56,584 --> 00:40:58,238
And the way
Veronica Cartwright screams.
902
00:40:58,281 --> 00:41:01,981
It has the scariest ending
to any horror film in the '70s.
903
00:41:02,024 --> 00:41:05,332
- [screeching]
904
00:41:05,375 --> 00:41:07,421
- Horror films are fun
905
00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:09,989
when they take
the kind of paranoid fantasies
906
00:41:10,032 --> 00:41:12,992
that skitter around our brains
and say,
907
00:41:13,035 --> 00:41:14,428
"But what if it was true?"
908
00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:16,256
- [gasps]
Jack!
909
00:41:16,299 --> 00:41:18,432
- Reality, however,
becomes a little less fun
910
00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:19,999
when we can't parse
the difference
911
00:41:20,042 --> 00:41:23,568
between truth
and paranoid fantasy.
912
00:41:23,611 --> 00:41:29,748
♪
913
00:41:29,791 --> 00:41:31,837
narrator:
Someday, the end will come.
914
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:33,578
[zombies snarling]
915
00:41:33,621 --> 00:41:35,188
♪
916
00:41:35,231 --> 00:41:37,843
Civilization will collapse.
917
00:41:37,886 --> 00:41:40,193
♪
918
00:41:40,236 --> 00:41:43,196
Will you be a victim?
919
00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:46,634
Or a survivor?
920
00:41:46,678 --> 00:41:50,638
♪
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