Dawn Of The Dead Page #11

with the propane.

When it's on fire. l love that.

There's Steve Markus getting ready

in case there's another zombie

still on the truck.

This was an overhead l had drawn early on.

l had a sketch of this.

l wanted to do that shot from way early.

- There's one hanging on.

- That's Patrick?

Yeah.

Look at him. He's mad.

- Skinny shutter.

- Skinny shutter and he's angry.

That makes you madder.

- And we love Kim but...

- She had to go. Oh, no.

That was too bad. That's a puppet.

That's awesome. lf you didn't already know

what kind of a movie you were in...

Now you do.

- When we talked about that...

- You were like, ''They should collide.''

''What if he loses balance

and chops her in half?''

There were no adults around

to tell us that we couldn't do it.

No one was paying attention.

lt was like, ''ls that all right?''

We were like, ''Yeah. lt makes sense.''

She's coming up and he doesn't...

And l love it that he doesn't know

what he's doing with the chainsaw.

He's unskilled.

Look at Ving. ''Help me, brother.''

''No. By the way, no.''

That's cool.

l like this look.

We built the building to the left.

The one to the right existed.

We tented this whole thing.

We put a big tent up to make this pre-dawn,

that just-at-dawn look.

And it allowed us to shoot all day.

lf it had been overcast,

we'd have been fine

but it was a sunny day

so it made it more difficult.

Steve Markus's last selfish act.

That was actually another zombie.

A tragic zombie there.

- That was another guy playing Patrick?

- Yeah, it's awesome.

That is cool.

Then Sarah has to look in there.

l love that in any other movie,

they wouldn't have looked in,

cos it would have been too awful.

We're like, ''You gotta look.''

lt's like looking at a car wreck,

you gotta see.

Oh, no. l got him.

Sarah Polley

puts the front sight on him and...

Sarah Polley got to kill in this movie,

which made her happy.

lt's a first. She's not really killing

because they're dead already.

And that's what makes it OK.

Yeah, she kills three people in the movie.

- Three zombies.

- She kills Ermes,

she kills Steve Markus

and she kills this guy coming up here.

Yeah.

- Turns Ben Cozine into a twitcher.

- That's right.

- This is a good shot.

- She's running.

She fell by mistake. That was a real fall.

And then a running gunshot. Boom.

Good shot, Sarah.

This is... Jake gots bit. Gots bit?

He gots bit here

and then he gots killed later.

That's a good zombie shot there. l like that.

''What were you doing?''

- There are a lot of keys in this movie.

- Same key, though.

- We belong to a...

- l like that little sun cracking...

- Yeah, we belong...

- We belong to a cult that worships keys.

We do. l'd like a key in every scene.

There were more in the script.

- There were so many.

- We took keys out.

There were the hardware store keys,

pharmacy keys.

- They're always getting keys.

- Her keys on the thing.

That was a reference to The Gatekeeper.

- Keymaster.

- Yeah.

And then you're at the marina.

We had a ton more driving.

We took a lot out.

They would have outdistanced the zombies.

You know how they say

keep your enemies close

and your zombies closer? That expression?

The brakes weren't... l think they...

All that armour plating...

l don't know. l thought Ving wanted

to get really close to the dock.

l'm not sure why they crash into the dock.

- l'm really glad they do.

- No, but l'm glad.

That's like reality.

lt's better when you can't explain it.

Not one person has said,

''Why do they crash into the dock?''

CJ decides to stay behind.

Which works.

- He's a hero.

- His redemption is awesome.

Mike was really into the fact that he was

gonna do this on purpose.

l was like, ''l'm gonna give you that close-up

so the world will never doubt

that you said, 'l'm gonna save the group

'''by blowing these zombies to bits.'''

- This is nice. This is good.

- Boom.

Good fighting here.

Cos you don't get enough straight-up

zombie war.

No, and this is straight-up zombie war.

That's a nice head shot,

if you go frame by frame through that.

That's a Mr. head shot. They did that...

- He drops...

- He does, like a ton of bricks.

- Private Ryan style.

- Yeah.

Really nicely done.

And this was a real flare

we shot with a blank gun

and it caught on fire. lt was great.

Thunk.

Oh, good explosion.

That's all composited.

There's your big shot to show you

where you are in the world.

lf you go back,

there's a great apple box on the deck.

The apple box matches

the colour of the boat.

Yeah and it's a quick shot

but if you look at it, you get a good look at it.

- That's nice.

- l wish we had more mistakes.

- l'm sure we do.

- There are very few.

We'll go on a website and find them all.

That's a good bite.

l like the job they did on it.

lt's such an important one.

The Kid's gotten sprayed

with chainsaw blood.

Yeah. He got some Monica

and she got some human action.

That's why he's not gonna be a zombie.

Cos someone might argue

that he got that blood in his eyes.

- And l've heard it.

- ''He should be a zombie.

''Sarah should be a zombie

cos she washed...''

''ln the fountain that Ben Cozine was in.''

They're like, ''She had her husband's blood

but he wasn't dead...''

The husband's blood.

Ving, because he got the cut

and the blood was in the fountain.

Yeah. You're right but he didn't.

l would say there's a chance

that could happen but we got lucky.

- He got lucky.

- Yeah, he got lucky.

- He didn't...

- Did you give him the Mann style?

Yeah, l got the Mann style.

This is how you end a movie.

Just for... lf you're writing a script

and you're wondering how to end it.

And you don't wanna sell out.

And you don't want anyone to go,

''You're a whore.''

''You sold out.'' Just go all out.

Just do it like this.

l sort of wish we'd done the effect.

lt would have been great.

lt would have been so great.

Even if it was really small,

it would have been good.

- See him go rag doll.

- Blowing his top off.

- Awesome.

- A few'd be like, ''Huh?''

That would have been great.

This is what you spent the extra money

for the DVD for.

l know you feel robbed that l didn't show it

but l will next time.

When l'm 60 and l go back...

- We'll do the ten-year.

- Exactly.

Here's a Zack Snyder song choice.

People Who Died.

Michael MacDonald,

Dennis Jones, good men.

- Peter Marshall, Eric Potechin.

- All awesome.

- Naked girl.

- Sara, awesome.

Savini and Reiniger and Foree

needed 'em.

- Awesome cast. Solid.

- All them freaks. So good.

All good.

- Tino Monte.

- David Campbell, he was great.

- Remember.

- Tino Monte, that's right.

He's the embedded reporter.

This is something we shot

about three weeks ago, it feels like.

We just wanted to add

this little bonus action here.

William Hoy came on and helped us

and did a great job.

Ding, ding. My buddy Steve

shot that buoy shot.

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