Cemetary Man coming to DVD!

[Beowulf]

From "Bloody Disgusting"

Our very own Killer Nerd dropped me a PM with the following news. Anchor Bay announced recently that they'll be releasing the 1994 flick Cemetery Man (a.k.a. Dellamorte Dellamore) on DVD this Summer, "One of the most acclaimed and popular living dead films finally comes to DVD in a new Special Edition featuring a new 16x9 Widescreen transfer with new cast & crew interviews including director Michele Soavi and star Anna Falchi. Look for Mr. Dellamorte to hold back the zombies in late Summer 2005."

Quite exciting news I must say. For those of you have not seen this flick I would recommend it highly. Best non-Romero zombie movie ever in this fellow's opinion. Not sure why it took so long for the DVD release, but I'm glad they got around to it. Between this and "The Machinist" it's gonna be a swell summer season.

[KcMsterpce]

Woohoo!

I keep holding off getting the European DVD of this. I guess I MIGHT wait a little longer for it.

Finally!

[Whiggles]

Hmmm. I have the Italian Region 2 DVD and would consider buying the new Anchor Bay DVD if it had decent extras. However, I just hope they also include the Italian dub, because in my opinion it works much better than the English version.

[Nightmare_Dreaming]

AWESOME! I've been wanting this to come out on DVD ever since I first seen it about two years ago.

Whats that about it being dubbed? It's been so long I can't remember it being dubbed, was it?

[Beowulf]

I'm not sure if parts/all of the movie was dubbed in English for the US version. If it was they sure did a good job with it, because I couldn't tell when watching the film.

Then again some things don't need translation:

http://www.vipgallery.org/VG/annafalchi/annaFalchi01.jpg

[Whiggles]

Like most Italian horror movies, most of the film was dubbed in post-production, because most members of the cast were not native English speakers. Even Rupert Everett is dubbed, although he does provide his own voice. Having sampled both the English and Italian versions, I have to say I prefer the Italian, since although the lip movements don't match up, the voices and performances are generally superior (and I actually prefer the Italian voice actor who dubs Rupert Everett to Rupert Everett's actual voice).

[Cronos]

eeexcellent, i'll finally be able to see it

[EvilDeadGirl]

I beleive I speak for all when I say......WOOT!

[BoyScoutKevin]

That is good news. As this film is not only one of my favorite Italian horror films, but also one of my favorite zombie films. I am especially glad to see that it includes an interview with the director. Maybe he'll provide an explanation for the ending, which never has made any sense to me. Maybe he'll also talk about how everybody who is buried in the cemetary represents some aspect of Italian society. The mayor represents Italian politicians. The boy scouts represent Italian Facists, etc.

[Beowulf]

As to the ending...


*minor-ish spoilers*



I believe it was trying to convey that you simply cannot flee from your problems. It also indicated that Dellamorte was dealing with his life stresses in inappropriate ways. [IE: with violence and selfishness] The only thing that route brought him was grief - and when Nagi tosses the firearm he is shown to have made a wise decision [via his first line of dialogue]. Dellamorte and Nagi virtually switch places, to highlight the effectiveness of their current life courses.

That's my theory...but with the vague, metaphorical mumbo-jumbo there's always different interpretations. :D

[SteeleDude]

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I like your interpretation, I have a couple of my own I've kicked around from time to time, though not so fleshed out or plausible.

On one hand it seems like the age old belief that you can't escape small towns works well with the ending of cemetery man. That might be an American idealogy though, so it may not apply to the movie at all, but I came from a small town and it seems like you can never escape sometimes.

Also I sometimes wonder if Nagi died when he hit his head when Dellamorte slammed on the breaks. He was zombie like in life, and in death maybe he woke up? A little broad I know. And when Dellamorte couldn't escape maybe part of him died, the part that wanted to escape. When he found he couldn't he became more like one of the returners. Or one of the mindless masses. I don't know, just some ideas like I said.

[Beowulf]

Originally posted by SteeleDude
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I like your interpretation, I have a couple of my own I've kicked around from time to time, though not so fleshed out or plausible.

On one hand it seems like the age old belief that you can't escape small towns works well with the ending of cemetery man. That might be an American idealogy though, so it may not apply to the movie at all, but I came from a small town and it seems like you can never escape sometimes.

I appreciate your theory in regards to small town life, and hadn't really considered it before. But it does make sense, and could have certainly been a theme that the director was exploring. That's why I like movies like this and "Donnie Darko". You can come up with your own workable conclusions and then kick them around with other people.

I still maintain that Lynch films are nonsense though. :D