(The first time this happened was with “Desert Hearts,” released and posted last November.) The restored film was shown in November 2016 at MoMA and later in repertory and art house theaters all over the country.įor another, this is the second time Criterion has put up a film on the site the same day as its release on physical media, in this case a two-disc Blu-ray on the Criterion Collection label. It’s because the version appearing on the site is a new restoration from the film’s original negative, produced by the Film Foundation (the preservation nonprofit founded by the director Martin Scorsese) and the Museum of Modern Art, which put “Night of the Living Dead” in its permanent collection. So you may well ask why the FilmStruck/Criterion Channel offering is a big deal. There are three versions, including a colorized one, free to Amazon Prime members. The posting is notable for several reasons.įor one thing, if you stream a lot of video, you know that “Night of the Living Dead” is everywhere. 13, just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Criterion Channel on FilmStruck debuted “Night of the Living Dead,” George A. ‘Night of the Living Dead’: Zombies Restored to Their Full Beauty
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