Shaun of the Dead
Cinema is a screen onto which we can project our fears, torments and the monstrosities of the world. The screen protects us from what we see, but cinema has also permanently anchored our nightmares around a few powerful images (empty houses, hostile attics and basements, demonic masks, bloodcurdling grimaces, disturbing postures). Throughout the summer, the Cinémathèque québécoise will be presenting a series of films encompassing more than one hundred and twenty years of horror, reminding us that what scares us most is to make the deepest of our fears tangible and credible.
When Shaun wakes up one morning, there's talk of a disaster on the radio. Nothing to write home about. The neighbors look like shit. Nothing new. He slips on a puddle of blood at the convenience store. What's the news? London is overrun with zombies! Shaun decides to go to the rescue of his former fiancée with the help of his inseparable friend, Ed. An irresistible British horror comedy, in which we discover, among other things, that cricket bats are a very good weapon against zombies, but 45 rpm records, not so much.
Edgar Wright
Edgar Howard Wright is an English filmmaker. In 2004, Wright directed the zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead. In 2010, Wright co-wrote and directed the action comedy film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, an adaptation of the graphic novel series. Along with Joe Cornish and Steven Moffat, he adapted The Adventures of Tintin (2011) for Steven Spielberg. Wright and Cornish co-wrote the screenplay for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ant-Man in 2015. He has also directed the action film Baby Driver (2017), and recently the documentary The Sparks Brothers (2021), as well as the psychological horror film Last Night in Soho (2021).
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