DVD through in Japan! The reason behind Edgar Wright's debut work ``Shaun of the Dead''

"Shaun of the Dead" synopsis

Sean (Simon Pegg), a 29-year-old man who works at an electronics store in London, is living a self-indulgent life with his best friend Ed (Nick Frost), who he lives with. At home, I just The Game with Ed, and in my free time I just go to the pub and drink beer. Sean is disappointed when his lover, who is fed up with his daily life, confronts him with three and a half sentences. Meanwhile, a Dawn of the Dead panic breaks out in London. Faced with panic as people close to him turn into Dawn of the Dead one after another, Sean makes up his mind and runs around downtown London in order to save his lover and family...!

Shaun of the Dead, released in the UK in April 2004, became a huge hit by transforming the Dawn of the Dead movie format into realistic human drama and comedy, drawing laughter and sympathy from young audiences. It was released in the United States in September of the same year, and received enthusiastic support. This would have raised expectations for the film to be released in Japan, but it was not released in theaters in Japan, and was released on DVD at the end of the same year. Why is such an interesting-sounding movie?! Those who were looking forward to the movie's release in Japan after getting information about it online must have wondered. I am one of them.

Director Edgar Wright has now entered Hollywood and is a rising star who led `` Baby Driver '' (17) to become a worldwide hit. Its success was due to ``Shaun of the Dead'', but how exactly did this movie come about?

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• It all started with a popular TV series
• Real conversation that tickles your otaku heart
• Leading the way in a new generation of comedy

It all started with a popular TV series

First, let's review the story of "Shaun of the Dead." Sean (Simon Pegg), a 29-year-old man who works at an electronics store in London, is living a self-indulgent life with his best friend Ed (Nick Frost), who he lives with. At home, I just The Game with Ed, and in my free time I just go to the pub and drink beer. Sean is disappointed when his lover, who is fed up with his daily life, confronts him with three and a half sentences. Meanwhile, a Dawn of the Dead panic breaks out in London. The story is about Sean, who is faced with a panic as people around him turn into Dawn of the Dead one by one, and runs through downtown London with a single determination to save his lover and family.

It all started with the TV series `` SPACED'', which aired for two seasons in 1999 and 2001, starring Pegg as the lead actor and writer, and Wright as director . This is a comedy depicting the daily lives of otakus who live together, and is inspired by the true story of the time when Pegg shared a room with director Wright and co-star Frost, and uses realistic dialogue and depictions. It was a hit and received enthusiastic support in Britain. The first episode, ``ART/ Dawn of the Dead Panic,'' is a story in which the main character becomes so obsessed with a Dawn of the Dead fighting The Game that he begins to see hallucinations of Dawn of the Dead .・This is the Shaun of the Dead.'' By the way, Wright and Pegg, like the characters in the same work, call themselves ``otakus'', with Wright's passion for movies and music, and Pegg's for science fiction.

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``Shaun of the Dead,'' produced by the reunion of such a team, has a touch similar to ``SPACED'', but on the other hand, it is also a full-fledged Dawn of the Dead movie. This is clear from the opening, which borrows music from Dawn of the Dead (1978) by Dawn of the Dead film master George A. Romero, and the soundtrack is used several times throughout the film. There are many other homages to Romero, such as the gruesome violence in which a horde of Dawn of the Dead devours the body. In addition, there is an impressive gag in the movie in which Sean and his friends pretend to be Dawn of the Dead while evacuating in order to deceive the Dawn of the Dead that are filling the streets . He said that he directed the actors to look like Bab, the educated Dawn of the Dead.

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