It’s honestly still pretty good, they were the first fast zombies I remember as well. Good tone throughout, good pacing, good sound I don’t know much more you could ask for in a zombie movie.
It was shot on an old Motorola phone, but there are some shots that are really awesome and it works well. It’s been pretty emulated, so it may not have that novelty anymore. It’s still one of my favorites.
I can’t find anything about the Motorola Phone stuff. Do you have a source?
Here’s what Wikipedia says, “The majority of the film (except for the final sequence when the military plane finds Jim, Selena, and Hannah, which was shot on 35mm film) was shot on Canon XL1 digital video (DV) cameras,[24][9] which were smaller and more manoeuvrable than traditional film cameras, which would have been impractical on such brief shoots. Boyle said the early London sequences avoided “litter[ing] the world with corpses”, instead emphasising a more symbolic emptiness and atmosphere.[25] The scenes of the empty M1 motorway were also filmed within limited periods; Boyle said police created a “rolling block” in both directions to produce a temporary corridor of empty road, giving the crew seven or eight minutes to shoot using multiple cameras.[26]”
Those opening scenes in an empty London were amazing. It’s a zombie movie, and if I try I can remember scenes with zombies. But, I mostly remember the opening, the buckets on the roof, travelling in the cab, etc.
Like all good zombie movies, it’s really about how people cope with the changes to the world.
It’s honestly still pretty good, they were the first fast zombies I remember as well. Good tone throughout, good pacing, good sound I don’t know much more you could ask for in a zombie movie.
It was shot on an old Motorola phone, but there are some shots that are really awesome and it works well. It’s been pretty emulated, so it may not have that novelty anymore. It’s still one of my favorites.
For sure. A great film.
I can’t find anything about the Motorola Phone stuff. Do you have a source?
Here’s what Wikipedia says, “The majority of the film (except for the final sequence when the military plane finds Jim, Selena, and Hannah, which was shot on 35mm film) was shot on Canon XL1 digital video (DV) cameras,[24][9] which were smaller and more manoeuvrable than traditional film cameras, which would have been impractical on such brief shoots. Boyle said the early London sequences avoided “litter[ing] the world with corpses”, instead emphasising a more symbolic emptiness and atmosphere.[25] The scenes of the empty M1 motorway were also filmed within limited periods; Boyle said police created a “rolling block” in both directions to produce a temporary corridor of empty road, giving the crew seven or eight minutes to shoot using multiple cameras.[26]”
Those opening scenes in an empty London were amazing. It’s a zombie movie, and if I try I can remember scenes with zombies. But, I mostly remember the opening, the buckets on the roof, travelling in the cab, etc.
Like all good zombie movies, it’s really about how people cope with the changes to the world.