George is a simple man.  He shaves when he can find water, he eats when he can find food.  He survives.  That’s the bottom line.  What else is there?  Well, for one, there are zombies.  And apple pie.  There’s apple pie, too.

In the fall of 2010, the{SPITTING}image set out to make a zombie film.  But after scouring the video store, Netflix and our imaginations, it became clear that zombies have been done to death, as it were.  So how to make a zombie film that is both original and fun?  Take out the zombies.  That was the seed that germinated into George, an existential zombie film – without zombies.  Written to mimic the emotional struggle of Hamlet, George could be called Groundhog Day of the Dead.  We looked to the concept of the Powers of 10 to create a cyclical, macro-microcosmic journey of a man in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested world.  What is it like to live in a world of the undead?  Is it even fair to refer to it as living?  Is there even a difference between living and not?

We set out to answer these questions, and the result was inspiring.  Months of preproduction, two (very long) days of shooting, and now post.  As you can see from the images we have posted, George is an adventure.  And we want to express our heartfelt thanks to all involved, not the least of which are our two actors, Richard Scott Herron and Adam Smith Jr. Their superlative talents brought our story to life (back to life?), and we are certain that you will enjoy their work as much as we did.

We’re coming along at a quick pace with the first cut of the film, and we will post more soon.