Just watched Martin for the first time in about 10 years - man, was it always this depressing a movie? Bleak Pittsburgh locations, dead end lives, suicide, chickens getting it, ugly nudity, an all round spiritual void- what a bummer. Weird thing is according to the little doc the crew had a fantastic time making it, Romero even met his future wife! These happy days didn't exactly translate to the screen - literally not one laugh in the entire film, unless you count (arf) George's cameo as a tipsy priest. The Italian version on Arrows DVD is truly hellish btw, like an extended Big Train sketch.
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