There is however a common point with NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, his previous film, first the presence of Judith Ridley, this moving female who played in NIGHT...and who died in the explosion of the pick-up, remember? And I almost forgot the zombie character, in NIGHT...whom we see at the beginning, in the cemetery.... So, besides this, there is also something in common with NIGHT...this is the social depiction, more obvious here of course, than in NIGHT...The Vietnam war period and all those uncertainties that concerned folks, and youth in particular. So this is a typical early seventies topic, though not typical Romero, especially if, in 2023, you try to analyze his filmography. There were hundreds of films like this one during that period. It could have been made by a Monte Hellman - between two westerns - or a Hal Hashby...
Review of The Affair
