The Amusement Park(Free Screening at Bunker Brewing)

THE AMUSEMENT PARK

53 MIN / 1973 / USA / ENGLISH / HORROR, DRAMA

Recently discovered and restored 46 years after its completion, George A. Romero’s The Amusement Park stars MARTIN’s Lincoln Maazel as an elderly man who finds himself disoriented and increasingly isolated as the pains, tragedies, and humiliations of aging in America are manifested through roller coasters and chaotic crowds. Commissioned by the Lutheran Society, the film is perhaps Romero’s wildest and most imaginative movie– an allegory about the nightmarish realities of growing older, and an alluring snapshot of the filmmaker’s early artistic capacity and style. The “lost” film was restored in 4k by IndieCollect in New York City.

Director: George A. Romero

Screenwriter: Wally Cook

Producer: Suzanne Romero

Cast: Lincoln Maazel