The Return of Ebert Watch
Roger Ebert posits a zombie movie with no zombies:
It's probably not practical from a box office point of view, but I would love to see a movie set entirely inside a thriving Fiddler's Green [the Evil Rich Folks' sanctuary in George Romero's new movie "Land Of The Dead"]. There would be zombies outside but we'd never see them or deal with them. We would simply regard the Good Life as it is lived by those who have walled the zombies out. Do they relax? Have they peace of mind? Do the miseries of others weigh upon them? The parallels with the real world are tantalizing.
Yeah, a true allegory for the world as we find it now: the man-eating zombies, they're the terrorists, right? And we Americans are living high off the hog while the little people are forced to deal with the flesh-eaters.
No, wait, that can't be right. Roger never met a terror apologist he didn't like.
OK, let's see. The Fiddler's Green folk are Americans, I think that's safe. The flesh-eating zombies are eating the terrorists while we're living it up and not doing anything about it - so no wonder they want to kill us!
It's a little messy, but what do you want from George Romero? Anyway, it sounds like the movie Ebert just reviewed, minus the Zombies.
I don't think that's what he has in mind, either. Sorry, dumb movie, Roger. Stick to what you know.