Dawn Of The Dead 1978 Internet Archive Top

The film follows four survivors—two SWAT team members, a helicopter pilot, and a television producer—who flee a collapsing Philadelphia to seek refuge in a sprawling suburban shopping mall. The Mall as a Prison

Mid-film. The four survivors have the mall to themselves. They play chess, they ride escalators for fun, they throw firecrackers down the atrium. In the Argento Cut (the "top" choice for mood), Goblin’s synth bass throbs as Fran roller skates through the department store. It is the happiest the apocalypse has ever looked. The Internet Archive’s compression handles the dark shadows of the mall corridors beautifully, preserving the contrast where modern streams turn it to gray mud. dawn of the dead 1978 internet archive top