Here’s an oddity I never knew existed until now. In 1975, seven years after making the landmark horror film Night of the Living Dead, George A. Romero directed a serious documentary about old timey pro wrestler Bruno Sammartino. The connection seems to be that they both lived in Pittsburgh. (Romero also did a TV film about Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell in the ’70s.) The following year, Romero released Martin, his eerie, moving allegory of soldiers returning from Vietnam with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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