I finally watched my copy of NO BLADE OF GRASS tonight and I enjoyed it. Parts in the beginning are a bit heavy handed (most of the score doesn't help either) but it film gets better as it progresses. Nigel Davenport is certainly restrained as the leader of his group. Nothing like that stiff upper lip when you are telling people to try and not shoot your brother. I like it when Davenport's group encounters the other group and, after they blow away their leader, everyone immediately accepts Davenport as the new leader. I also love the end where the narrator says, "This film is not a documentary...but could be!" I guess they knew Al Gore was going into the film-making business back in 1970.
You can see the film was influenced a bit by George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968). But what is more interesting is you can see how this may have ended up influencing Romero with both THE CRAZIES and DAWN OF THE DEAD. Most notably with DAWN is the fact that the survivors encounter a group of motorcycle savages at the film's end. I also think the makers of 28 DAYS LATER had to have seen this. I know the screenwriter admits being influenced by DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS for the beginning but some of the bits in this are very similar (the soldiers, the fortified estate).
You can see the film was influenced a bit by George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968). But what is more interesting is you can see how this may have ended up influencing Romero with both THE CRAZIES and DAWN OF THE DEAD. Most notably with DAWN is the fact that the survivors encounter a group of motorcycle savages at the film's end. I also think the makers of 28 DAYS LATER had to have seen this. I know the screenwriter admits being influenced by DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS for the beginning but some of the bits in this are very similar (the soldiers, the fortified estate).