I don't know, but I don't think that I've ever seen the "Roan restoration" of this movie, unless it's jumpy bumpy and jerky like this, the only print I've ever seen (on TV and now DVD). But it doesn't really bother me, I've always been a sucker for late 20's/ early 30's Hollywood talkies and compensated accordingly for smoky visuals and erratic audio.
White Zombie is a good 'un, but could have done with a slightly bigger budget, was obviously hamstrung in retrospect by the limiting technology and techniques of the time, and being "lost" for years must have helped print decomposition along with its reputation. But what an atmosphere results! Surely we can swallow anything in this queer world, from Madeleine's romantically beautiful and probably long dreamed of wedding ceremony to the slow and thoughtfully reflective climax?? Or maybe not! Fancy not shaking hands with Bela - what kind of fool was Beaumont!
My personal choice for an better insight into zombieism, and for a better hokey film fantasy for that matter is I Walked With A Zombie, but this is also worth watching, for something slightly different, and a view of lower budget Hollywood in 1932.
White Zombie is a good 'un, but could have done with a slightly bigger budget, was obviously hamstrung in retrospect by the limiting technology and techniques of the time, and being "lost" for years must have helped print decomposition along with its reputation. But what an atmosphere results! Surely we can swallow anything in this queer world, from Madeleine's romantically beautiful and probably long dreamed of wedding ceremony to the slow and thoughtfully reflective climax?? Or maybe not! Fancy not shaking hands with Bela - what kind of fool was Beaumont!
My personal choice for an better insight into zombieism, and for a better hokey film fantasy for that matter is I Walked With A Zombie, but this is also worth watching, for something slightly different, and a view of lower budget Hollywood in 1932.