5.0 out of 5 stars White Zombie VCI Blu-ray (Tech-review), May 6, 2014 By Timothy Ramzyk (Milwaukee, WI United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: White Zombie: Cary Roan Special Signature Edition [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) White Zombie doesnt sound or look like it was made yesterday, how could it? This Blu-ray isnt a spare-no-expense restoration of the camera neg of a major studio film. This is a carefully rendered, straight-forward reproduction of probably one the the only decent original 35mm print(s) in existence, of a poverty-row production. The print has shrunk, has some mottled areas in the shadows, and lines, but it also has a level of tonal range and detail Ive never seen before. Some work has been done to stabilize the frame, but there is still some shifting. I suspect a lot of specs and reels-end damage has been cloned out, but there are still some light vertical lines, which cant be removed by using adjacent frames, but they have been toned-down. There are brief moments culled from lesser material, but total less than a minute or two. The audio is clear and understandable without a hail-storm of pop and crackle, but there is still surface noise at times. In short, Roan/VCI made what I feel were very sound judgement calls about what corrections would enhance appreciation of what they had to work with, without compromising it. Seeing WHITE ZOMBIE look this good is a real treat. This VCI Blu-ray easily bests the over-filtered misfire Kino gave us last year which attempted to morph the films appearance into something it never was. From Amazon (you have to sift through to find the reviews on the current release)
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 16:00:24 +0000
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