#i walked with a zombie (1943)

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On April 12, 2008, I Walked with a Zombie was screened at BAFICI Buenos Aires Film Festival.

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I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

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"The enormous boat brought the long ago fathers and the long ago mothers of us all, chained to the bottom of the boat." I Walked with a Zombie (1943) dir. Jacques Tourneur My Ko-fi

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"The Hollands was the most old family, miss. They brought the coloured folks to the island... the coloured folks and Ti-Misery." "Ti-Misery? What's that?" "A man, miss. An old man who lives in the garden at Fort Holland. With arrows stuck in him and a sorrowful weeping look on his black face." I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

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I Walked with a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, 1943).

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Jacques Tourneur - I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

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SUMMARY: A nurse is hired to care for the wife of a sugar plantation owner, who has been acting strangely, on a Caribbean island.

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Yo anduve con un zombie (Jacques Tourneur. 1943)

I walked with a zombie

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I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

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Jacques Tourneur’s “I Walked With A Zombie” April 21, 1943.

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On January 3, 1944 I Walked With a Zombie debuted in Sweden.

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I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

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Dread by the Decade: I Walked with a Zombie

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★★★½

Plot: After arriving on Saint Sebastian to care for a plantation owner's catatonic wife, a young nurse seeks aid for her patient from local Vodou practitioners.

Review: Though dated and sometimes lacking in its handling of racial politics, this remains a mysterious and brooding exploration of family conflict and colonial rule.

Source Material: I Walked with a Zombie by Inez Wallace and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Year: 1943 Genre: Occult, Psychological Horror Country: United States Language: English Runtime: 1 hour 9 minutes

Director: Jacques Tourneur Writers: Curt Siodmak, Ardel Wray Cinematographer: J. Roy Hunt Editor: Mark Robson Composer: Roy Webb Cast: Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison, Theresa Harris, Edith Barrett, James Bell, Christine Gordon, Sir Lancelot

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Story: 3.5/5 - Tense, dark, and layered. Flawed in its handling of racism and inaccurate (but not vilifying) in its depiction of Vodou, it is still shockingly progressive for its era, condemning slavery and acknowledging colonialism.

Performances: 4/5 - Realistic and evocative, with everyone—especially Dee and Barrett—portraying deeply flawed characters well.

Cinematography: 4/5 - Ranges from solid to gorgeous. Some excellent night shots.

Editing: 4/5 - Fluid and tight.

Music: 4/5 - Minimal with great use of drums.

Effects & Props: 4/5

Sets: 3.5/5 - Some outdoor sets are obviously fake, but the sugar cane field is very memorable.

Costumes, Hair, & Make-Up: 4/5 - Subtle but well executed.

Trigger Warnings:

Very mild violence

Antiblack racism (minimal for the era; black characters are humanized but restricted to servant roles, white characters are centralized, and white people sometimes speak condescendingly about black people and their faith, though some of this is later subverted and criticized)

Colonialism (critical)

Alcoholism

Ableism against mentally ill people (dialogue only)

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10/29/24

I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, directed by Jacques Tourneur, 1943.