Would you prefer colorization of B&W films if done well?
Aug 16, 2021 21:11:27 GMT
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Post by jimmywhale 🐋 on Aug 16, 2021 21:11:27 GMT
I heartily approve of the colorization process! The technology has improved so much since the 1980's when the colors all looked washed-out and the contours were blurred.
The colorized version of REEFER MADNESS is stunning and adds to the unintended hilarity of the flick. And let's face it -- most filmmakers back in the "Golden Age" would have opted to film in color if it was available to them. Certainly not every film would have been improved with color. But a good percentage probably could have been.
Even, say, my favourite movie from then -- THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN -- may have benefited from some strategic and restrained use of color with greenish pales to faces and some bright splashes here and there. Not every colorized film need look like a Technicolor Betty Grable vehicle.
I realize that there are purists around these parts who believe that the form any film is originally released is sacrosanct. They adamantly oppose any reworking of their favourites and I do sympathize. But I'd say that anything that keeps these great movies and their wonderful stars relevant and viewed gets my blessing.
The colorized version of REEFER MADNESS is stunning and adds to the unintended hilarity of the flick. And let's face it -- most filmmakers back in the "Golden Age" would have opted to film in color if it was available to them. Certainly not every film would have been improved with color. But a good percentage probably could have been.
Even, say, my favourite movie from then -- THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN -- may have benefited from some strategic and restrained use of color with greenish pales to faces and some bright splashes here and there. Not every colorized film need look like a Technicolor Betty Grable vehicle.
I realize that there are purists around these parts who believe that the form any film is originally released is sacrosanct. They adamantly oppose any reworking of their favourites and I do sympathize. But I'd say that anything that keeps these great movies and their wonderful stars relevant and viewed gets my blessing.