Would you prefer colorization of B&W films if done well?

Would you prefer colorization of B&W films if done well? Aug 18, 2021 0:38:54 GMT Doghouse6 likes this

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Post by lune7000 on Aug 18, 2021 0:38:54 GMT

Aug 16, 2021 17:14:44 GMT london777 said:

Aug 16, 2021 16:45:38 GMT lune7000 said:

... the decline in interest in classic movies will continue ...

Do you have any evidence for that? I am not disputing it, you may well be right. But in which past decades did more people watch movies that are over 40 years old? Did people in the 1970s watch more films from the 1930s than we today watch films from the 1970s? Maybe. I just do not know.

About 3 months ago I got really interested in the history of film and read or scanned @ 20 books and a couple of dozen internet articles and this is what I remember:

1. I ran across a bunch of interviews with older professors of film where a number of them said that the knowledge of classic cinema among new students has sharply declined during their tenure. They said many incoming students hardly knew any classic films or stars vs. when they taught in the 1980's.

2. I also ran into an article that indicated streaming/subscription services have dropped a lot of classic titles due to declining demand. I guess Netflix (or whoever does this) used to mail out a number of classic DVD's years ago but it's gone down a lot since then.

3. I ran into another article that indicated the decline in exposure was due to the fact that TV in the period 1960-1990 exposed young people to classic films by showing them as TV movies but that this practice sharply declined in the 1980's.

Today there are so many entertainment options that interest in many forms of traditional media is in decline. Network TV, sports, news shows and newspapers, magazines, etc. are all falling rapidly. It's scaring a lot of people in those fields. You Tube, Video Games, social media are all booming.

It's sad but, if trends keep this way, I see classic cinema going the way of silent film. If I had to guess, I would say over 70% of the people on this forum are over 50 years old- the pipeline doesn't look good.