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To Colorize or Not to Colorize - That is the 64K question
I'm not so sure I would side with the nay say'ers. Some of the better more recent films using a composite of color And black and white were in my opinion better visuals. The little girl in Schindler's List, also were Bond earned his double O status in Casino Royale only served to enhance the films.
Granted these are examples of where it was the directors choice to utilize those effects. Then again perhaps the subject matter of either of those examples in itself weighted more dramatic effect than the medium used to express it.
I would also tend to believe that using this type of effect would only enhance older horror films like the first dracula movie, say if the first glimpse of Count Orlok had shown him in color briefly then revert back to black and white. The same can be said for either the original Frankenstein or the original Mummy. Of films like these we'll never know what the directors opinion would be. But then again they never had the opportunity to work in color medium either.
To colorize the entire film as in the case of The Wizard of Oz, where both mediums in excellent condition exists, it's a matter of choice to the viewer. In no case whatsoever should studios even consider Film Noir genre for colorization. A total waste of effort for the collector and buyers of vintage film. I am more concerned about media laying about in vaults further deteriorating with little interest in producing in DVD format because of lack of purchasing interest as in the case of the Pete Smith Specialties. Agreed these are dated voice over comedies but no less deserving than that of the fifth season of Wild Wild West, Gunsmoke etc.
Unfortunately for some of us and for historical purposes so much footage will never see the light of day again. It seems Hollywood is more interested in taking films that were already in good preservation formats and enhancing it to HiDef which what they really should say is that they are only converting SD to HD. Big Deal!
I am sure many folks are aware that 20th Century did do some restoration work on a series of notable films in their library and it was admirable for them to do so even if the works were in decent enough shape it gave them the chance to release them in a current format for us to enjoy. Unfortunately for us that TCM is of the mindset of Disney in regards to we'll release what we want, when we want!
To add to our chagrin both of those studios are (it seems) run by administrators who obviously don't know what their doing much less what the organization is doing. Don't believe me, take a look at their website(s) or send them an email. nuf said!
I'm not so sure I would side with the nay say'ers. Some of the better more recent films using a composite of color And black and white were in my opinion better visuals. The little girl in Schindler's List, also were Bond earned his double O status in Casino Royale only served to enhance the films.
Granted these are examples of where it was the directors choice to utilize those effects. Then again perhaps the subject matter of either of those examples in itself weighted more dramatic effect than the medium used to express it.
I would also tend to believe that using this type of effect would only enhance older horror films like the first dracula movie, say if the first glimpse of Count Orlok had shown him in color briefly then revert back to black and white. The same can be said for either the original Frankenstein or the original Mummy. Of films like these we'll never know what the directors opinion would be. But then again they never had the opportunity to work in color medium either.
To colorize the entire film as in the case of The Wizard of Oz, where both mediums in excellent condition exists, it's a matter of choice to the viewer. In no case whatsoever should studios even consider Film Noir genre for colorization. A total waste of effort for the collector and buyers of vintage film. I am more concerned about media laying about in vaults further deteriorating with little interest in producing in DVD format because of lack of purchasing interest as in the case of the Pete Smith Specialties. Agreed these are dated voice over comedies but no less deserving than that of the fifth season of Wild Wild West, Gunsmoke etc.
Unfortunately for some of us and for historical purposes so much footage will never see the light of day again. It seems Hollywood is more interested in taking films that were already in good preservation formats and enhancing it to HiDef which what they really should say is that they are only converting SD to HD. Big Deal!
I am sure many folks are aware that 20th Century did do some restoration work on a series of notable films in their library and it was admirable for them to do so even if the works were in decent enough shape it gave them the chance to release them in a current format for us to enjoy. Unfortunately for us that TCM is of the mindset of Disney in regards to we'll release what we want, when we want!
To add to our chagrin both of those studios are (it seems) run by administrators who obviously don't know what their doing much less what the organization is doing. Don't believe me, take a look at their website(s) or send them an email. nuf said!