slaytonf Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I agree. I'll shoot it. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 It doesn't look right, Nip. Bogart's skin color looks peach. That's not how human flesh photographs in Technicolor, or in any color. They really aren't doing it right. It's better to keep it in black and white. My opinion. Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I sometimes watch "America In Color" on the Smithsonian Channel, which uses colorized footage. And I have to admit ... it's lousy. Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 hour ago, NipkowDisc said: Wait! How come in this clip Cagney's not saying to Bogie, "I'm shocked, shocked to find you have gambling going on in here"??? (...oh...wait...different movie and different actor, huh...sorry) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TikiSoo Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 COLORIZING DESERVES ANOTHER SHOT Really? Why? You don't give any reasons to back up why you said that. My reason NOT to colorize: not only does it look weird, it just panders to narrow thinking, prejudice attitudes against B&W movies. Hey, let's colorize Ansel Adams & Man Ray photographs while we're at it! Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 9 hours ago, scsu1975 said: I sometimes watch "America In Color" on the Smithsonian Channel, which uses colorized footage. And I have to admit ... it's lousy. Sometimes, the HISTORY CHANNEL shows something called "WWII in Color", which isn't colorized, but originally shot in color. That works OK, but if the color was added, it might look like any other "colorized" movie/cartoon. Which BTW, most colorized movies REMIND me of. Sepiatone Link to post Share on other sites
Janet0312 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Hand me my shootin' iron... Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 5 minutes ago, Janet0312 said: Hand me my shootin' iron... I think he's going to regret putting the word "shot" in the thread title. Link to post Share on other sites
NipkowDisc Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 10 hours ago, TopBilled said: I think he's going to regret putting the word "shot" in the thread title. I thought it would go good with the clip. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
NipkowDisc Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 some movies shot in color look kinda colorized. tell me Life with Father shot in technicolor doan look colorized. Link to post Share on other sites
Arsan404 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Colorizing movies doesn't do justice to the work of many people involved in the making of a black and white movie, like the cinematographer, costume and set designers, makeup artists, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
sewhite2000 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Boy, if any image ever made Nipkow's pants go crazy, this is it! 4 Link to post Share on other sites
slaytonf Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 3 hours ago, NipkowDisc said: some movies shot in color look kinda colorized. tell me Life with Father shot in technicolor doan look colorized. I've also wondered about how bad that movie looks. Early Technicolor movies like Becky Sharp (1935), or Nothing Sacred (1937) might be excused by the newness of the system. But Life With Father was shot in 1947. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ray Faiola Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 10 hours ago, NipkowDisc said: tell me Life with Father shot in technicolor doan look colorized. Are you looking at an original 35mm print? There are tons of bad public domain dupes out there that look awful. Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 The fact remains that a movie, ANY movie that sucks eggs and is horribly written, acted and/or directed WON'T be improved if colorized. Colorizing PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE won't put it any higher on the AFI "best" list. Sepiatone Link to post Share on other sites
NipkowDisc Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House was colorized and syndicated and I enjoyed it immensely especially when Muriel was laying out the colors. the same for Chain Lightning. I enjoyed it more seeing Brennan shoot up to the stratosphere in the experimental JA-3 that was colorized. I loved the delightful blue tint colorizing gave the meteor dust through the cockpit window. Link to post Share on other sites
Sukhov Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 12 hours ago, slaytonf said: I've also wondered about how bad that movie looks. Early Technicolor movies like Becky Sharp (1935), or Nothing Sacred (1937) might be excused by the newness of the system. But Life With Father was shot in 1947. Well the film is in the public domain so that may explain why it looks so bad. Maybe Criterion or some other company will "touch it up" someday. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
thomasterryjr Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I use to hold the opinion it would be nice to colorize black and white movies. I received a two-by-four verbal beating on this message board for holding that opinion and I saw the error of my ways. I really do not believe colorizing would be a good idea. Film Noir classics such as "The Spiral Staircase," "Murder, My Sweet," "The Big Heat," "Out of the Past," "Detour," "Gun Crazy," and so many other Film Noir titles would lose that certain edge of suspense and drama if they were presented in color. One film which I believe was great as a color semi "Film Noir" film but would have been even better if presented as a black and white film was "L.A Confidential" released in 1997. I assume the Director and others in power felt they could not really sell a black and white film to a 1997 audience use to watching a film in color but the film came out fine and it was appreciated by the the public and critics. Link to post Share on other sites
cigarjoe Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 1 hour ago, thomasterryjr said: I use to hold the opinion it would be nice to colorize black and white movies. I received a two-by-four verbal beating on this message board for holding that opinion and I saw the error of my ways. I really do not believe colorizing would be a good idea. Film Noir classics such as "The Spiral Staircase," "Murder, My Sweet," "The Big Heat," "Out of the Past," "Detour," "Gun Crazy," and so many other Film Noir titles would lose that certain edge of suspense and drama if they were presented in color. One film which I believe was great as a color semi "Film Noir" film but would have been even better if presented as a black and white film was "L.A Confidential" released in 1997. I assume the Director and others in power felt they could not really sell a black and white film to a 1997 audience use to watching a film in color but the film came out fine and it was appreciated by the the public and critics. They also couldn't sell fedoras, which should have been prevalent in that time period. Link to post Share on other sites
TikiSoo Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 As a professional "colorist" I can tell you 98% of my customers cannot picture described colors in their mind. I would venture to guess that is why some people like colorized movies, they have little imagination. When I watch B&W films, I "sense" color anyway - just from shade and texture. It was very early that I realized satin clothing makes the wearer look slimmer due to the high contrast tones of the fabric. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 17 hours ago, Gershwin fan said: Well the film is in the public domain so that may explain why it looks so bad. Maybe Criterion or some other company will "touch it up" someday. Yes, I'm surprised they haven't restored BECKY SHARP, as it would be a perfect project for them. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 7 hours ago, thomasterryjr said: I use to hold the opinion it would be nice to colorize black and white movies. I received a two-by-four verbal beating on this message board for holding that opinion and I saw the error of my ways. I really do not believe colorizing would be a good idea. Film Noir classics such as "The Spiral Staircase," "Murder, My Sweet," "The Big Heat," "Out of the Past," "Detour," "Gun Crazy," and so many other Film Noir titles would lose that certain edge of suspense and drama if they were presented in color. One film which I believe was great as a color semi "Film Noir" film but would have been even better if presented as a black and white film was "L.A Confidential" released in 1997. I assume the Director and others in power felt they could not really sell a black and white film to a 1997 audience use to watching a film in color but the film came out fine and it was appreciated by the the public and critics. Four years earlier SCHINDLER'S LIST had been made, all in black-and-white. And it earned over $300 million at the box office. Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 And I too, don't think colorizing would "improve" movies like THE LAST PICTURE SHOW and PAPER MOON. And don't forget either, when in the process' early days, the complaint STAN LAUREL's daughter raised when the "colorizers" got both his eye AND hair color all wrong! At one point, she said, "All they had to do was CALL me for verification, and all would have been OK." Sepiatone Link to post Share on other sites
Janet0312 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 On 1/15/2019 at 10:03 PM, Arsan404 said: Colorizing movies doesn't do justice to the work of many people involved in the making of a black and white movie, like the cinematographer, costume and set designers, makeup artists, etc. No kidding. What would James Wong Howe say? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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