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Post by Chucky G on Jan 6, 2014 12:56:36 GMT -5
Last night I watched Blade Runner with the saturation turned all the way down and really, really liked it. Maybe even more so than in its original color. But to lead in, what movies made in color have you found to be just as good as if not better in Black & White?
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Post by PoopaPapaPalpatine on Jan 6, 2014 13:32:56 GMT -5
Raiders of the Lost Ark. It works so well in black and white, it's unbelievable.
It didn't hurt either that the film was originally lit like a black and white movie but, there you go.
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Post by arcticdouche on Jan 6, 2014 23:54:43 GMT -5
Most of my love tapes look better in black and white, and will continue to do so until I finally get around to re-painting my ululation caverns.
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Post by el woospo on Jan 7, 2014 10:17:10 GMT -5
this thread really has me wondering how 1978 Dawn of the Dead would look in b&w... good potential me thinks...
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Post by PoopaPapaPalpatine on Jan 7, 2014 21:00:54 GMT -5
this thread really has me wondering how 1978 Dawn of the Dead would look in b&w... good potential me thinks... Day of the Dead works surprisingly well in b&w.
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Post by el woospo on Jan 8, 2014 3:45:25 GMT -5
this thread really has me wondering how 1978 Dawn of the Dead would look in b&w... good potential me thinks... Day of the Dead works surprisingly well in b&w. Really? I guess it would make it an even bleaker watch... I might give this a go if i can figure out how to change setting on my laptop, my brain works really slow these days. Must be really high contrast, I want the blacks to be super ace of spades black. Rosemary's Baby could be worth a spy too... hmmm
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Post by Mctenzington on Jan 8, 2014 4:19:36 GMT -5
Color's sooo important in Rosemary's Baby.
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Post by el woospo on Jan 8, 2014 5:40:20 GMT -5
Color's sooo important in Rosemary's Baby. Exactly, it would change the film completely. Polanski has dealt in b&w before so I think it could be worth a spy. The same can be said about Blade Runner but the noir elements of the film make it a good candidate for b&w viewing. Most of the best horror, IMO, is in b&w so RB is worth a shot.
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Post by Lab Rat on Jan 9, 2014 7:05:33 GMT -5
Day of the Dead works surprisingly well in b&w. Really? I guess it would make it an even bleaker watch... I might give this a go if i can figure out how to change setting on my laptop, my brain works really slow these days. Must be really high contrast, I want the blacks to be super ace of spades black. Rosemary's Baby could be worth a spy too... hmmm You fellas got me curious now. I'll definitely have to line these up for viewing soon. Also wondering about Barry Lyndon. I remember thinking it once before when someone (I think it was you, Chucky) was discussing the movie with me on Spill. Woosp - "I want the blacks to be super ace of spades black." This needs to be your new signature.
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Post by lama on Jan 10, 2014 3:05:16 GMT -5
"Needful things" might be worth a b&w viewing.
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Post by Chucky G on Jan 10, 2014 17:20:37 GMT -5
Raiders of the Lost Ark. It works so well in black and white, it's unbelievable. It didn't hurt either that the film was originally lit like a black and white movie but, there you go. I previewed the opening sequence, and wow, was it interesting. Felt like an actual 1930s serial. My next day off, I'll check out the whole of the film, and maybe more of Spielberg's filmography since he frames so many things like Orson Welles did and as such, relies very heavily on his lighting and framing to tell a story as opposed to the editing, like so many of today's directors. Has anyone else here seen Nebraska? While I liked the film overall and was certainly glad to see Bruce Dern in something again, to me, it felt like a Color film desaturated and not like a B&W film. So many shades of grey and a severe lack of contrast.
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Post by Chucky G on Jan 10, 2014 17:30:53 GMT -5
I dunno about Barry Lyndon. Kubrick and Alton's Cinematography was meant to emulate the paintings and particular look of things during that era, to look like it wasn't lit for filming at all. However, Kubrick did come out of a Black and White photography background and with regards to framing and his styles of camera movements, not much of it changed between Paths of Glory and Eyes Wide Shut.
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Post by PoopaPapaPalpatine on Jan 10, 2014 21:01:09 GMT -5
Really? I guess it would make it an even bleaker watch... I might give this a go if i can figure out how to change setting on my laptop, my brain works really slow these days. Must be really high contrast, I want the blacks to be super ace of spades black. Rosemary's Baby could be worth a spy too... hmmm You fellas got me curious now. I'll definitely have to line these up for viewing soon. Also wondering about Barry Lyndon. I remember thinking it once before when someone (I think it was you, Chucky) was discussing the movie with me on Spill. Woosp - "I want the blacks to be super ace of spades black." This needs to be your new signature. I'd also like to add Creepshow in B&W to this list. In this way, it feels like a long episode of Twilight Zone (and I'm not saying that because there's a regular TZ actor in it).
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Post by PoopaPapaPalpatine on Jan 10, 2014 21:03:18 GMT -5
Raiders of the Lost Ark. It works so well in black and white, it's unbelievable. It didn't hurt either that the film was originally lit like a black and white movie but, there you go. I previewed the opening sequence, and wow, was it interesting. Felt like an actual 1930s serial. My next day off, I'll check out the whole of the film, and maybe more of Spielberg's filmography since he frames so many things like Orson Welles did and as such, relies very heavily on his lighting and framing to tell a story as opposed to the editing, like so many of today's directors. Has anyone else here seen Nebraska? While I liked the film overall and was certainly glad to see Bruce Dern in something again, to me, it felt like a Color film desaturated and not like a B&W film. So many shades of grey and a severe lack of contrast. Add Jaws and Jurassic Park to the roster; they, too, work very well in B&W. I've not seen Close Encounters this way but it might be interesting to try it.
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