I was very suprised. It was very well done and the print was beautiful.Unlike some of the bad colorization jobs in the 1980s (It's A Wonderful Life, and a few others!) I honestly forgot it was colorized and thought I was watching an early technicolor film at times. They did a great job and include the restored B&W print as well. For $9.99 I got a color copy, and a B&W print that rivals Criteron's.
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It was the first colorization I've seen. I'm against altering film in theory but this was very well done, and it is impressive to see those great Art Deco sets in color.
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You know, I bought this DVD and have watched it twice, but I'm just not interested in watching the color version.
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I agree with you completely! No matter how beautifully they may do it, I would prefer to keep watching this film (as well as others) in black and white. I remember a quote from Orson Welles when Ted Turner was colorizing everything...something along the lines of "Tell Turner to keep his crayolas away from my pictures!"
shareYeah, look at a movie like "Citizen Kane." The black and white photography in it is outstanding. Color would only dilute the beauty of the film.
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Ummmm...It's not usually the director who picks the set colors. It is, more often than not, the set designer, in conjunction with the lighting crew!
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Sorry to bring up such an old post, but a few months ago I bought the colorized DVD at Big Lots for $4. I bought it for my dad, because it's like his favorite movie, but I saw that he hadn't opened it yet, so I just started watching it, and it's so nice! I loved it in black and white, but this is one of those movies where it's just as wonderful in color. Depending on my mood, maybe better. It's just so much clearer.
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