Re: * THE MIST in Glorious Black & White! *

On Mar 20, 7:00=EF=BF=BDpm, Al Smith <inva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Franklin Hummel" <hum...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> > The DVD of Stephen King's THE MIST is to be released on March 25,
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> >> > (However, apparently there once was a released date of March 18th
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> >> > Borders Bookstores (at least in Ohio) started selling it then.)
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> >> > Now there are 2 versions of the DVD release. =EF=BF=BDOne is a
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 disc, but
> >> > that is in *full-screen*. =EF=BF=BD*ecch!*
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> >> > The other is the 2-disc version which is "The Collector Edition"
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> >> > in widescreen. *yeah!* =EF=BF=BDIt has a high list price of about
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> >> > *high*.
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> >> > A friend told me what I think is the reason why.
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> >> > Apparently the director wanted to original film the movie in Black
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> >> > White, but the studio refused.
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> >> > So as an Extra(!) in this set is the entire Director' Cut version
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> >> > wonderful Black & White!
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> > or you could just watch the movie and turn the colour off on your tv.
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> > -- Gareth.
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> LOL. The voice of common sense is heard. Good point.
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Does that have the effect the director would prefer? I've always felt
that monochrome reproductions of colour paintings are at best
approximate, and so I wonder if the same is true of films. If you turn
off the colour on the coloured version of the original KING KONG, does
that give you the same as the black and white version?