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

> On Mar 20, 7:00�pm, Al Smith <inva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> > > "Franklin Hummel" <hum...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> > >news:frtl5i$54p$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> > >> > The DVD of Stephen King's THE MIST is to be released on March
25, 2008.
>> >
>>>>> > >> > (However, apparently there once was a released date of March
18th and
>>>>> > >> > Borders Bookstores (at least in Ohio) started selling it
then.)
>> >
>>>>> > >> > Now there are 2 versions of the DVD release. �One is a
single disc, but
>>>>> > >> > that is in *full-screen*. �*ecch!*
>> >
>>>>> > >> > The other is the 2-disc version which is "The Collector
Edition" which is
>>>>> > >> > in widescreen. *yeah!* �It has a high list price of about
$33. �That is
>>>>> > >> > *high*.
>> >
>>>>> > >> > A friend told me what I think is the reason why.
>> >
>>>>> > >> > Apparently the director wanted to original film the movie in
Black &
>>>>> > >> > White, but the studio refused.
>> >
>>>>> > >> > So as an Extra(!) in this set is the entire Director' Cut
version -- �in
>>>>> > >> > wonderful Black & White!
>> >
>>> > > or you could just watch the movie and turn the colour off on your
tv.
>> >
>>> > > -- Gareth.
>> >
>> > LOL. The voice of common sense is heard. Good point.
>> >
>> > -Al-- Hide quoted text -
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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?


It's a matter of whether the movie was shot with black and white in 
mind. A color movie viewed in black and white almost never looks as 
good as a black and white movie viewed in black and white. The 
shadows are less dramatic in the b&w display of a color movie. In 
the 1930s and 1940s they really knew how to use black and white, 
light and shadow.

If the director of the "Mist" shot it with black and white in mind, 
it probably looks good displayed in black and white.

But I see what you mean. You wonder if the addition of color, and 
then the changing of that color version to black and white, leaves 
shadings that would not have been in a purely black and white film. 
I wouldn't think the effect would be very noticeable.

-Al-