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

On Mar 21, 5:54 pm, ram...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>
> 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?

Well, the B&W version of The Mist was probably digitally color-
changed, so it'll probably look rather different (and in the digital
technicians' eyes, "better") than reducing the color on the film on
your television.  Plus, as Franklin said, there's the possibility of
changed and edited scenes.

John Goodrich