Quote Originally Posted by Auricauricle
I agree with you, Worf....Certain films like Soderberg's The Good German were beautifully shot in B&W. To colorize them would be disrespectful to the director's vision, which was to capitalize on the medium. As far as I reckon, Soderberg used the B&W format to show the many shades of gray were involved in the particular situation described.

On the other hand, I have taken color out while watching some films, thinking that the tone of the movie would benefit. My first was John Avildsen's Neighbors, with J. Belushi and D. Ackroyd. Somehow, I got the sense that the movie's quasi noirish quality would be enhanced by the removal of hue. Although the story is a farce, it's satirical and zany qualities were enhanced by my doing so: I was able to enjoy many subtleties that simply would have been less attended to if my eyes were riveted by the color (or was it Cathy Moriarty's...sweater?)

BTW: This may be the stuff of another forum, but here's a ticker: Whenever I watch a DVD that extolls the virtues of Blue Ray or some other upgrade, the ad shows the viewer what they are missing: great color and great sound....just look! IS there are a problem, here, Houston? I mean, think about it this way: can you show me how great something is on a system that is NOT the one being advertised? (Ahem. Lessee, here...) If I watch a regular DVD and you show me examples of how much improvement I can experience and you are using my DATED(!) equipment to show me what I am missing out on, well, you just showed me that my clunker is just as capable of producing what you said it couldn't do.

Think about that fer a minnit, willya?
IT WAS CATHYS SWEATER.
Anyway I am renting the B&W, would be interesting to see black and white in blu(heh heh).
I will tell you one thing, the opening on the Dave Mathews BLU disc is worth the rental alone, the black logo with bright red and yellow neon letters is something else
And I guess I should have posted this elsewhere, but its about a piece of new tech, not a paticular film.
Anyway the thing that has impressed me most about blu is its great color saturation and range, will be great to se how it stacks up in B&w,
its a truism that the only way to judge a pic is with the color turned down, that is the way I was taught to adjust one.
Cant wait to see an entire film in Blu in B&W