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Colour Version

posted 16 years ago by Jedi_Sharland
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On the Dvd I watched of this film it had a colour version. Does anybody have any iformation as to how this was done? It looks a little too detailed to be hand coloured like other black and white movies were.

Was this done digitaly?

[–] Beepaphone 16 years ago

on the back of the box of the box set "the collection" it says it is computer colour version so yes it was done digitally

[–] NSurone 16 years ago

It's called "colorization (or "colourization" in your country), and quite frankly, it stinks!

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 16 years ago

It not only stinks, it ain't no good!

Nothing is more beautiful than nothing.

[–] Peannuts66965538 15 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_colorization
hope this helps

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question184.htm

[–] Miss_Peterpuffer 14 years ago

I'M WATCHING THIS NOW ....AND THE COLOR IS AWFUL. WHY WOULD THEY DO SUCH A THING TO A GOOD MOVIE?....GOD. JUST FOR A STUPID BUCK. IT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE TO L & H FANS...MISS MARY PETERPUFFER

Time runs up falling water...and so shall we.

[–] geode 13 years ago

Not only is the color poor, the focus on the colorized version is very soft and the audio is somewhat muffled. The source it was taken from, apparently an inter-negative, was also rather badly scratched in places.

Oh Lord, you gave them eyes but they cannot see...

[–] lroy77 13 years ago

Get that "u" outta there, we're in America! And change the "s" to "z", put the word "the" back in, and what's this about BLOODY size A4 paper?

Drives be blimey!

(That being said)...I had the VHS tape this way and I hate it. Should remain black and white the way it was made.

[–] b-touch 10 years ago

The colorized version was done digitally using pioneering colorization technology (essentially systems similar to the early "Paintbox" consoles used in video graphics in the 1980s) in 1985.

Two years prior, Hal Roach Studios had purchased a 50% interest in a company called Colorization, Inc., whose founder Wilson Markle had invented the colorization process in 1970, and proceeded to use them not only on their own films (Roach's "Topper" was the first film ever colorized, "Way Out West" was second), but films from other studios such as "It's a Wonderful Life".

If the process were done again today, it would look far better, given the substantial progress of video and digital film technology.

[–] andeven 10 years ago

They've also colourised (I'm not in America) the Alastair Sim version of 'Scrooge' to the extent that it's never shown in black and white in the UK now. Why the Dickens did they do it? (Sorry).

[–] Sonatine97 10 years ago

..probably to appease a more contemporary audience not used to seeing films in B&W.

Personally I am not too fussed about the colourisation, given that the latest Boxset includes both versions of not just "Way Out West", but most all of their other classics.

If people prefer colour, then that's their choice and good luck to them. The key thing is that they appreciate the content rather than the presentation.

"One must first get behind someone, in order to stab them in the back!"

[–] McGannahanSkjellyfetti 8 years ago

COLOR
VERSION SUCKS!

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[–] johnnm58 (545) 5 years ago

The color versions are horrible to watch. They color them because TV audiences don't like to watch black and white.