Thanks, buddyboy28. I already own a copy of Jack, which is in the public domain. But my feeling is that, since Warner has access to the original print, a DVD from them would be of the best quality, as is the case with Captain Kidd.
I know of the double-feature DVD you mention. I have a fair copy of Africa Screams, but under no circumstances will I ever, ever, ever buy a colorized -- not "color" (or "colour"!) -- version of a b&w movie. Aside from vandalizing and distorting the actual look and feel of a film, colorization is fake, inaccurate, poorly executed, spotty and made up -- not in the remotest way an accurate rendering of what the picture would have looked like had it in fact been filmed in genuine, honest, actual, true color. Hence, the correct term "colorized", denoting a process designed to cheat the viewer and demean the film. It's not "color", which is something real.
But thank you for trying! Much appreciated. Take care.
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buddyboy28
11 years ago
No problem but I should point out that this digitally remastered Africa Screams has colour and black and white options.Might be worth checking out.I'm going to get it myself,my Africa Screams is terrible quality.
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hobnob53
11 years ago
Yes, with DVD you can now "toggle" the picture so that you can see either b&w or color.
My problem is that, one, buying such a disc encourages the process of colorization, which I don't want to do; and two, in order to be able to colorize a film they have to "wash out" the original print, so to speak -- lighten it and reduce the contrasts in order to smear on their fake color -- so that the b&w original on such discs isn't as sharp as it should be. I own two colorized movies that can be toggled to b&w, and the only reason I bought them is because the prints used were complete, vs. the earlier, pure b&w DVDs, which cut portions of the opening and closing credits. But that was a special case.
Nevertheless, when you get the DVD I'd appreciate hearing how both films look -- if you wouldn't mind posting a quick note about them. Thanks!
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