lancelotofthelake seems to have as much objection to the truth as he does colorization.
1) Orson Welles never made such a statement, and Orson Welles dropped dead suddenly, and unexpectedly, at his typewriter at the age of 70. He never had a death bed. Also, Welles retained the rights to 'Citizen Kane'. No one could have colorized it, or made any alterations of any kind, without Welles consent. lancelotofthelake doesn't seem to know that 'The Magnificent Ambersons' had already been colorized, so had Welles made such a comment (which he did not), it would have made no sense!
2) George A. Romero was not "very angry" when the first version of 'Night Of The Living Dead' was colorized by Hal Roach Studios in the 1980s. He did not approve of it, but since incompetance caused the film to lapse into the public domain, there was nothing he could do about. Anybody can do anything they want with that film. Romero's only comment about the first colorized version was that the suprise of the man in the graveyard attacking Barbara does not work in the colorized version because the man is clearly green, even when we see him in the distance. He never mentioned being "very angry" when seeing it, and GAR is very candid!
lancelotofthelake doesn't mention, or doesn't know, is that the current colorized 'Night Of The Living Dead' by Off Color Films & 20th Century Fox is a brand new colorization, using a restored print, and enhanced colorization technology.
And the Zombies are NOT green in this version. The DVD also includes the same restoration in B&W, as well as a DTS soundtrack for the first time, and a commentary track by Mike Nelson of MST3K.
Let people make up their own minds. They don't need self righteous ignoramuses spreading half truths and lies.
If George Romero and company had been more careful, they would have retained copyright and could have prevented colorization. But if they had copyrighted the film, the film would never have been widely seen on television which prompted the demand for 'Dawn Of The Dead' and the rest!!
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