"Un Homme Et Une Femme" is one of my all-time favourite movies.
One thing has always puzzled me is why part of the movie is in black & white and part in colour.
Is there any special significance or is it simply a cinematic effect?
I did notice that most of the colour scenes are mainly without dialogue.
The original budget could only pay only black and white, but the U.S. market demanded to shoot in color. However, the benefits did not allow to make it all like that, so some parts remained b+w.
On the other question: Probably the two watching incentatives dialouge and color were simply divided.
As Ockham's knive predicts: the simplest explanation is usually right.
Another question:
My father remembers that 30 years ago in German cinemas the b+w parts where
monocolored (e.g. love scene in red). On a recent DVD it's plain b+w.
When could the color be added or lost?
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The DVD version was remastered, so the colors were changed or refined digitally. I hope this answers the question
shareI don´t think the colours or even the B&W footage has been refined or altered in some way for the DVD version.
As far as I know the idea of restoration (process applyed to any important film in order to present a high definition version in DVD or any other format)is not refine or change in any way the original aspect or even the sound (of course if we´re talking about a serious process of restoration, not the THX super surround sound or who knows what other thing made to sell more copies) The idea is respect the original, presenting to audiences or DVD buyers the closest experience to the original film.
I had the chance to watch this movie in a theatre and I must admit it has the most beautiful colours I´ve seen in any movie. The colours are so vivid... just amazing!
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I tried to find a pattern why the scenes are black and white or in color, today we are so used to interpreting things like that as flashbacks, or scenes with a certain emotional content etc.
But I couldnt find a pattern so the budget reasons explain that.
It sure has an effect on the viewer for me it captures my attention when there is a switch even though this effect was not intentioned.