What's With This Color Scheme?
This bomb has so much white and white and white and white and white that the only color is the red faces of the actors.
God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)
Bogdanovich wanted a black-and-white feel to the film, since the 1930's musicals he was paying homage to were shot this way. Maybe the studio didn't want the film to be shot in b&w, and this was his way to make it close to being monochromatic as he wanted it to be.
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