Tech ?'s about colors/photog on this film.
Nothing about racism here:
I have a question about the color/photography in this film: Something looked funny to me, I just can't figure out what it was. I watched it on a nice HD computer monitor fron a standard DVD widescreen, not blu-ray. But the colors seemed funny, very bright, maybe over saturated, some would really pop out making it look like a fake 3D effect, others fall back. In one sceen Terrence Howard wore a yellow shirt, in another he wore a pink shirt and they looked almost CGI. Also some of the movements seemed jerky/unreal. I did watch the audio track and it never jumped off like sometimes happens when there is a problem, but that is usually with video files compressed on the HD. Some of the sets also had a look of a community theater group, was this a low-buck indie?
Is it just funny editing or something? Was it the lighting? Was it shot on an iphone?
I would rather watch a movie with quality actors and performances and a funky look than another spit and polish POS with Tom Cruise or Keanu Reeves.
FWIW: I had the same questions about the "look" when watching Hustle & Flow with Terrence Howard. Not nearly as good of a movie, but TH puts in a fine performance and it was interesting to watch him play Djay and then Jim Ellis.