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🎥 Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light = Black & White version of 2021 film

posted 2 years ago by MonStar (12043)
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The Wrap has an interview about the process of creating a black & white version of this film. It refers to a limited release in Los Angeles, but it is getting a wider release than that, as several theaters near me are now showing it. UK theaters are also showing this B&W version. They use the title Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light.
https://www.thewrap.com/nightmare-alley-black-and-white-version-explained-guillermo-del-toro-dan-laustsen/

I saw the color version and very much liked the eerie lighting and color, which added tremendously to the storytelling. The longer length allowed the director to flesh out some of the characters much better than in the 1947 version, in my opinion.

[–] stinky (52) 2 years ago

I almost wish there could have been a blended version. I think overall the b&w worked best for the carnival scenes. Some of the doctor office scenes worked very well in b&w too.

But imagine the b&w film changing over to color once they left the carnival. And then when he eventually had to flee her office the film would slowly transition back to b&w as he descended the building and made a run for it outside. And if you want to make it gimmicky, when Zeena and the others visited Buffalo their characters would be in b&w.