Black and White

Black and white movies

      

      Colour technology was essentially the death of the black and white movie.   No one can deny that there have been huge improvements to video quality production, but something beautiful and magical has been lost with black and white movies.  They have an uncanny ability to express emotions such as gloominess, suspense, depression and wonder.  Fortunately, there are still a few who realize the raw art that only Black and White can portray…

Recently, a black and white (also silent) movie won a lot of Oscars, including Best Picture.  The movie was called ‘The Artist’ and was widely applauded for its ability to express the emotions on screen with incredible beauty.  Another example of a black and white movie is Schindler’s List. It also was a hot spot at the academy awards and I know that Schindler’s List touched the lives of many people.

Despite the artistic quality of black and white, The wizard of Oz, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and Casablanca; all have something weird in common: they were all great movies that were first made in black but were later remade with colour. Casablanca especially was a very powerful film, with famous romantic black and white scenes, yet it was still colourized……  

What black and white films do you know of that were colourized?