So You Don't Want to Watch a Black & White Movie?

[@RJFilmSchool]

Turn on CC to see which movies are featured in this video!

[@muchless]

RocketJump Film School so sick. was just about to ask for a list but this is way more clever and efficient.

[@ipadair7345]

Michael Partridge Actually, this is a technique used by the channel _Every Frame A Painting_ . If you have not heard or seen this channel, you are welcome.

[@DonovanPresents]

RocketJump Film School So the guy from "Every Frame A Painting" came over to Rocket Jump?

[@MADMAX839]

Very sober, coherent, and concise. Not to mention inspirational. Well done!

[@jeremiahwat1]

You guys should try giving us video assignments to do

[@Biring1]

I don´t see why people don´t wanna watch old movies.. They´re still new to those who haven´t seen them.

[@EugeniaLoli]

Because the stories told in these movies don't necessarily represent modern fears or life. I'm a collage artist working with vintage imagery. I can tell you, only the collages that have very modern deeper meanings (even if made with vintage material) sell. The ones that don't, the ones that are flatly vintage, they never sell. People want to see representation of their current life. For a few others, the old days are still romantic and they like it, but they're in the minority.

[@fa.h.]

Also, there are so many new movies coming out... I personally think many new movies also is better than old movies, but thats me (it has nothing to do with its colour or not)

[@HannibalHanslaughter]

the acting and the sound are weird, the effects look terribly fake and the editing is so slow, actually everything is just really slow it's exhausting

[@fa.h.]

Yeah, old movies is slow

[@EugeniaLoli]

That's because life was slower back then, not as hectic as it is now. It is us who have it wrong in the way we live (and that reflects in art too). But yeah, I hear you, most old movies just don't cut it anymore. I'd say that the cut off point between what we perceive as "old" and as "newer" was somewhere in the the early 80s.

[@benkemper7711]

For me, the film that made me first appreciate black & white was 12 Angry Men

[@poppop-oj6by]

Runaway Brain You can just smell the heat of summer in the room.

[@benkemper7711]

What an incredible movie

[@TirthLaskar94]

Me too!

[@augustuscolumbano]

True! And Casablanca for me.

[@samwallaceart288]

For me it's between Some Like It Hot and Casablanca

[@YoItsEmo]

Personally, my favorite thing about black and white photography is that the absence of color creates a less distracting image and lets me focus more on the substance. Of course color can be a part of that substance as pointed out with Fury Road, but there's something about not having to process extra information that allows the image and subject shine through that much brighter.

[@kaungkhantthein5348]

Well expressed!

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

Lol keep telling yourself that bullshit

[@buried4430]

@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 you are an idiot with an attention span of zero

[@nobodynothingberg4886]

Gamebred except it’s true, no color means one less thing to watch for

[@68blues]

Explain both in The Wizard of Oz. Would you prefer colour or black and white? Would you be able to follow the yellow brick road?

[@siukong]

Anyone avoiding b&w is missing out on a good 50 years of cinema and some of the true masterpieces.

[@derekmatzek9551]

Not just that but some excellent modern movies like Raging Bull, Nebraska & Schindler’s List

[@Lee-fi4vo]

I have tried telling my friends this...

[@harrihaffi2713]

Are they?

[@WithLoveThomas]

I feel so proud to recognise a lot of these without CC...

[@mg_alexander6818]

8MMMedia Nice, I still have to see many of these.

[@gregcampwriter]

Orson Welles expressed his pleasure at having retained the rights to Citizen Kane, saying that he wanted to keep Ted Turner's goddamned crayolas off his film.

[@TheJFGB93]

The first black & white film I ever watched was "High Noon". My father had just bought a DVD player and there was a DVD collection on sale in newstands. He bought it thinking it would be the kind of western he watched when he was a kid, with indians and gunfire galore, but instead he got this very dramatic film, where the only gunfight felt inevitable and you really didn't want it to happen though it had to. I fell in love with the film because it wasn't what I (10 years old at the time) was expecting and it was so very well done in every department. Since then, I've never avoided a black & white film just because it is in that format.

[@RJFilmSchool]

Love HIGH NOON. You describe it perfectly -- you think you're going to get epic gunfights and then when the one fight happens, you wish it didn't have to. Perfect. Thanks for sharing your story and for watching.

[@mrnukes797]

@@RJFilmSchool I know you're busy but I just want to say this 🃏 looks beautiful in black and white/monochrome/greyscale

[@jamespfp]

0:40 -- The best black and white film I recommend to others to prove that colour isn't required is "Rashomon". It is easy as heck to imagine all the green in the forest scenes. In some ways, black and white is more like written fiction in that regard, since it engages the audience's imagination actively, prompting the Mind's Eye to fill in the details.

[@DaaaahWhoosh]

I like the times when video games have used black and white. Like in Splinter Cell (forget which one) when it got black and white when you were in shadow, and colorful in light. And in some FPS games you lose color when you're hurt. I think it's a great way to use light to convey things like security or pain.

[@RealBadGaming52]

DaaaahWhoosh the Sabatuer used black and white brilliantly , the Nazi areas where black and white , making them more foreboding and sinister and then you liberated areas , it was all in full colour

[@matman000000]

Black and white image allows the filmmakers to paint with light and shadow in ways that simply wouldn't be possible in color. I'd love to see more modern movies use it, because it feels like a huge and rich part of film language has been abandoned.

[@MultiDean98]

one of the many reasons I want to see 'The Lighthouse'

[@stellaadler5894]

It's absolutely bizarre to me as someone who's grown up watching old movies and black and white movies specifically that people don't like them. I understand how it could seem strange if you haven't seen it a lot, (although to me it's perfectly normal), but I don't get why people my age will often just refuse to watch them.

[@jeremyscharlack]

Interesting that so many films use digital color correction to create a limited color palette giving them a lot of the aesthetic advantages of black and white - a focus on shape and layout, or an 'unreal' quality.

[@Agustinibarlucia]

Rhythm in movies changes every day. Today, in mainstream Hollywood movies, we are used to a much faster pace than twenty years ago. Black and white is associated to old movies, so that's why people link it to something slow. And most of the times, that's true. Watching old movies takes some training; we have to a adapt to a pace we are not used to. Once we get past that, it's a whole new world of amazing movies. My favourite b&w film is Sunset Boulevard, which was featured in the video :)

[@thehollywoodhack3923]

Nothing frustrates me more than people who wont watch B&W films! The art of light is on full display in B&W films!

[@caponeyboy]

Still here x) that's awesome, I love how there were such great examples of Black and white. I haven't seen many but there's set of 'cliche' black and white films and scenes that are usually pointed to. The fact that you guys showed examples outside of the cliche was very helpful! Thank you

[@TheOnlyBongo]

I'd be seriously interested in seeing an edited version of Mad Max Fury Road. Just as some filmmakers in the past made use of color in predominatly black and white films to highlight certain objects, I'd love to see the color of green infused into Mad Max so that there is that extremely stark contrast that will be able to let the viewer visually see the power of a moment. Something akin to the Red Coat Girl in Schindler's List, except obviously spanning much more of the movie.

[@theguyinthefunnyhat]

Films today are very complex. I've always believed in taking things away from film - avert the attention onto more important things. Haneke (personal favourite film maker) is always removing things from his films such as score/soundtrack, depictions of violence, colour and camera movement to focus the viewers attention on what's important. Black and white, especially as a conscious and stylistic decision, is something I would love to see more of in modern films.

[@Gravitynaut]

One of my favorite quotes, I believe came from Roger Ebert, "Citizen Kane is more colorful than the majority of film that were shot in color," or something like that.

[@fobwatchful]

One great B&W film not mentioned here was Double Indemnity. The shades of gray tones, along with Fred Macmurray's narration made it a classic.

[@GojiGuru]

Great video that I'll show my friends who refuse to watch B/W films. I love B/W. I grew up on it and I'm only 30. And thanks for the honorable mention of Godzilla! I wish more people pointed to it as an example of artistic film making. A real classic.

[@harrihaffi2713]

Godzilla is good, but Godzilla final wars is better! :)

[@moviemanjoe9583]

Nosferatu, The Blob, Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, and the list goes on and on...All great B&W films!

[@harrihaffi2713]

Those are horrible examples...well not horrible... but horror movies! :p

[@rpennington9]

You are right."The Mist" was SOOO much better in B&W!!!

[@mrnukes797]

Joker 2019 looks perfect in black and white and actually fits with the tone of it. I have watched it in black and white before

[@diegomiranda1952]

Fantastic video!! One simple way I see black and white that you touched up on is it reduces information so your eyes and your Brian have to process less so you can focus on the story more. It also makes most things look cool with much less effort than color and that seems to be a good enough reason to mess around with it, color is just an option it doesn't have to be the standard.

[@spockboy]

I LOVE black and white movies! Always have. Lauren Bacall once said: "It's not an old movie if you haven't seen it before"

[@WeyounVI]

Mel Brooks uses black and white to comedic effect in Young Frankenstein too. You showed a clip from the film, but didn't touch on it. Young Frankenstein being black and white really makes the film feel authentically older, which just makes it's parody that much stronger. It's fantastic.

[@chairreader]

I really appreciate you making content like this. A terrific balance of big picture thoughtfulness with in the weeds technicality.

[@stormragephotography1588]

Wow. I'm so happy to watch this. I'm Working on my own b&w short film. Definitely can add more power and drama to a film.

[@cjmirch4871]

I am a film student and I work almost exclusively in black and white. However, the reason why is because I'm a firm believer in only using color when needed. I rarely make a film where I need color to tell the story, so I opt out of using it. It feels generally sloppy when I watch a colored film and the colors in frame serve no purpose other than that's their color. With that said, it is equally frustrating to see someone make a black and white film because they think it's artsy. For me, it ultimately boils down to knowing what you need to tell your story. If you don't need color to tell your story, make it monochrome. If you need color to tell your story, use color.

[@Sadiquecat]

With all the movie directors, producers, famous actors, directors of photography, editors out there. Joey is the one with whom I would love to spend a day with xD I want moar in depth theory and new perspective into movies !

[@alexchavez2550]

My first interaction with B&W was Night of the Living Dead, the film had me entranced from beginning to end.

[@ThomasPollock95]

Solid essay on what is unfortunately a problem with film students (I speak directly from experience, and other people's experiences). I never saw black n white or colour as better/worse/different etc; I watched Laurel and Hardy from a young age- I never thought anything of it, but I have always thought about how powerfully it can be used as you explain. Great essay and loved the use of Scorsese who always has something enlightening to say.

[@insanelyscaryawful1937]

This makes me want to watch every movie he gave as an example so I can understand black and white more.

[@kamleshjha9561]

I felt in love with the B&W films after watching legendary indian filmmaker Late Guru Dutt sir's "KAAGAZ KE PHOOL”and "PYAASA”. Both of these films are included in the GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME list by TIMES MAGAZINE many times... They are terribly beautiful and scenic... With great message behind.

[@oludascribe]

i've always loved B&W films , never understood how any one could dismiss a film simply cos its in B&W. His Girl Friday,12 Angry Men, Arsenic & Old Lace ,The Thin Man Returns are just a few of my favs, and im an 80s kid from Nigeria, who has never been to the States. TNT Classics was really good for me.

[@slandersir7255]

It was my understanding that Schindler's List was shot in black and white because Spielberg thought that colour represented life and that it wouldn't suit the movie and the reason that the little girl was in colour was because she was innocent and that she represented hope.

[@W0Ndr3y]

these videos where you go into this kind of detail, are just amazing, always love to watch them

[@jonathanromeo3829]

In addition, there's Alan Parker's Angel Heart. Parker wanted to shoot in black and white, but the studio wouldn't allow it. So, Parker shot it in color like it was a black and white. You can see many of the elements discussed in this video on display in Angel Heart.

[@marcobuncit7539]

Personaly, I think what's great about black & white is that there are alot of contrast, mysterious mood, some surprising reveals, & different feelings. Having colours tend to give sense of alive, blending pallete, imaginative dreamlike, & specific informations. I think of this like the filmmaking version of Vermeer & Caravaggio. In paintings, Caravaggio always use contrast (this is symbol for black & white) while Vermeer likes to make whimsical gradient (this is what I think color film is.....alike Vermeer artist). Whatever the point is, it's good to know that we must conclude to be more analiticaly having critical thinking to open to some possibilites that we could use.

[@PhilR0gers]

I love watching the old B&W movies because they often had a great story to tell. After a while, you don't notice they are B&W; your brain kind of adds colour. You know the sky is blue, that person's hair is blonde etc., so you fill in the blanks.

[@ethansk8ter]

This is one of the best video essay's I've seen. Dang, wasn't expecting RJFS to do it.

[@domocracydestroyer8219]

If you have watched the movie “Come and See” watch it again in Black and white. It is so much better in B&W! That is my preferred way of viewing the film!

[@lizbertran2011]

Terrific narrative and demonstration of how and why black and white films can be used even today. Whenever I heard a new movie made within the last 25 years would be coming out in black and white, I immediately didn't want to see it because I thought it would look old and outdated. But it is just like Steven Spielberg said, "After awhile you wont even notice the black and white, because you will be so involved with the story". I cannot picture Schindler"s List in color!. And some movies like What A Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart were just better in their original black and white. When they turned it into a color film something was definitely lost. If you haven't watched this video yet it is a must see because you will notice how much work went into it! Great job RJFS! Huge thumbs up!

[@JonnyRocketfingers7]

Roman Holiday. Casablanca. The Apartment. Citizen Kane. 12 Angry Men. ...and Frances Ha is one of my current favorites. I really enjoyed Manhattan, too.

[@ethanyoder9953]

Calling film noir a style and not a genre. Ooh this guy gets it.

[@KO-gu6wp]

Invaluable video, 10/10, currently working on a project and i was on the fence about whether to make it black and white or not, this video along with the examples gave me my answer and some great references! cheers.

[@psuthvideos]

Fantastic piece, and the exclusive applications of black and white goe even further in cinematography. I've been learning lately about the use of filters while shooting black and white to create different effects that simply don't work the same way with color. A #25 Red filter over your lens on black and white film, just as one example, creates very strong contrast, creates dramatic sky effects, can lighten faces, can simulate day for night and cuts through fog and haze. You can use all of these to draw emphasis to objects and their relationships to their surroundings. If you put that filter in front of a color capture, you get a very red image. It may still exhibit those other qualities, but joe-public watching the film is going to be distracted by the intense red hue.

[@thecineranter1011]

I'm sorry but I don't believe you call regard yourself as a film fan if you limit yourself by not watching black and white movies and non-English language films. You're missing out on so much.

[@НикитаШмыгин-ъ6з]

The CineRanter totally agree. it's like to be a fan of Beatles, when you only heard "yesterday" and "let it be":)

[@klausweasley]

Half the KZbin critics are like that.

[@moviemanjoe9583]

True statement.

[@HeyJD123]

... Watching non-English language films? So you mean like silent films but instead of it being silent, it's random jibber jabber that you can't understand... How on earth are you supposed to like watching those movies?

[@MaxZusm]

Subtitles man... subtitles.

[@emho8564]

if they made Mad Max black and white but all of the plants were green...

[@awesome420ication]

it would suck. Black and white has it's place(frances ha) in movies, but mad max was awesome because of the bright red colours.

[@jacobschmidt2771]

Actually they did. They made a version of Mad Max Fury Road in Black and White. They're also working on a black and white version of Logan from what I can tell.

[@SoloMan312]

EmHo they made a "black and chrome" version and it actually looks damn good, but i do think the colour one is better

[@Vitorruy1]

really good idea

[@ericcohn4669]

I didn't know mad max looked so good in b&w. I thought the color was one of the best parts of the film but it looks really good in black and white.

[@mohamedashian604]

When I was a kid I didn’t like black and white movies because I didn’t know that movies weren’t always colored but As I grew older I started to really love black and white movies

[@BlackWindPro]

Great job, I believe as filmmakers we should open ourselves to all forms of cinema, old, new, black or white. I am a big Stephen King fan but wasn't very happy with the film version of the book, but just what you showed in black and white opened me up to watching it again.

[@Redwolver111]

Two of my most favorite movies are in black and white. Good Night and Good Luck, and The General. The Buster Keaton movie. Funny thing is The General was one of the first movies I remember seeing, and I loved it right away. I loved the action and the comedy, and it didn't matter that it was in black and white because it was fun.

[@Ol_Mase]

You guys do such a great job on these essays. I love them.

[@DonovanPresents]

Imagine if they made Mad max black and white WITH just green being the only color within the movie? That would be amazing!

[@JustChadC]

This was beautiful man. Thank you for having me appreciate these films

[@kniazzy]

Makes me want to go back and watch some Tarkovsky films! The transition from sepia, to black/white, to colour is so daunting, and surreal. At the end of it all, it's as though the whole thing was inevitably in black/white, and the colours were all made up by the characters...

[@tripitwild4853]

This is probably my favourite channel ever! So well done, you can definitely learn a lot about film making watching this channel!! Thanks a lot!

[@soulreplenished]

holy balls this is amazing. one thing i've been thinking about when watching this is how the audio style is different too in black and white films. i'm curious whether this style of audio can be applied to modern/color films, or vice-versa, to enhance a movie's experience, or whether i'm just imagining all of this.

[@RealBadGaming52]

soulreplenished the scratchy Audio I’m assuming is becomes the Audio equipment was shit back then

[@Mr_Movie_Fan]

If anyone ever tells me they don't like Black & White. I'll say "It's ok, not everyone has taste." I watched black & white stuff all the time as a kid. I watched Batman & Robin (movie serial)

[@Jerome616]

I lucked out, i was raised on Black and white movies. Never did I balk at watching such films. My only sadness today about them is that i remember so few of them by name, that I struggle to come back to them now all these years later.

[@cedricheckly9405]

Releasing colored version of black and with films can help to have the audience discover them. You are total right about the conception of someone else for the specific color, but I do think that if people can be introduced to those classical film and begin to be more critical about film in general because of this, this is totally fine.

[@bobbyjosson4663]

No, it's a travesty and poor parenting that kids don't know how appreciate them.

[@juansaldivar9204]

My first ever black and white movie was "To kill a Mockingbird" and holy shit I loved it, a lot of the movies in the past are pretty slow paced but it's really a work of art and it's done so well that it makes up for the slow progress and black n white itself gives it a cool style anyways ❤

[@ZenNeonRazor]

If it wasn't for Twilight Zone I wouldn't have been a fan of black and white, Twilight Zone is definitely an easy way to accept B&W and just see how amazing it can be, I think too many people today discredit black and white simply because it being too boring, But I love how I can watch black and white and it never requires much work on your eyes, it builds an atmosphere like no other.

[@feddie.4166]

Nice work, Joey. Did you ever hear about the movie "Eyes of my Mother?" That was in black and white, I was able to meet the cast and crew of that. Also, I really enjoyed the short, "Harold." A lot of the ideas with light were used in it.

[@jacksonpatterson1415]

11:20 I was doing a research project on black and white in movies, and upon hearing this information, I instinctively said, "That's so cool!" only to be met two seconds later by the same exact phrase, in the same tone, pitch, and tempo. Amazing

[@DasPuppy]

My first time I realized how Black and White vs Cokour works, was in the mid ninetees movie Kafka - which is predominantly Black and white but also does have color scenes. Watching it as a kid I remembered wondering "Hey.. was that color just then?"

[@CaptainSuppy]

cool cool, chill chill great video, good points. I feel as though noir films almost have to be in b/w, when they're in color they are just noir-esque. That hard contrast of black against white is so integral to noir aesthetic that it can't be left out. If I look a film like Brick, no matter how self destructive the main antagonist his or how deadly the femme fetal is, unless it has b/w, it doesn't feel like a noir film. The decisions film makers had back then to film in b/w is so important, you can't make a noir film unless it is included. Also i thought it would have been cool if you had mentioned films like Memento or Living in Oblivion where b/w is used alongside color in a more modern approach, because it really reflects the main points made in the video regarding, feel, seamlessness, and appreciation.

[@Kelevra501]

You should really list song titles in the description.

[@Kimpes]

if you turn on captions you can see the name of all the movies

[@Kelevra501]

That's really cool, sure, but that's not what I was talking about.

[@Kimpes]

oh, sorry. my mistake

[@Kelevra501]

Hey look everyone! A civil interaction in KZbin comments! 2017 just keeps getting weirder.

[@hellojuko]

Kimpes respect

[@walmartpimp2]

A lot of people have weird aversions when it comes to film. I've met a ton of people who detest animated movies, regardless of the quality of animation or the content of the story, they can never get past the fact that it's animated. I've met people who after watching a movie they never ever want to watch that movie ever again, ever!

[@ryllharu]

Even a mix can be especially powerful, like Park Chan-wok's "Fade to Black and White" version of Lady Vengeance.

[@ElwoodDowd]

No mention of To Kill A Mockingbird or Harvey... for shame! In all seriousness, great video folks. And a topic that merits deep discussion, thanks for making this. :)

[@JeremyRatzlaff]

Fantastic essay!! You nicely summed up a whole heap of fascinating points and observations in one video! Wonderfully edited, great clip choices!

[@MichaelFrazierTube]

WOW! What a thoughtful, articulate and wonderful thought piece on a much under appreciated aspect of film. THANK YOU!

[@JavierMercedes]

man, did this take more than a month to make? Actually, I have no idea how lone this would take. Marriage of B-roll to VO is amazing.

[@dylanlewis3038]

First Black and White movie I saw was “Shadow of the Vampire”. It was shown in this video. I also watched a lot of the classic Universal Monster movies.

[@monishsaikrishnakumar758]

Fantastic video The mist looks perfect in B&W That shot at the end was breathtaking

[@tobiaspolze]

lately i watched the coloured version of "its a wonderful life" and it felt wrong. I remembered the B&W version to be much more dramatic and emotional, also atmospheric. the coloured version didnt give me those feelings.

[@Gravitynaut]

Some absolutely killer films in this video and I'm only 1/3rd in! Night of the Hunter, Eraserhead, Eyes Without a Face, all excellent and well worth seeking out for those who haven't seen them (and all three have exquisite Criterion Collection releases)

[@TortugaUruguaya]

One of the best videos i've ever seen, thanks for creating such content!

[@baddiecentral22]

I missed these types of videos thanks Rocketjump

[@snarkus63]

I surprised you didn't mention the whole colorization controversy of the mid-80's. At the time,Ted Turner was all for it,but Siskel & Ebert dedicated an episode of their show to how much they despised it...and they weren't alone in their opinion. In the 1989 comedy *The Big Picture* ,a fledgling film maker wants to shoot his movie,a drama about relationships,in black and white,only to be told that all the film projectors in use today are "in color".

[@johndifrancisco3642]

When I was young we had a black and white television and when we got a color television things just were not the same. It's almost like a book to a film. If I had read a book first, my imagination would always be better than the book. The Stand for instance. I did not realize this was a film school until the end but it felt like a really good lesson. I always liked the way they did The Wizard of Oz. I actually thought it was all black and white and that they colorized it when I saw it on the color TV. The Mad Max clip was very cool. Thank you for the video and lesson.

[@groovygames3114]

HOLY CRAP! that scene with the helicopter and the foot actually made my heart stop.

[@Warm_Ice0]

When I was young, I used to think these were animated portraits

[@blakebackes]

Loog Noog I do not quite understand, could you elaborate?

[@c0l1n_m45]

I’ve never understood why so many people just blatantly don’t want to watch b&w movies.

[@joelontong7449]

Frances Ha I thought was absolutely beautiful. I really can't imagine the film being in colour.

[@alanhodges8839]

The old black and white films beat a lot of the trash they make today.

[@Bertrumes_Shiney_Factory]

Not sure if this was mentioned but stephen king the mist directed by frank durabont says its best watched in black and white. Which makes it equally or if not better. The cgi looks better amd its more eerie amd dramatic feeling

[@Elusive_Reclusive]

Speaking of Scorsese- while watching his latest film Silence, i couldnt help but have this nagging feeling that the film would have been gorgeous in black and white. The tone and story seem right. But, then i don't think literally ANYONE would have seen it...

[@Vaporvice84]

Freddie, can you make another video like this that talks about how older, color movies are re-released on blu-ray with the same blanket teal color timing? Which is NOT the original color of the film.

[@MrDukeSilverr]

My classmates think black and white mvoies lack quality....

[@FreakieFan]

your classmate is stupid

[@MrDukeSilverr]

I know man, he isnt the sharpest tool in the shed

[@FelonyArson]

somebody

[@redefinitive]

+Mr Duke Silver Lol "lack quality". What kind of a critique is that? What does that even mean?

[@MrDukeSilverr]

i know, pretty dumb, they were talking about a tv show we have here in germany called Gallileo and I complained about the poor quality of the show, structure wise and considering the terrible greenscreen they use, then my classmate said something like "Says the guy who watches black and white movies".....

[@thoreboomgaarden6189]

Nowadays I'm interested in films and filmmaking in general so I also look at the technical aspect and recently I have started watching old movies (mostly Hitchcock) but I remember a few years ago I watched a newer version of The Wizard of Oz (I think James Franco played the main character) and at first it started in black and white and I was like "wtf are we seriously gonna watch a black and white movie??" but at some point it turned into being colored and we all (my father, my brother and me) didn't even recognize it. But then later into the movie I realized that by then it was colored somehow and when I told my father and my brother we all wondered at what point it changed because we all were so focused on the story that we all didn't recognize the moment the transition was made.

[@raymondzrike]

Thank you for ending the video with Satantango. It's my favorite film.

[@raymondzrike]

It's 7.5 hours long, so anyone who hasn't seen it should watch Werckmeister Harmonies first.

[@poppop-oj6by]

Raymond Zrike I am interested. Its long and I have limmited time. Why should I watch the other thing first?

[@raymondzrike]

pop pop Both are masterpieces by Bela Tarr, so if you see Werckmeister Harmonies (which is 2 hours long) and don't like it, you'll know that you most likely won't like his much longer Satantango.

[@poppop-oj6by]

Raymond Zrike I put it on the watchlist. tnx!

[@tysonasaurus6392]

I'm 15 and some of my favorite movies are black and white. Obvious ones like Casablanca or Citizen Kane and etc.

[@tysonasaurus6392]

My dad is more hesitant to watch a black and white movie than me

[@Edduno128]

that bela tarr shot at the end

[@TheLight965]

So glad you included Sátántangó

[@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat]

Because chairoscuro is most evocative when monochromatic.

[@crisbivolaru819]

The best review ever made about b&w films thank you very much for the explanation