Movie Stills - Fashion in Film #1

[auxt]

I didn't have much time to get this up earlier this week, but here are some stills from the famous Christmas film ...

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Directed by Frank Capra
Cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc and Joseph Walker

and now ( purists avert your eyes ) here are the same frames from the colorized version. I think it's interesting to see what they did with it:

dvdbeaver

 

[gius]

i always wonder how they colour a black and white film...
or maybe the colour was always there and the TV could not read it?

 

[kuli_trendy]

i guess they have the technologies. like if you see the black and white editorial. actually they shot it in colour. and then goes to software like photoshop etc, but for movie i guess it's the same thing. kodak or eastman color.

 

[auxt]

I've read a little about it on wikipedia ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorization

I believe they find as much information as possible about the original wardrobe, sets, locations, etc. and then manually re-color the whole film. It looks like the process has come a long way. I've seen bits of older colorizing jobs that looked awful. The above stills were a Legend Films project, released in 2007 -- very realistic !

 

[gius]

I've read a little about it on wikipedia ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorization

I believe they find as much information as possible about the original wardrobe, sets, locations, etc. and then manually re-color the whole film. It looks like the process has come a long way. I've seen bits of older colorizing jobs that looked awful. The above stills were a Legend Films project, released in 2007 -- very realistic !

I would love to see really awful colorizing jobs, if you have any samples

 

[auxt]

I can't find anything terrible, but here are some images from the colorized Casablanca. This version became controversial after airing on Turner Classic Movies. I find the unnatural hues to be distracting at first, yet strangely interesting ...

screencaps from bkmn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOyUGT-XnP0

 

[gius]

Thanks for those --they really are kind of odd
The faces look flat even though there is a shadow
It is like one colour throughout the whole face
But yeah I like it a lot myself- interesting
Was it controversial just because of the colour?
I haven't seen the movie yet..

I always like the colours in old movies, some are very strong; and now I realise maybe a lot of them were manipulated... Even in new movies I think it's really great when they edit the colours
Mal Educacion and Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain used super saturated hues
while The Ring and Ringu were washed out, greyed... Also some military-themed ones. And some I have seen on TV but can't remember the titles had a blue tinge
I know The Ring will stay in my head because of the colours and that short scene, a bright shot of red from the leaves in the one tree on the hill

 

[gius]

a few stills from Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless mind

from secretsun.blogspot||

 

[auxt]

Yeah many movies have "enhanced" colors now, the colorized Casablanca looks like just another of those unique aesthetics. It seems they used the same shades of maroon, yellow, sky blue, and white throughout the whole film -- perhaps the result of limited capabilities rather than any stylistic purpose.

I think people were mad about altering a classic for commercial reasons ... with a somewhat tacky result. I see their point, and it's a surely bigger deal to those who lived with this film in black and white for decades. But I think this is a good way to keep the work fresh; I never get the urge to watch Casablanca but I wouldn't mind seeing more of the colorized version.

 

[waxy]

I haven't seen Casablanca yet, but if ever I would, I'd watch the colorized version.

 

[Gloria01]

^Could someone repost the video of the colored Casablanca version?
Karma waiting!

 

[auxt]

That's weird. They removed that clip but there are still pages of videos on Youtube from the b&w film.

I just found an .avi rip of the colorized version (and actually I'm curious to see more anyway). I'll post a long clip after I download the file, maybe a bit more on the down-low to whoever wants it

Back to film stills, since we've been moved to the art section, here's an arthouse classic from the former Soviet Union. I haven't seen this yet but it looks very interesting ...

Sayat Nova / The Color of Pomegranates (1968)
Directed by Sergei Parajanov
Cinematography by Suren Shakhbazyan

caps by mikeattacks

 

[auxt]

The beginning of Casablanca colorized:

http://www.divshare.com/download/6298977-3e3

You can either stream or download from the page above.

 

[jacobs]

One of my favorite films is the 1970 Le Peau d'Ane (Donkey Skin) starring Catherine Deneuve. The costumes are to die for.

screencaps from ooh1a1a on livejournal.

 

[auxt]

That film appears to be an astounding production. I haven't seen it myself but here are a few more images ...

caps by subprimitive

 

[Gloria01]

^ Yeah, that one was fantastic! I loved Catherine running around in that donkey costume.

Last week I saw another film with her, "The Hunger", from 1983. It's photographed so extremely beautifully that I wondered, if someone could post some stills of it here?

 

[ChloeFrancoise]

I saw Peau D'ane recently. I loved it and the Lilac fairy's hair too.

 

[leeloo]

Back to film stills, since we've been moved to the art section, here's an arthouse classic from the former Soviet Union. I haven't seen this yet but it looks very interesting ...

Sayat Nova / The Color of Pomegranates (1968)
Directed by Sergei Parajanov
Cinematography by Suren Shakhbazyan

Thanks for posting these... this film is INCREDIBLE
x

 

[alacrity]

Here are some stills from one of my favourites "Phoebe In Wonderland"

source: elle-fanning.net

 

[saucer-like]

Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cinematography: John Alonzo
Costume Design: Ray Aghayan & Bob Mackie

screencapped by me