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I used to work with a woman that refused to watch a B&W movie. Of course, her favorite movie was "Point Break" with Keanu Reeves too . . .

Personally, I'm a colorist. Life is in color and I love oversaturated colors and the peculiar cast that man-made light makes, especially at night. reality can be heightened by color too. Take the recent film "Bandits". Yeah, it's an OK Hollywood actioner, but the color cinematography and the meticulous use of color keys and complimentary colors makes the movie a real pleasure for me. This aspect of the film was totally overlooked when it was released, but remember this if you ever see it again.

Lots of great films in this thread already mentioned which would be all wrong if they were in color, no argument from me. "Touch of Evil", "Sunset Blvd", "3rd Man" etc just GOTTA be in B&W. But how many of the B&W movies of the 30s and 40s would have been shot in color had the process been available (or affordable)? Classic pop culture films like "Bringing Up Baby", "Laura" or "Miracle on 34th Street" would have been much better in color IMO.

The recent Coen Bros movie "The Man Who Wasn't There" is a sharp noir homage with some beautiful B&W cinematography.


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