colorized Holiday Inn for the Holidays

[Blackjack]

I just picked up the new colorized version of the Christmas classic Holiday Inn. They are really close to getting this colorizing thing down to an art. There are still quite a few scenes where I would have like to see less brown tones and a little more vibrant color but all in all a pretty enjoyable viewing experience. Its a reall nice box set for the 19.99 investment coming with a remastered B/W version on one disc, the colorized on another, and a nice little CD tucked in the package of the soundtrack.
I know colorizing the old films is a touchy subject for a lot of folks but since the B/W version is included (remastered) the new one as an alternative viewing I think it's quite the Holiday treat!

 

[Edward]

Sounds interesting. I do think a combined package is the way to go. I wonder how well they research the colourising? By which I mean to say, do they simply get creative with it, or do they try to find out what the colours of the clothing etc actually were? (If they really get it accurate might that solve ongoing questions like the colour of Sam Spade's ties? ). I know this might not always work, though, as from what I read some things that were designed to look best in black and white actually clashed dreadfully in colour.

Regarding the debate over colourisation, I can understand and to some degree symapthise with the idea of leaving the classics untouched, but so long as both versions are readily available (you hear that, George Lucas?? ), I see no harm in it. Especially not if it makes it all the more likely that some folks who might otherwise have shied away from the classics in B&W will give them a chance in colour. [huh]

 

[dhermann1]

"Holiday Inn" is one of my favorite holiday films. I would think that the oroginal producers would have jumped at the chance to film it in color if they'd had the budget. In those days you really had to make a good case for the added expense of Technicolor. So I think, given the many lavish production numbers, that a decent colorized version would be worth checking out.

 

[Miss Neecerie]

Exactly!

There are movies that would be completely and utterly ruined by colorising them at all......


And then there are fun lighthearted movies, which would not be ruined by it. As long as they leave the first category alone, and stick to the second....its all good.

 

[just_me]

Exactly!

There are movies that would be completely and utterly ruined by colorising them at all......


And then there are fun lighthearted movies, which would not be ruined by it. As long as they leave the first category alone, and stick to the second....its all good.

I agree if they get the colorizing technique down to where it's not annoying.

I remember reading somewhere that Jimmy Cagney said that he'd regretted that Yankee Doodle Dandy was not filmed in color. I see that as a perfect candidate for a quality colorization. But films like Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Maltese Falcon, etc. NO WAY.