Black & White Movies

[Fierce Critter]

Gone With the Wind was in color, one of the first 3-color Technicolor films, along with Wizard of Oz (Some Disney cartoons came earlier, as well as experimentations in 2-color processes prior to that.)

The Day the Earth Stood Still & The Thing are GREAT.

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Gone With the Wind was in color, one of the first 3-color Technicolor films, along with Wizard of Oz (Some Disney cartoons came earlier, as well as experimentations in 2-color processes prior to that.)

The Day the Earth Stood Still & The Thing are GREAT.

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good obseravations

you rock

[Fierce Critter]

good obseravations

you rock

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:grin Thanks.

Helps to have one sister who is an absolute movie fanatic, and another who is an actress and studied film in school.

I'm full of absolutely worthless trivia that wouldn't even win me $500 on Jeopardy.

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:grin Thanks.

Helps to have one sister who is an absolute movie fanatic, and another who is an actress and studied film in school.

I'm full of absolutely worthless trivia that wouldn't even win me $500 on Jeopardy.

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as am I

we should have a battle of useless information some time

[pomba gira]

No, it's just that well, i don't eat a lot meat at all...here you are saying you like to eat cow brains! -But now (even though i'll take your word for it still) I believe you when you say it-those things are probably damn tastey!

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hey it's all good... but, there's no brains in headcheese... just, hm, "outside" head meat & gristle. & pork, not beef. Calves brains are supposed to be quite a delicacy (as opposed to just good down-home eatin' like headcheese); never tried any tho.

If you have an old TV or take the tint all the way down on a newer one though any movie can be black and white, or if you happen to be colorblind.

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All movies werel black & white when I was growing up, since we didn't have a color TV till I was 18 or so. We used to go over my auntie's to watch "special" stuff like Wizard of Oz on her color TV.

[Head Wreck]

north by northwest was in colour.

virgin trains are running a copmercial at the moment where thy've taken classic train related scenes and implemented them into a modern train, at one point a scene from north by northwest is seemingly mixed in to interact with another film (forgotten title, otherwise it'd be on my list as that was in black and white)

anyone remember that film... marilyn monroe and 2 male leads playing people on ther run in drag.. playing in a band... running from mob...

gah.

need more absinthe. too much blood in my alcohol supply

[Scary Guy]

Man THE BLOB great choice, except it was in color...cool fuckin movie though, (Steve McQueen) <--the coolest

I almost forgot about "Day the Earth Stoog Still" and "The Thing"

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Heh, I just IMDB'ed it, I am wrong as it says Color (DeLuxe). Weird though because I remember it in black and white.

The remake was good too.

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Mel Brooks' "Silent Movie"

This was color as well.

Wow there are so many... a lot of them already mentioned...

You mentioned Kurosawa... Almost anything that he has done.

Eraserhead

Pi

Schindlers List

Origina House on Haunted Hill

Psycho

Touch of Evil

Night of the Living Dead

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Nosferatu

To name only a few.

[Scary Guy]

Schindlers List I would have said but I don't think it really counts since it must be in color to really be appreciated fully.

Also HOW THE HELL could I forget "The Day the Earth Stood Still"

Forbidden Planet too :D wait (Color: Color (Eastmancolor) )

Anoher one I remember in black and white! (had to check first this time)

OK so it don't count but I still like it.

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north by northwest was in colour.

virgin trains are running a copmercial at the moment where thy've taken classic train related scenes and implemented them into a modern train, at one point a scene from north by northwest is seemingly mixed in to interact with another film (forgotten title, otherwise it'd be on my list as that was in black and white)

anyone remember that film... marilyn monroe and 2 male leads playing people on ther run in drag.. playing in a band... running from mob...

gah.

need more absinthe. too much blood in my alcohol supply

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"Some Like it Hot" - hilarious

[pomba gira]

How could I forget Lady In a Cage... James Caan is priceless in that... getting forks stuck in his eyes & having his head squashed like a rotten canteloupe... he looks about 17 years old too

I thought The Blob was B&W too... but, I think I just haven't seen it since childhood on the old B&W TV.

I didn't mention Eraserhead 'cos I didn't want people to think I'm weird.

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How could I forget Lady In a Cage... James Caan is priceless in that... getting forks stuck in his eyes & having his head squashed like a rotten canteloupe... he looks about 17 years old too

I thought The Blob was B&W too... but, I think I just haven't seen it since childhood on the old B&W TV.

I didn't mention Eraserhead 'cos I didn't want people to think I'm weird.

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yes...Lady in a Cage

and

Mr. Sardonicus

[Paper Hearts]

Dr. Strangelove (or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb)

[Paper Hearts]

Casablanca, Citize Kane, The Maltese Falcon, Raging Bull, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Hustler, The Killing

[Paper Hearts]

Faust, The Wild Bunch, M, White Heat

[Brenda Starrr]

I know it's been mentioned, but I'm saying it again....

Young Frankenstein

"What hump?"

[Mistress Mercy]

Nosferatu , Dracula ,Plan 9 From Outerspace ,and also any movie with Theda Bara in it. .... i could'nt pick just one lol

[sithzanshen]

"Gaslight" and "The Snake Pit"

Most people have never heard of these two flims. I saw them both by accident. They're stories dealing with insanity, always a favorite topic of mine.

[pomba gira]

"Gaslight" and "The Snake Pit"

Most people have never heard of these two flims. I saw them both by accident. They're stories dealing with insanity, always a favorite topic of mine.

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Isn't The Snake Pit about a woman who is committed to a horrible abusive mental asylum- kind of like the Francis Farmer bio?

Seems like every post reminds me of another film I forgot- this one for some reason reminded me of Freaks. The story behind the film is just as fascinating as the film itself... Todd Browning pretty much gambled his whole future career on it- and lost.

& Scary Guy, I could've sworn Forbidden Planet was b&w, too. That's the one based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest", right? With Robby the Robot?

[Scary Guy]

Yeah, it is possible that they rerelased it with a color version and thast where IMDB got the info though, cause thats what I used to look it up.

[Scary Guy]

Browser screwup, moderator please delete.

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The Wild Bunch

This was colour as well... and hell yeah about "M"

[sithzanshen]

Isn't The Snake Pit about a woman who is committed to a horrible abusive mental asylum- kind of like the Francis Farmer bio?

Seems like every post reminds me of another film I forgot- this one for some reason reminded me of Freaks.  The story behind the film is just as fascinating as the film itself... Todd Browning pretty much gambled his whole future career on it- and lost.

& Scary Guy, I could've sworn Forbidden Planet was b&w, too. That's the one based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest", right? With Robby the Robot?

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Snake pit opens with a woman (I can't rember her name) sitting in a courtyard trying to figure out why she is there. The rest of the film is seen mostly through her eyes. There are moments of turmoil but there are also scenes with her husband and doctor both trying to help.

If you liked Onibaba (I never thought some one else would know that film!) check out "Kwaidan" (also on the Crierion Collection).

Have you ever heard of "Nadja" (sp)? It was an offbeat b&w vampire film released around '95 or '96. I didn't like it at first until I found out David Lynch had a hand in it. Then it all made sense =) .

Another film that I saw only once in Ann Arbor was "Girl on the Bridge". A washed up Knife Thrower recuits a suicidal girl about to jump off a bridge. It's a beautiful b&w french film about luck and syncronocity(sp). I'm still waiting for both of those to be released on DVD.

No one here has mentioned the Big Bug films either. "Them", "Tarantula", or "Deadly Mantis".

[pomba gira]

If you liked Onibaba (I never thought some one else would know that film!) check out "Kwaidan" (also on the Crierion Collection).

Have you ever heard of "Nadja" (sp)? It was an offbeat b&w vampire film released around '95 or '96. I didn't like it at first until I found out David Lynch had a hand in it. Then it all made sense =) .

Another film that I saw only once in Ann Arbor was "Girl on the Bridge". A washed up Knife Thrower recuits a suicidal girl about to jump off a bridge. It's a beautiful b&w french film about luck and syncronocity(sp). I'm still waiting for both of those to be released on DVD.

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Yeah, I can't remember the last time I ran into someone who knew Onibaba!

I still have the poster from when I saw it in San Francisco in the late '80s. I liked it even better when I learned more about Japanese culture & found out (a) the title translates as "demon grandma" & (b) the mask is the No representation of a jealous woman.

Is Kwaidan based on the Lafcadio Hearn book? Definitely want to check that one out!

Not familiar w/ Nadja or Girl on the Bridge, altho there's a book "Nadja" about a vampire woman in the Old West.

[sithzanshen]

Kwaidan is a collection of Asian ghost stories. I don't think they're in b&w so I might be getting off topic.