As Ted Turner explained years ago, (along with those annoying "uuhh"s he
injects into every sentence) "The last time I checked I owned those movies
so I can do whatever I want with them". Now THAT'S an artist! Yuck.
Colorized "Maltese Falcon"........ it's enough to make a film buff puke.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Dodson" <dodsonm@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Re: [OM] OM: a bit OT question]
andrew fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Re: Rear Window
> It isn't - just as desaturating a colour image isn't satisfactory B&W.
> As for 'colourising' a film like 'The Maltese Falcon' which, I think, got
> an Oscar for B&W photography, well.... Isn't Ted Turner responsible for
> these despicable acts?
>
>
As John H. noted, this one would be hard to colorize.
>From the Internet Movie Database:
Rear Window (1954)
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Writing credits
John Michael Hayes
Complete credited cast:
James Stewart .... L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies
Grace Kelly .... Lisa Carol Fremont
Wendell Corey .... Lieutenant Thomas J. Doyle
((deletes))
Also Known As:
Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954) (USA: complete title)
Runtime: Australia:112 / Germany:112 / Netherlands:107 (video) / USA:112
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix: Western Electric Sound System
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