Reply With QuoteFar too many to choose just one, but will put The Bride of Frankenstein forward...
With few exceptions, i have always enjoyed colour movies to black and white.
The main two exceptions to this rule are 'Whistle down the wind' and 'The last picture show'.
Both films were better for the lack of colour. Why? Well i think it was because both films had a bleakness and desolation about them.
Since colour adds a warmth to everything, i think the lack of it befits the harshness and isolation surrounding the characters.
But since i am only allowing myself one film to select, I will go for WDTW, it was a Brit film and therefore i can identify with the storyline.
Last edited by batman; 28-06-13 at 07:47 PM.
Far too many to choose just one, but will put The Bride of Frankenstein forward...
Last edited by Paul Waines; 28-06-13 at 07:50 PM.
Film noir works better in black and white.
It is hard to imagine David Lean's Dickens' movies as effective in color.
On The Waterfront.
Eraserhead
Good choice batman, and the thread is a good talking point as well. Somehow I cant imagine The Curse of Frankenstein in b/w and having seen Red River in a colour format, I don't think that works. My favourite black and white at this moment would probably be a dead heat between about 6 films so I'll have to give it some more thought and return later.Originally Posted by batman
For 'black + white(ness)' see: The Haunting/ Nightmare (63)/ Seance On A Wet Afternoon/ Mildred Pierce. All beautifully photographed.
king kong [1933]
metropolis [1927]
Especially the opening of Great Expectations! No-one has ever bettered that one - in my opinion.
The Big Sleep 1946
The first and best film noir: Double Indemnity (1944)
Accident insurance?
The Maltese Falcon came out in 1941, three years before Double Indemnity. The Falcon was followed a few weeks later by the release of
I Wake Up Screaming.
Scrooge gets my vote
Even ignoring British noir, as this list does, there are plenty of examples before Double Indemnity.
I thought that this was the BritMovie Forum. What about all the wonderful British B&W films?
I would start any list with A Canterbury Tale (1944) and I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
Unusual opening sequences, thrills, laughs, a great story, memorable performances, they've got it all
Steve
The Lady Vanishes. That is all.
I assumed everyone knew that and was just listing their second choices
Most of the Cast and Crew were British on Bride of Frankenstein, I just think of it as filmed on location....
Brighton Rock.
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