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Old 12-24-2008, 04:57 PM
Pyrrho Pyrrho is offline
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Originally Posted by Brian View Post
The effects and what the director is shooting for in b&w is totally lost when the print is colorized. When one comes on the tube, I hit the color controls and go to b&w. Sadly a color tele does not do b&w as well as a real b&w set and the colorization destroys a lot of the beauty contained within the original print.
That is because in the colorization process, they play with the contrast. You cannot get back to the original by just turning down the color on your TV. Basically, once a film is colorized, it is ruined. You simply need to get a copy that has not been colorized if you want to view it properly.
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