No doubt many of us have seen voices being dubbed in or over or whatever the technical term is. Spaghetti westerners are classic examples. Indeed it was a huge surprise to me that the voice of Goldfinger in the 007 film was dubbed for some reason.
Anyway, I’m watching a “colourised” version of a Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes film. Very clever process, although it does flicker around the spectrum at times. But I can’t help but ask…“why bother?”
Have you seen any colourised films? Whaddya reckon, worth the effort or not?
D’oh. Fell asleep watching it last night so thought I’d finish it off this morning. Why oh why do some broadcasters do that thing of chopping off the final few seconds? Case was solved. maybe only one or two lines of dialogues left, but I guess I’ll never actually know now. Grrrrrrrrr!!
Remember Richard Burton talking about Liz Taylor when they were filming Cleopatra. He said he complained to the director that her voice was too quiet and that her acting wasn’t great. Then he saw what was recorded on the film (the “rushes” is the technical term I think), and was blown away by the difference. The rest, as they say, is history.
Thats my thinking too. The directors, film editors, lighting crew etc etc etc will have taken the fact that it was filmed in b&w into account and used that (no doubt often subtly) to good effect.
Dunno about you, but it also irritates me when they either cut the credits at the end completely, or shrink them down into a tiny square on the screen so they can start advertising other stuff thats coming up!
@Dextrous63 , lve not seen the end of any film l have watched for years
now !
Nut l must admit l kept awake last sunday night when watching
“Meeting the Fokkers” for the second time !!
I laughed even more this time !!
I think a lot of B&W films don’t lend themselves well to “colourisation” - especially “thrillers” and intense dramas, where the lighting adds to the atmosphere and tension.
For example, I can’t imagine Mrs Danvers appearing half so scary in Hitchcock’s Rebecca if it was “colourised”
In B&W films, not only the lighting but everything used in the film, from the props on the set to the actors’ make-up and clothes will have been chosen to be filmed in B&W.
The habit of TV announcers interrupting the end music of a film to announce the next programme really irritates me too.The end music is part of the film’s finale to me.
I like to sit and listen to the end music and muse on the film I’ve just watched - it really spoils the viewing experience when someone butts in with a run down of the programmes on next … gggrrrr!
I really love the way the characters talk in old british BW fillums , in short
bursts!of three or four words at a time !!
I have noticedbthis in old westerns too !!
