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12-18-2003, 07:55 PM
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Would you WANT to see a colorized version of CLERKS done?
Do you feel the film would have been as succsesful, *yes succesfule  *, if it had been done in color from the very beggining?
 
Lo, there do I see my mother, and my sisters, and my brothers, Lo, there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning, Lo, they do call to me, they bid me take my place among them, In the halls of Valhalla,where the brave may live...
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12-18-2003, 08:14 PM
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Clerks would work if it was still frame slideshow--because the whole reason clerks is successful is the dialog. Period. The people delivering it don't deliver it very well, the people behind the camera don't move it very well, the color of the film doesn't really have anything to do with it: It was a radio drama that happened to be filmed.
I own the movie, and I laugh at it constantly--but visually it's nothing at all, and I don't think anything done to it visually would have made it more or less successful.
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12-18-2003, 09:04 PM
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| Would you WANT to see a colorized version of CLERKS done? |
No.
| Do you feel the film would have been as succsesful, *yes succesfule *, if it had been done in color from the very beggining? |
No. The film is dialgue driven, but I think the black and white filming gave it a "grungy, seedy neighborhood" look. Shooting it in color would have ruined that effect. |
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12-18-2003, 11:14 PM
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Depends on how you shoot it in color. A grainy filmstock probably would have acheaved a similar effect.
I agree with the previous poster, it doesn't matter what it was filmed in, it is the dialog that drives the film.
Jason
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12-19-2003, 01:54 AM
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i somewhat agree, with everyone. i think that dialogue had the biggest impact, but B&W does give the film that something extra to make it stand out from other films. i think the movie is genius, and shouldn't be changed.
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12-19-2003, 01:57 AM
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Smith's strength is dialog, definitely. Clerks wouldn't be hurt or particularly helped by color. Going back and colorizing it would be .... odd ... at least. Perhaps bad. Really depends on how they do it (well or poorly). But it's unnecessary for Clerks; the film stands brilliantly on its own.
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12-19-2003, 03:07 AM
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I've got to agree for me Clerks and really the other Kevin Smith movies are all about the dialog of course since I have poor vision, for me all movies are about the dialog, but it is a definite strength in that case.
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12-19-2003, 08:01 AM
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I think if it were colorized people would be more distracted by the poor camera work (NOOTCH!). Coming from a devout Smith fan, I agree with you all that the dialogue is the important factor and it would "work" either way, it just wouldn't have that indy charm anymore. It would look cheaper (thats hard to do!!!) 
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12-19-2003, 08:43 AM
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I was a video store clerk for years and this movie rings true on so many levels for me that it could be a silent movie and still work for me! I have video store clerk stories that would make Kevin blush!
And you believe, at heart, everyone's a killer...
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12-19-2003, 09:27 AM
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Heresy!!
Just for using the word colorized, you should be ejected from this forum!
Personally, I didn't even notice that the film was B&W until years later when I tried to show it to my roomate. He resisted mightily at the beginning, but by the time it was over, "Clerks" was one of his favorite movies and everywhere we went, he told everybody about it.
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12-19-2003, 10:59 AM
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Hell, no. Like putting lipstick on a pig, it would still suck, bottom line. 
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