Everybody's post-color favorite black & white... (1 Viewer)

[schan1269]

I'm planning a weekend film fest and the theme, this time, is "black & white...in the time of color".Here are two that are included...and couldn't be more different...The ArtistOf Freaks And MenWhat are your favs?What else should I find?

 

[Mark-P]

Uh... when exactly is "the time of color"? Considering that the first full-color feature film came out in 1935, it's a very long period.

 

[Vic Pardo]

My guess is that the "time of color" is any time from 1967 on, since that was the first year when the studios pretty much stopped making b&w films, with rare exceptions like IN COLD BLOOD. 1966 still had a number of major b&w films, e.g. Billy Wilder's THE FORTUNE COOKIE and Mike Nichols' WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF. So, to me, the OP leads me to think of films like THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, PAPER MOON, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT, SCHINDLER'S LIST, DEAD MAN, et al. Which is my favorite? I don't know. Probably something I can't think of right now.

 

[Jeff Willis]

I have 3 that come to mind:

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)


These were pre-1967 so not sure if they're intended for this thread:

12 Angry Men (1957)

Lilies of the Field (1963)

 

[schan1269]

Yes, 67. (Although, wasn't sure exact from 66-69)Although they kept decreasing after Oz.Essentially, any B&W that when made it was an odd and curious choice to have done so...Schindler is too depressing for this weekend...

 

[Walter Kittel]

None of these are obscure by any means, and I'm uncertain if they fit the criteria of 'odd and curious choice' but I'll mention these three.

If you want color and b&w... Memento
One of the best film of the '80s... Raging Bull
A film that was aided immensely by its stark black and white cinematography... Sin City

- Walter.

 

[Mark-P]

Off the top of my head there's:

Broadway Danny Rose
Control
Dead Man
Ed Wood
The Elephant Man
The Good German
Manhattan
Nebraska

 

[ajabrams]

Paper Moon

 

[Matt Hough]

I'd pick THE ELEPHANT MAN and SCHINDLER'S LIST.

 

[Rob W]

Young Frankenstein

 

[ajabrams]

The White Ribbon

 

[Richard V]

Tie - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence and Seven Days in May and The Manchurian Candidate.

 

[Wayne_j]

Good Night, and Good Luck

 

[Martin_Teller]

Bela Tarr -- Damnation/Satantango/Werckmeister Harmonies/The Turin Horse
Guy Maddin -- My Winnipeg/Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary/The Heart of the World/Brand Upon the Brain!/Cowards Bend the Knee

Eraserhead
Devils on the Doorstep
Duck Season
Black Rain
The White Ribbon
Even Dwarfs Started Small

 

[schan1269]

Bela Tarr -- Damnation/Satantango/Werckmeister Harmonies/The Turin HorseGuy Maddin -- My Winnipeg/Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary/The Heart of the World/Brand Upon the Brain!/Cowards Bend the KneeEraserheadDevils on the DoorstepDuck SeasonBlack RainThe White RibbonEven Dwarfs Started Small

I like your sick fucked up movie selections.

 

[Harry-N]

It's not really a "film", but the DVD of the live TV broadcast version from 2000 of FAIL SAFE is black & white. I guess it was done to mimic the motion picture.

Harry

 

[TravisR]

Clerks

 

[Worth]

The Girl on the Bridge (1999)

 

[Peter M Fitzgerald]

Branded to Kill (1967)
The Incident (1967)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Kuroneko (1968)
The Living Skeleton (1968)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Out of It (1969)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Tomorrow (1972)
Paper Moon (1973)
Eraserhead (1977)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Ed Wood (1994)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Sin City (2005)
The Artist (2011)