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From: hofbauer@utcsri.UUCP (John Hofbauer)
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Subject: computer colouring of old B&W movies
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Date: Sat, 21-Dec-85 17:38:46 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 21 17:38:46 1985
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I just saw a computer coloured version of my favourite Xmas movie
"Miracle On 34th Street" (1947) and I was not impressed. I prefer
to see movies as they were originally filmed but I'm not fanatical
about it. Certain films simply wouldn't work in colour. Can you imagine
Psycho in colour? MO34S doesn't fall into that category so I wouldn't
object to its colourization if the result was even half as good as
if it was originally filmed in colour, but it isn't. You just can't
recover that kind of information from a B&W print. The result looked
like a sepia-toned B&W print with a few obvious dashes of colour:
blue sky, green grass, pink flesh tones, red Santa suit.

		Blah, Humbug... Merry Xmas