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In Reply to: RE: What we really need is... posted by RGA on December 14, 2018 at 21:45:26
. . . because I have not read the book and you have, but I must ask: in the book, was the girl in red described as standing out from her black and white surroundings? Because that's what Spielberg hits his viewers over the head with - or so it seems to me. He could have filmed the whole movie (or at least just the whole scene) in color, and gradually focused in on on the girl in red - to me, that would have been SO much more effective! But, no, he seemed to want to play the artiste at this point - to the detriment of the scene, because it gets viewers thinking about his "wonderful" technique, rather than what he's trying convey - at least IMHO.
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The girl in red was pronounced in the book and since it's a book there is no colour versus black and white.
If the real Oscar Schindler in fact saw a girl in a red coat and this was his pivotal moment of decision to act - then it's rather a vital part of the book - and if you make a black and white film - there is no way to see Red without using red. It was not the only colour scene in the film anyway - there was a candle scene where the candle was in colour as well.
And since this scene is one of the most remembered by people who loved the movie - often chosen as a cover - well perhaps Steven was fortunate to follow Keneally's novel.
Spielberg filmed in black and white because Spielberg felt the "film should be drained of colour to reflect the draining of life during the holocaust."
To me it's a strength of film making when he can represent all the children of the holocaust and their slaughter in mere minutes in high impact while at the same time providing a possible motivation for Schindler all without a single word of dialog or narrative explanation.
The first 4 minutes of this video has the explanation of why that scene is in the movie - And you can really only debate these things. Spielberg had a valid reason to do it - I think it worked and unfortunately - if it was an art house director who did it I suspect no one would say anything about it - but like in audio people have lots of expectation bias.
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