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RE: The best Christmas movie? (long paragraph)

Posted by eppis on December 1, 2007 at 10:34:04:
I liked the colorized version of that version, too. (Though, I didn't care for Patrick Macnee's commentaries, in the version I saw). For some reason, everything except the "real" stuff, like skin tones, look neat to me. This film, and other color conversions that are primarily shot using stages, with phony, painted backgrounds, and exteriors, look right to me. I guess it could be characterized as electronic impressionism. And really intended only for the television experience. It couldn't work on the large screen. Reminds me of an elaborate live theater stage set: one knows it's phony, but it works. Hawks' "Sergeant York" worked really well in color. So did "It's A Wonderful Life," if I remember correctly. The film that didn't work for me, was the original "Miracle On 34th Street," because of too many real exteriors. Funny how it works in reverse, too. Think of de-saturated films (like Wizard Of OZ), that work fine without color. Now what I would really like to see, would be an HD 16 by 9 transfer of the Scrooge, in it's original b & w! Pardon the long spiel.