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In Reply to: Color in films posted by Dan G. on July 3, 2000 at 06:59:09:

***Use of color in films has always been of keen interest to me.
Almodovar is quite skilled in his use of it.
Also check out the Chinese films of Zhang Yimou (my personal favorite director) - Qui Ju; Ju Duo; Raise the Red Lantern; Shanghai Triad, and many others.
Also check out Kieslowski's (sp?) trilogy White, Red, and Blue.
Yes, I am familiar with those films, but nowhere else do I recall seeing such domination of a single color. For example, the die mill scenes in Ju Duo are trully artistic in an painting-as-art form sense, but they do not fixate on a single color.
When I say "fixated" I don't mean it in any bad sense. The use of red in that move is cheerful and adds to the overall presentation, doesn't distract from it.
***Fell free to e-mail me if you have any comments- this is just about my favorite topic in film
Please tell us about your other fovorites. Now that you got me thinking it that direction, I will try to come up with some titles too. Problem is, often if it is done right, you don't notice it, it simply enhances the overall effect without calling attention to itself, as it should.
Talking about the tradition of more vibrant colors in European films - the Europe IS more colorful than most of the US, which looks more single-color in comparisson. Same is true of Japan. And I shall never forget the change one experiences when crossing the West/East border in Germany - all colors suddently get replaced by shades of gray and rusty (well, in 1990 anyway).

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