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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 10:16:15 GMT -5
A thread over at The A.V. Club about people's admiration for the colors in Disney's The Jungle Book and Alice in Wonderland got me thinking about movie with cool color schemes.
Over Halloween, I watched Mario Bava's Kill Baby, Kill and it reminded me how much I enjoy films with oversaturated colors. The Bava film in particular had a great mixture of shadows and rich hues.
I find that even the worst movies in this vein (think the MST3K episodes of Santa Claus, The Day The Earth Froze, and Jack Frost) possess a dreamlike quality that makes them highly watchable.
So, TI'ers, what are films that are enjoyable because of their colors?
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Post by ganews on Dec 19, 2014 10:51:34 GMT -5
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Post by Great Unwashed on Dec 19, 2014 10:58:42 GMT -5
Suspiria! Or in particular the parts where the actual story is left to the side for a minute and you just have someone going down a saturated red passageway to Goblin singing WITCH! every so often.
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Dec 19, 2014 11:09:07 GMT -5
The Fall!  
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Post by nowimnothing on Dec 19, 2014 11:18:51 GMT -5
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Post by Ice Cream Planet on Dec 19, 2014 11:21:42 GMT -5
Maybe a little too obvious but still great:    Not too obvious, because they are fantastic films! Which one was your favorite? My choice would be Rouge. |
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Post by Dellarigg on Dec 19, 2014 11:21:55 GMT -5
A little Terence Malick, Days Of Heaven - lots of this was filmed during magic hour, so the story goes.  |
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Post by nowimnothing on Dec 19, 2014 11:26:51 GMT -5
It's all about House of Flying Daggers. Hero is another one. It has color for each version of the story. |
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Post by Ice Cream Planet on Dec 19, 2014 11:28:12 GMT -5
Animated: Princess Mononoke Non-animated: Mulholland Drive
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Post by nowimnothing on Dec 19, 2014 11:29:20 GMT -5
Maybe a little too obvious but still great: Not too obvious, because they are fantastic films! Which one was your favorite? My choice would be Rouge. I need to watch them again, it would probably be Rouge, but that was the most popular one. |
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Dec 19, 2014 11:36:16 GMT -5
Oooh, didn't even think of animated! In that case, The Secret of Kells:  |
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Post by Ice Cream Planet on Dec 19, 2014 11:39:38 GMT -5
Not too obvious, because they are fantastic films! Which one was your favorite? My choice would be Rouge. I need to watch them again, it would probably be Rouge, but that was the most popular one. is brilliant, and Irene Jacobs deserved a Best Actress nomination for her performance, but for some reason I always thought Bleu was the most popular. Oh, another film that deserves to be on this list: Raise the Red Lantern
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Post by Lady Bones on Dec 19, 2014 11:43:33 GMT -5
 Don't let the character designs fool you, The Croods was gorgeous and full of color for the most part. I'm also very fond of the tones in Mary and Max, but I assume we're focusing on brighter color here. |
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Post by Lady Bones on Dec 19, 2014 11:52:09 GMT -5
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Post by Lord Lucan on Dec 19, 2014 12:02:07 GMT -5
Robby Müller's cinematography in Paris, Texas was very vivid.   |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 12:07:16 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 12:19:55 GMT -5
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Post by Ice Cream Planet on Dec 19, 2014 12:27:13 GMT -5
Inspired by Dellarigg choosing Days of Heaven, I submit the Malick film, Badlands
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Post by Lady Bones on Dec 19, 2014 12:36:55 GMT -5
songstarliner: Thanks, I was having trouble finding good Shining screenshots.
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Post by Post-Lupin on Dec 19, 2014 12:45:49 GMT -5
Not too obvious, because they are fantastic films! Which one was your favorite? My choice would be Rouge. I need to watch them again, it would probably be Rouge, but that was the most popular one. , because Preisner's score and that last scene just destroy me every damn time. Add to the list: The Fountain  |
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Dec 19, 2014 14:14:47 GMT -5
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Post by Baramos on Dec 24, 2014 0:44:39 GMT -5
Hard to recommend the rest of the movie, but the color and cinematography in Only God Forgives.
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Post by disqusf3dme on Dec 24, 2014 0:59:49 GMT -5
I'm really fond of the colours in Dredd, but I can't find any good screen caps. Spring Breakers is another one, the colours are so garish but in the best way. I love the ending scene, where everything's got that intense neon pink hue. It's like a candy coated nightmare.
Good mentions with the Mario Bava film and Suspiria. I really just love the old school, over saturated horror film aesthetic. I can guarantee this to you, that if I ever made a movie, it would look exactly like that.
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Post by dboonsghost on Dec 24, 2014 2:23:26 GMT -5
Hard to recommend the rest of the movie, but the color and cinematography in Only God Forgives. is the most beautiful pile of shit since Enter the Void. Oh how I hate both of those movies. |
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Post by [Citrus] on Dec 24, 2014 10:18:37 GMT -5
I don't especially like Black Narcissus (though lots of other people do) but it's basically the best of '40s Technicolor.   |
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Post by Paleu on Dec 24, 2014 10:26:53 GMT -5
Maybe a little too obvious but still great: Not too obvious, because they are fantastic films! Which one was your favorite? My choice would be Rouge. is my favorite as well, but I think Blanc doesn't get nearly enough love. I mean, c'mon people, Julie Delpy! Black Comedy! A guy named Karol Karol! The movie sells itself. I'm not as much of a fan of it, but The Double Life of Vernoique definitely qualifies as well. The color scheme is absolutely gorgeous. Sławomir Idziak (who also worked on Bleu and The Dekalog, among others) knows his shit. |
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Post by dboonsghost on Dec 27, 2014 17:35:42 GMT -5
How has nobody said Traffic yet?
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Dec 28, 2014 13:07:02 GMT -5
How has nobody said Traffic yet? We were waiting for you to be condescending and then not post examples. |
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Post by dboonsghost on Dec 28, 2014 13:10:00 GMT -5
How has nobody said Traffic yet? We were waiting for you to be condescending and then not post examples. Says the person who posted screenshots to some cartoon and didn't even bother to put the title. Hey, it's fun being catty for no reason! |
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Dec 28, 2014 13:11:22 GMT -5
We were waiting for you to be condescending and then not post examples. Says the person who posted screenshots to some cartoon and didn't even bother to put the title. Hey, it's fun being catty for no reason! You'll know the title of that movie, if and when you deserve it! |
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