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I like to see a return to technicolor vibrancy in some media IP. Some directors, like PTA, still use it to great effect, but when you watch some old Powell and Pressburger films, or Bad Day at Blackrock, or even Purple Noon, you see these beautiful colours that don't assault your eyes in neon brightness; instead, you get these beautiful rich tones that seem solid and deep. It seems like now a lot of colourists just go for overwrought colourgrading, insanely crushed blacks, or slamming a movie into blue-orange land.


HBO’s brand new “Station Eleven” makes excellent use of color IMO. Lots of beautiful nature shots, no conspicuously digital color correction. Color is an important narrative element through cinematography and production design rather than “let’s slather blue here in post to make it dramatic”. (Excellent acting too. Really love this show.)


Bad Day at Blackrock is just a tremendous film. A social justice Western from 1955 starring Spencer Tracey?

For more technicolour scenery (albeit mostly painted!) I enjoyed Black Narcissus https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3210478105?playlistId=tt0039192...


I second this. Technicolor was amazing and I miss it. It made watching old classic movies from the 60's and 70's more enjoyable. Nothing today compares to the vibrant, rich tones technicolor brings.


Disney animation is now the home of color, where every frame has every color and a good chance of featuring a literal rainbow.




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