Color Movies before 1970

[Fresno Bob]

color westerns from the 50s and 60s crush sappy "song and dance" movies

[rhd]

Glad to hear you're a fan of "old" movies. But I disagree w your premise that the best movies are in B&W. My own personal preference is for older movies, many of which were in B&W. I wouldnt even want to say that the best movies are the older ones (even tho I'm greatly tempted to). I think that one could get that impression because there are so many modern movies that are not impressive. I didnt grow up in the forties and fifties but there probably were just as many bad movies back then as now, but you never see the bad ones simply because noone shows 50-year old bad movies; they only show the better ones.

B&W would seem to be the best medium for film noir. But not necessarily. I would call "Miller's Crossing" a modern film noir (great movie!), and it of course was in color.

[Fresno Bob]

B&W would seem to be the best medium for film noir. But not necessarily. I would call "Miller's Crossing" a modern film noir (great movie!), and it of course was in color.

Blood Simple, Body Heat and hell, even Blade Runner are other "noir in color" examples

[onejayhawk]

color westerns from the 50s and 60s crush sappy "song and dance" movies

Many of the color westerns were sappy song and dance movies. Song anyway. Ever heard of Nelson Eddy?

Blood Simple, Body Heat and hell, even Blade Runner are other "noir in color" examples

Modern film noir is a thread we did once. Don't forget L.A. Confidential. On the hush, hush.

J