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Most movie buffs disapprove of colorizing movies, I think, but what about decolorizing them? From the New York Times:
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The words "director's cut" on the cover of a DVD usually mean a few more minutes of gags too coarse to make the R-rated version shown in theaters. For the DVD release of his 1976 "Nickelodeon," Peter Bogdanovich has done something different. The director's cut is indeed a few minutes longer than the theatrical version (both are included on the new disc from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment), but more conspicuously it's a black-and-white edition of a film originally released in color.
Black and white had been Mr. Bogdanovich.s original choice for "Nickelodeon," a comedy about the early days of American filmmaking that drew on Mr. Bogdanovich's interviews with pioneering directors like Allan Dwan and Raoul Walsh. But even though Mr. Bogdanovich's black-and-white films, "The Last Picture Show" (1971) and "Paper Moon" (1973), had been commercial and critical successes, monochrome was increasingly frowned upon by the studios....
Black and white had been Mr. Bogdanovich.s original choice for "Nickelodeon," a comedy about the early days of American filmmaking that drew on Mr. Bogdanovich's interviews with pioneering directors like Allan Dwan and Raoul Walsh. But even though Mr. Bogdanovich's black-and-white films, "The Last Picture Show" (1971) and "Paper Moon" (1973), had been commercial and critical successes, monochrome was increasingly frowned upon by the studios....
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