Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Victor Frankenstein. Peter Boyle portrayed the monster.[4] The film co-stars Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, and Gene Hackman.
This version is colorized, but why? I don’t know.
Makes no sense to colourise ANY movie.
I agree, but I think there is exactly one exception. They Will Not Grow Old by Peter Jackson.
Hmmm. Fair point, I can see the argument, certainly. Although I think it’s maybe underestimating audiences to suggest, as Jackson seems to, that we can’t recognise the humanity of those men unless they’re shown in colour.
That aside, I think maybe the line between fiction and documentary matters here. Or between instances where it was simply “film what’s happening,” vs instances of carefully crafted sets, lighting, etc.
The latter should be left in B&W I think, if only because the director is unlikely to have been present to supervise and approve the colourisation process.
I’m with you there, though the point most advocate make is that it can bring a new audience to them. But it seems to me it makes even less sense with Young Frankenstein since it was a very conscious choice to film it in black and white.
Yeah, films which were intentionally made in BW should never be colourised. Imagine Eraserhead… in COLOR! 😱
That really does sound horrible.
“Up next: the talkified version of Silent Movie.”