Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Colorization (updated)Syndicated
1987
Movie Review
VHS
B
Roger and Gene discuss their objections to film colorization, primarily the ineptness of the process (particularly at that time) and the ransacking of the cultural heritage that black & white movies represent. This episode originally aired in '86, but in the following year an update was included in the end, mentioning Representative Richard Gephardt's sponsorship of the National Film Preservation Act (passed in '88). If I have a quibble, it's that S & E don't acknowledge the degree that color films (and by that I mean films originally made in color, not ones with color added on top of black & white) are also part of our cultural heritage. Still, the episode is worth watching, especially the examples, like Frank Sinatra with brown eyes.
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