Talk:List of black-and-white films produced since 1966

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

in Richard O'Brien's original screenplay, it stated that the beginning of the movie was to be filmed in black & white. As an homage to The Wizard of Oz, it would switch to color when Brad & Janet entered the world of the Transylvanians. For a variety of reasons, this was ultimately decided against. However, it is included as an Easter Egg on the DVD, accessed by scrolling down to "Scene Selection" and pressing the "left" button, which will highlight a pair of lips. The change takes place during the Time Warp, when Riff-Raff & Magenta throw open the doors to the party. --74.178.227.11 (talk) 20:40, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Removing 'Remarks'

Why are the informative 'Style' or 'Notes or 'Remarks' being deleted and turned into simple binary yes/no acknowledgment of 'Partial color'? Edits like this one and this one are removing good information. I thought the remarks or notes about some of the films were interesting, and helped readers understand the film's place in this list. Binksternet (talk) 12:10, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

any 2010 films in black-and-white?

If so we can add a new section. Tehw1k1 (talk) 21:12, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Mist

The Mist is not a real black & white film, there is only a black and white version on the DVD. I would insert an indivation for this type of black and white movies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.153.77.124 (talk) 08:13, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Khrustalyov, mashinu!

Can you add this film, here is imdb profile http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156701/, this film was presented in Cannes festival from Russia. And it was widely discused in Russian media. Fully in black and white, as all Alexei Germans movies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.234.173.32 (talk) 08:27, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Earlier

I would like this article to go back to 1950 or so, to include films where they chose to make it in B&W when color was available. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 01:32, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That would make the list way too long. Just counting U.S. and British films, without taking into account the rest of the world, we'd have over 100 B&W entries every year from 1950 to 1963. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 23:38, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a similar list of Hollywood films from prior to this? Seems like **Wiki Project Films** should have a comprehensive list of everything produced, ideally with a check box for the media being lost or not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1702:1560:A5B0:2090:5E42:1F9D:BAAD (talk) 07:04, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers should be be there, cause it's partly black-and-white — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.76.55.166 (talk) 09:19, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What?

This list does not include The Dead Talk Back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:C8:C001:8A3A:7198:D921:BC53:A1F5 (talk) 20:26, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Giver (2014)

IMDb entry; its use of colour reminds me of Pleasantville. 2001:44B8:41BD:C401:AA66:7FFF:FE01:C275 (talk) 09:46, 4 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Restrict list to films that are mostly black and white

A movie that has 5 minutes of black and white is not a "black and white film". For example, no one would consider Asteroid City or Kill Bill to be black and white films. If this list is going to have any meaning at all, it needs to be restricted to films that are at least 50% black and white. Otherwise it should be retitled List of films produced since 1966 with black-and-white scenes. Nosferattus (talk) 16:38, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Binksternet, Trivialist, Bellerophon5685, and Tehw1k1: Opinions? Nosferattus (talk) 17:35, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would think that media notice is a factor. If a film's b&w content is persistently called out by the media as remarkable then it can be listed, no matter the ratio of b&w to color. Binksternet (talk) 19:12, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps there could be a separate section for films that aren't predominantly B&W, but did get notice for their use of it, like "Films with notable black-and-white scenes." Trivialist (talk) 03:46, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I like that idea! To be included in the main list, the film must be predominantly in black and white, but other films can be listed in the "Films with notable black-and-white scenes" (and if that list gets too long, it can be spun off into a separate list article). I think for most research purposes it will be useful to have those lists separated. @Binksternet: What do you think? Nosferattus (talk) 15:58, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great idea. Binksternet (talk) 23:24, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Binksternet and Trivialist: I have begun to transition the list. Can you help find other films in the current list that are less than 50% B&W? Thank you! Nosferattus (talk) 14:34, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]