Couple of Classics

[Bob]

Here are a couple of classic comedies my wife and I watched this week and both really enjoyed.

The Shop Around The Corner The original "You've Got Mail"

Hobson's Choice Directed by David Lean ("Lawerence of Arabia") and starring Charles Laughton

[George Bellefontaine]

Awww. Hobson's Choice. Gotta look for that at the rental shop. Long time no see. Never did see the first movie you mentioned, Bob.

Speaking of classics. I recently replaced my old dvd of CASABLANCA with a sparkling new Blu-ray copy, so I had an excuse to watch this great classic for the zillionith time. The hi-def picture was gorgeous, in fact it reminded me of how this film looked the first time I ever saw it in a theater.

[Bob]

I'll look for the Blu-ray version, George. The black and white DVD's I've watched don't capture the silver look that film has. It would be interesting to see if it is any better on Blue-ray.
Recently I speant many, many days at Laser Pacific helping to smooth out a black and white movie we filmed a couple of years ago. Unfortunatly we shot it on colored film and then pulled out the color in post. We just couldn't get that silver look of real black and white film. It would either look to cold (blue) or to warm (sepia). There is no post production house in the world with more computing power than Laser Pacific but, I clearly saw the limitations of "fixing it in post", which has become the mantra on film sets these days.

[George Bellefontaine]

I'd have to say, Bob, that the hi-def version was much closer to the silver screen look than the dvd copy I also own. But, there are few b&w movies on dvd that capture that old "silver" look I miss so very much.