Comments on: Old Lumiere films colorized and speed-corrected

By: Rob Michael

Rob Michael — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 18:33:03 +0000

Fascinating glimpse into the past as it was.

By: huxley

huxley — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 02:10:44 +0000

On a more plebian note, here’s a lovingly colorized scene from “The Addams Family”:
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How nice of them to have charities for pets!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFk524m3pR0
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The real “Addams Family” set was quite bizarrely colorful:

–“The Addams Family’s Living Room Was Actually Pink!”
https://www.boredpanda.com/the-addams-familys-living-room-was-actually-pink/

By: Skip

Skip — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:20:37 +0000

Love seeing films from late 1800s to early 1900s
David+Foster those to me in many cases could be 1812 and would be no different

By: huxley

huxley — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 21:44:34 +0000

I must say colorization has come a long way from the Ted Turner days, when Turner’s efforts were widely reviled.

Although I confess a soft spot for the color-tinted version of “The Big Sleep.”

The David+Foster linked Russian photos are awesome, though I imagine the gorgeous colors are due to computer techniques.

But give Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky credit for the painstaking camerawork using the primitive equipment of the day. Amazing image selection and composition.

By: mezzrow

mezzrow — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 21:27:08 +0000

Wonderful. Plus, not just cat videos – historical cat videos!

By: Rufus T. Firefly

Rufus T. Firefly — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 20:43:51 +0000

Tres magnifique!

By: Ira M. Siegel

Ira M. Siegel — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 18:08:08 +0000

These are fantastic. Thanks, neo.

And, thanks, David+Foster on December 5, 2020 at 7:46 pm, for the link. Wow! Such vivd colors!!!!

By: I am Spartacus

I am Spartacus — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 04:20:15 +0000

“They shall not grow old” was another tour de force by Jackson. I enjoyed the pictures of pre-revolutionary Russia. To see the past in such vivid colors is refreshing. It gives everyone historical perspective.

Hollywood lead by Spielberg and now Lucas is trying to preserve many of the early films. It is a worth endeavor.

By: Aggie

Aggie — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 03:47:42 +0000

I’m really happy to see the technology developed for making the WWI documentary “They shall not grow old” being spread across to other old films. I think people will be amazed when they see a more realistic representation of the confidence people once had in their physical movements – casually walking down city streets with early automobiles, horse-drawn wagons, streetcars whizzing right by them, paying them no mind. The former world was much more physically intimate then – people were on their feet all day long and much more accustomed to accommodating quick reactions I guess.

I remember seeing one old film clip of an ice-breaker coming into a wintry port. People were out on the ice, walking around in their finery, on foot, on velocipedes, right up next to the icebreaker as it plowed its way by. Absolutely no caution, but maybe because they knew exactly how to behave on the ice by virtue of their daily physical experience. Remarkable.

Can’t imagine what the editor was thinking with those phony sounds….all that effort going towards improving the film quality and then these sounds that don’t fit the pictures. Weird. ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ hired a deaf lip-reader who then watched the improved film and provided the script they later dubbed in. A real labor of love, that film.

By: Paul In Boston

Paul In Boston — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 02:07:44 +0000

I have some 1902 photos of our house given to us by the granddaughters of the man who built it in 1899. The children in the pictures all have hats with the same gigantic brims as in the movies. Too bad there aren’t any videos of the children on bicycles or in carriages, it would be interesting to compare them and see them in action.