Rooster_Ties Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 (edited) OK, I just stumbled on this... link: Our 8 Favorite Movies That Are In Black And White Even Though Color Was Available Which also gives me an excuse to start this thread, AND to ask this question... Does anybody remember an art-house movie from about 12-15 years ago, in Black & White, about a pair of twins who were separated at birth, one having a rather poor ($) working-class upbringing, and the other having an uber-rich, multi-millionaire type upbringing. And if my vague memory is right, when the poor twin discovers the rich twin (after they’re both adults), the poor twin sets out to murder his rich brother -- and then take his place (after all, they are twins, and identical twins at that), impersonating him. OK, so far, so good. Thing is, the actors who play the roles of the twins (who are 'identical' remember), one of the actors is White, and the other is Black (and I'm talkin' a "Miles Davis" shade of black, at that). Other characters in the movie who discover that they're brothers are "astounded at the resemblance" -- even though one of the actors is lily white, and the other back as night. Can anyone here remember such a movie (it may have been British), or does someone with better Google-fu want to take a crack at it?? It was SUCH a cool movie (and so incredibly well shot), I'd love to try and rent it sometime -- if it's ever been reissued on DVD. Edited August 19, 2008 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Young Frankenstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 (edited) The Pawnbroker The Manchurian Candidate (the 1960s version, with Frank Sinatra) Psycho Edited August 19, 2008 by Hot Ptah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 "Citizen Kane" "Les Enfants du Paradis" "The Seventh Seal" "Wild Strawberries" "Psycho" "Inherit the Wind" Among many others... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Pomea Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 (edited) The Hill (also no music) -- an underrated 1965 movie about cruelty in a British military prison in North Africa Paper Moon (good period music) Edited August 19, 2008 by It Should be You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdavenport Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Saturday Night And Sunday Morning Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Paper Moon (good period music) Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Since color has been available only (off the top of my head): Dr. Strangelove Manhattan Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Eraserhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Does anybody remember an art-house movie from about 12-15 years ago... OK, so far, so good. Thing is, the actors who play the roles of the twins (who are 'identical' remember), one of the actors is White, and the other is Black (and I'm talkin' a "Miles Davis" shade of black, at that). Other characters in the movie who discover that they're brothers are "astounded at the resemblance" -- even though one of the actors is lily white, and the other back as night. Ah, my Google-fu is getting better. I didn't get all the details right, but here's the NTY review of the movie I was thinking of... Suture (1994) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blajay Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 I liked The Last Picture Show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Ed Wood is a favourite of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Van Basten II Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 (edited) Wings of desire deserves mention so does Vivement dimanche (aka Confidentially yours) Edited August 19, 2008 by Van Basten II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 The 400 Blows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 In keeping with the jazz theme of this board, Shadows. I probably saw it 5 times the week it showed up my freshman year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 The 400 Blows Wouldn't have picked you as the porn type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 There are so many b&w films to choose from it's impossible to say. Ones that look especially splendid to me are Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Lolita, Elevator To The Gallows , The Killers and the recent Criterion of This Sporting Life. For a b&w film shot in the colour film era, The Coen's The Man Who Wasn't There takes some beating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 The Americanization of Emily The Bicycle Thief The Grapes of Wrath The Best Years of Our Lives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMX Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Seconds (1966), directed by John Frankenheimer, music by Jerry Goldsmith, and totally awesome! If you like Twilight Zone-type stories this is the one you've been waiting for. See it before Hollywood remakes it with Adam Sandler - or Rob Schneider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 (edited) Shoot the Piano Player Jules and Jim Edited August 19, 2008 by paul secor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 The 400 Blows Wouldn't have picked you as the porn type. Gotta say it's it's the worst ever translation of a french movie title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Dr. Strangelove Sin City (well, it has some color) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelz777 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 (edited) Twelve Angry Men <<A Night At The Opera The Day The Earth Stood Still Edited August 19, 2008 by mikelz777 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeline Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Difficult question... Notorious (Hitchcock), for the cinematography alone. I've seen it on the big screen, and have to hand it to whoever did the camera work and editing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 (edited) "Since color became available"? Color has been "available" since the 1930's...so what are we talking about here? "The color era"? What is this? Color movies became common in Hollywood in the 1950's. But then there was a brief period of producing prestige pictures in B&W in the first half of the 1960's because they figured the films would look better on TV (which was then overwhelmingly B&W) because Hollywood had finally admitted that the TV aftermarket was where it's bread was buttered. When TV programs started being shot and broadcast in color, in the mid-60's, Hollywood dropped B&W like a hot potato and never looked back. Nevertheless.... The Third Man, The Seven Samurai, Children of Paradise, Trouble In Paradise, Ikiru, My Man Godfrey, His Girl Friday, The Maltese Falcon, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Grand Illusion, Notorious, The Lady Vanishes, It Happened One Night, Out of the Past, Force of Evil, Laura, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, The Sweet Smell of Success, The Ox-Bow Incident, Crime Wave, etc. etc. etc..........................................(many more)............ Edited August 20, 2008 by BruceH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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