Let us not forget the great Haskell Wexler.
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A buddy of mine is looking at possibly buying his camera. Would love to see in person the camera that shot Matewan (not B/W, but still beautiful).
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Waited years for it to come out in bluray. Gorgeous!
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Right?! The Criterion disc is magnificent. I actually got to chat one-on-one with John Sayles once, and when I asked him “when are we getting Matewan?” he described all the trials of securing the rights to his own film for a proper release. One of the reasons he was actually in town on that occasion was to speak to lawyers about it. So glad he was finally successful! (Oh, and super-nice guy.)
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His films are so neglected. I hope I live long enough to watch restored, br versions of Limbo; Lonestar: and The Secret of Roan Inish.
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My buy list is growing.
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Black and white film tended to have better sensitivity, and better dynamic range than equivalent color film stock. Maybe directors could afford to be more experimental about their lighting designs.
I hate how black and white is treated as a poor second cousin to color cinematography. The colorizations that are the rage take a black and white image, remove the sharp detail that is characteristic of a well photographed monochrome image, and attempt to add barely half of the color detauil that is characteristic of a color image.
Rule of thumb-- if a black and white tweed jacket looks like a soupy grayish mass, you probably should look for a better digitization.
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I’ve seen a lot of good films on here, but the favourite of mine that I’m missing is Modern Times - I’d rate it as narrowly my favourite Chaplin film. Just so many classic comedy moments, mixed in with a message and a heart.
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