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10 Best Uses of Color in Cinema of All Time by Youtuber Cinefix.
Many other lists & geeky compilations from Cineflix below
Top 10 Best Scenes of All Time,
Disney's Secret Sexual Messages Conspiracy (Conspiracy Cinema Edition),
10 Most Emotional Movies of All Time,
Top 10 Improvised Scenes in Movie History,
Top 10 Movie Sets Ever Built,
Top 10 Movie Dance Scenes Of All Time,
Top 10 Practical Movie Effects of All Time,
The 100 Most Iconic Movie Lines of All Time,
9 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Pulp Fiction.
100 more Cineflix's videos.
Cinefix previously on Metafilter
Top 10 Best Scenes of All Time,
Disney's Secret Sexual Messages Conspiracy (Conspiracy Cinema Edition),
10 Most Emotional Movies of All Time,
Top 10 Improvised Scenes in Movie History,
Top 10 Movie Sets Ever Built,
Top 10 Movie Dance Scenes Of All Time,
Top 10 Practical Movie Effects of All Time,
The 100 Most Iconic Movie Lines of All Time,
9 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Pulp Fiction.
100 more Cineflix's videos.
Cinefix previously on Metafilter
Aw, no mention of Michel Gondry in the practical effects video.
posted by acidnova at 12:43 PM on October 7, 2018
posted by acidnova at 12:43 PM on October 7, 2018
Did they describe Wes Anderson as "a little bit hipster" unironically or was that some form of post-to-the-nth-power irony that sailed over my head?
posted by Nerd of the North at 1:10 PM on October 7, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Nerd of the North at 1:10 PM on October 7, 2018 [2 favorites]
One of my favorite color things in a movie is in Peter Greenaway's Belly of an Architect, in which he totally deprives you of blue without being obvious about it. When he finally uses the color it's kind of mind-blowing. Also, Brian Dennehey in a different kind of role.
posted by under_petticoat_rule at 1:18 PM on October 7, 2018 [6 favorites]
posted by under_petticoat_rule at 1:18 PM on October 7, 2018 [6 favorites]
What?? Come on. No matter how precious you get in the rest of the list, the Best Use of Color in a movie is THE WIZARD OF OZ. Kansas to Oz. Nuff said.
posted by kestralwing at 2:36 PM on October 7, 2018 [7 favorites]
posted by kestralwing at 2:36 PM on October 7, 2018 [7 favorites]
If you get a chance to see Nathaniel Dorsky's films made in Golden Gate Park screened, and you like colors, you should take that chance without hesitation.
posted by kenko at 2:49 PM on October 7, 2018
posted by kenko at 2:49 PM on October 7, 2018
The subtle sepia tint (created with digital color grading) in O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000) enhanced the film's old-timey mood nicely.
Although OBWAT? isn't listed, clickable frame-by-frame color palettes of many other films are at The Colors of Motion.
posted by cenoxo at 3:24 PM on October 7, 2018 [3 favorites]
Although OBWAT? isn't listed, clickable frame-by-frame color palettes of many other films are at The Colors of Motion.
posted by cenoxo at 3:24 PM on October 7, 2018 [3 favorites]
> Best Use of Color in a movie is THE WIZARD OF OZ
Fleming totally ripped off Tarkovsky's Stalker.
posted by glonous keming at 3:40 PM on October 7, 2018 [5 favorites]
Fleming totally ripped off Tarkovsky's Stalker.
posted by glonous keming at 3:40 PM on October 7, 2018 [5 favorites]
The best scenes of all time list is not bad but it got the best comedy scene wrong.
The best comedy scene in history is the golf course air horn scene from the first Jackass movie.
posted by the duck by the oboe at 5:09 PM on October 7, 2018 [2 favorites]
The best comedy scene in history is the golf course air horn scene from the first Jackass movie.
posted by the duck by the oboe at 5:09 PM on October 7, 2018 [2 favorites]
If you're talking about colour in films and Pitch Black isn't in the list, you're not trying very hard.
posted by krisjohn at 8:39 PM on October 7, 2018
posted by krisjohn at 8:39 PM on October 7, 2018
Masterfully crafted video delivered at a breathless pace.
posted by bz at 11:26 PM on October 7, 2018
posted by bz at 11:26 PM on October 7, 2018
I think that Cinefix's videos are actually like master classes in theory that are poorly titled. This isn't "the top ten best uses of 'color' in film", it's more like "Ten different ways directors work with color and our favorite example of each specific technique". I think that's why people go into it expecting "Wizard of Oz" mentioned; that is indeed a use of color, but it isn't a god example of "the monochromatic pallette" or such.
But their videos are like perfect for me, so yay.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 3:15 AM on October 8, 2018 [7 favorites]
But their videos are like perfect for me, so yay.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 3:15 AM on October 8, 2018 [7 favorites]
I think that Cinefix's videos are actually like master classes in theory that are poorly titled
I find the hyperbolic titles so annoying that I can't really get past them. I mean it's an okay list of mostly recent film that make good use of color but the "of all time" just makes it seem so shallow.
posted by octothorpe at 3:48 AM on October 8, 2018 [2 favorites]
I find the hyperbolic titles so annoying that I can't really get past them. I mean it's an okay list of mostly recent film that make good use of color but the "of all time" just makes it seem so shallow.
posted by octothorpe at 3:48 AM on October 8, 2018 [2 favorites]
Well, shit. Just when I thought this is what I was doing all night. Now it's THIS?
posted by DrAstroZoom at 7:26 AM on October 8, 2018
posted by DrAstroZoom at 7:26 AM on October 8, 2018
The color video was ok but a lot of these betray a certain white male film student bias. War movies, westerns, Kubrick, lots of golden-age DeNiro and Pacino, Kurosawa, Tarkovsky, Bergman, etc. Not that there's anything wrong with that stuff, but there's kind of a sameness to a lot of the choices.
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 7:09 PM on October 8, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 7:09 PM on October 8, 2018 [1 favorite]
“The best comedy scene in history is the golf course air horn scene from the first Jackass movie.”
“I’m sorry, I got bursitis.”
posted by argybarg at 10:02 PM on October 8, 2018 [1 favorite]
“I’m sorry, I got bursitis.”
posted by argybarg at 10:02 PM on October 8, 2018 [1 favorite]
The color video was ok but a lot of these betray a certain white male film student bias. War movies, westerns, Kubrick, lots of golden-age DeNiro and Pacino, Kurosawa, Tarkovsky, Bergman, etc.
I think the choices were helped a lot by which movies Cinefix could find info to, um, borrow for his video. A lot of the Oh Brother Where Art Thou stuff, for example, was used in this video from 2013 and may have been on some commentary track or elsewhere first for all I know.
The "rankings" like his love of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, as can be seen across a number of the videos, is his own choice, more or less, and does tend towards seeming a bit film schoolish in some limiting ways.
The idea of breaking down color use into different methods isn't bad, framing it as "rankings" is annoying as hell and the same idea doesn't necessarily carry over into the other videos as well. The "Most Emotional Scenes" one is kinda ridiculous other than as a personal construct. It's way too simplistic, not really adequate conceptually, but does give another chance to mention Phillip Seymour Hoffman who, you may notice, he really likes.
The sets and practical effects choices are harmless enough, giving some reasonably useful basics on the ideas and the "rankings" aren't really important for something of that sort anyway.
The Best Scenes list is way too simplistic, but as there'd be no hope of trying to summarize the possibilities of scene use in one video or even give full explanation for a single scene's importance in the time allowed if it gets people thinking about the idea, I guess it's a starting point.
The rest seems mostly designed to draw viewers and give some chance to go on about some favorite thing of Cinefix's, which is what it is in the Youtube ecosystem.
posted by gusottertrout at 10:48 PM on October 8, 2018 [1 favorite]
I think the choices were helped a lot by which movies Cinefix could find info to, um, borrow for his video. A lot of the Oh Brother Where Art Thou stuff, for example, was used in this video from 2013 and may have been on some commentary track or elsewhere first for all I know.
The "rankings" like his love of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, as can be seen across a number of the videos, is his own choice, more or less, and does tend towards seeming a bit film schoolish in some limiting ways.
The idea of breaking down color use into different methods isn't bad, framing it as "rankings" is annoying as hell and the same idea doesn't necessarily carry over into the other videos as well. The "Most Emotional Scenes" one is kinda ridiculous other than as a personal construct. It's way too simplistic, not really adequate conceptually, but does give another chance to mention Phillip Seymour Hoffman who, you may notice, he really likes.
The sets and practical effects choices are harmless enough, giving some reasonably useful basics on the ideas and the "rankings" aren't really important for something of that sort anyway.
The Best Scenes list is way too simplistic, but as there'd be no hope of trying to summarize the possibilities of scene use in one video or even give full explanation for a single scene's importance in the time allowed if it gets people thinking about the idea, I guess it's a starting point.
The rest seems mostly designed to draw viewers and give some chance to go on about some favorite thing of Cinefix's, which is what it is in the Youtube ecosystem.
posted by gusottertrout at 10:48 PM on October 8, 2018 [1 favorite]
If you are interested in the use of color in movies, this is a nice summary that goes a bit more in depth and doesn't fuss with "rankings" to do so.
posted by gusottertrout at 11:43 PM on October 8, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by gusottertrout at 11:43 PM on October 8, 2018 [1 favorite]
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posted by dances_with_sneetches at 10:44 AM on October 7, 2018