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stripedtabbycat · 1 month ago

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every time i find myself getting indignant at someone saying shit like "kids these days are stupid and don't know anything about movies made before they were born" i have to remind myself that i am routinely surprised by movies made in the late 60s being in color

#this has happened three times that i can remember #legitimately thought rosemary's baby was in black and white right up until i watched it for the first time. no idea why #(i got it from my college library dw i'd never spend money on anything by that director as long as he's still alive)#also was surprised that wait until dark (1967) was in color. i just thought it wouldn't be.#and recently i decided to watch all the best picture nominees from 1967 because i was rereading pictures at a revolution #(except for doctor dolittle i don't think i needed to watch that)#and maybe it's because the photos in the book were all in black and white but i was surprised Again when i got to the last one #which was guess who's coming to dinner (the one i was least familiar with beforehand)#and it was in color.#i blame night of the living dead for making me think this way even though i knew full well there were plenty of color films pre-1970 #it was literally just budgetary reasons. also psycho being in black and white made me think that was the default for longer than it was #however i was less surprised by the earlier hitchcock films i watched being in color even though they went as far back as 1948 #so idk why i had that expectation for only certain movies

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