Erika Silverstein Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Hey All, I'm trying to compile a list of films that were shot (and theatrically released -- or at least available on video/DVD) in 16mm B&W. So far, my sadly limited list includes: Clerks, Following, She's Gotta Have It, Pi, Go Fish (Were any of Jim Jarmusch or Woody Allen's B&W films shot on 16mm?) Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Kolling Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 Night of the Living Dead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Appelt Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 NOTLD was 35mm, not 16mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted July 1, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted July 1, 2004 "Coffee and Cigarettes": http://www.calgodot.com/cine/ But the real star of this show is the filmmaking. Four cinematographers, all of them masters of the art. There are differences, subtle and obvious, between the scenes, owing to lighting and differences in film stock (Plus-X 16mm & Double-X negative 35mm), but no more so than you might find in a film with a single DP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Kolling Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 NOTLD was 35mm, not 16mm. I was'nt sure about that. It looks really low quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Laurent Andrieux Posted July 2, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted July 2, 2004 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063350/technical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Josh Hill Posted July 2, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted July 2, 2004 NOTLD was 35mm. On the 30th anniversary edition it talks about the bad prints that were made, causing everyone to think it was 16mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivian Zetetick Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 A Chronicle of Corpses - dir. Andrew Repasky McElhinney - Haven't seen but heard mixed reviews. Subject of NY Times article. Victorian thriller made on an ultra-shoestring budget by a young filmmaker. Begotten - dir. E. Elias Merhige - Outre, 1960s style "symbolic cinema" reminiscent of James Broughton's Dreamwood. Difficult to watch but very interesting. Inspired many people. Praised by Susan Sontag. Merhige went on to make Shadow of the Vampire. Archangel - dir. Guy Maddin - Slightly boring (for some) but nonetheless a marvelous and amusing fantasia on early cinema, lost memories, and unrequited love. Mixes the style of silent films and early talkies to great effect -- and who doesn't like tinted sequences! Criminal - dir. David Jacobsen & Sepideh Farsi - One of those "First Rites" movies distributed exclusively by Hollywood Video. Great movie. Man Bites Dog - Was this B&W 16mm or 35mm? Comic & disturbing French "mockumentary" about a charismatic and philosophical serial killer. Tetsuo: the Iron Man - Powerfully made, somewhat annoying Japanese comic-book style sci-fi horror film about a guy who becomes a robot monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Wells Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 A Chronicle of Corpses - dir. Andrew Repasky McElhinney- Haven't seen but heard mixed reviews. Subject of NY Times article. Victorian thriller made on an ultra-shoestring budget by a young filmmaker. But it was in color.... I made a 16mm B&W feature (WIRED ANGEL) but was not released theatrically, and is not on DVD yet (I'm waiting for HD DVD) -sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivian Zetetick Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 Was it really? All of the screenshots I've seen have been black & white -- including those posted on the director's own Web site for the film: http://www.armcinema25.com/corpes429.html Best of luck with your own film, which sounds terrific to me, after reading this review: http://www.filmthreat.com/Reviews.asp?Id=1809 Oh heavens -- I forgot: The Flew - dir. Clifton Childree - Odd and whimsical turn-of-the-century feature made by a one-man-band. Childree photographed the film by himself -- literally by himself on sets he built by himslef -- and is largely the film's only subject, which means most of the time he had to start the camera rolling & walk onto frame to start acting. A bit long but fun and remarkable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted July 3, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted July 3, 2004 "Swoon", shot by Ellen Kuras, was 16mm or Super-16 b&w, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Calderon Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Christopher Nolan's (Batman Begins) first feature: Following. Great film, by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lazzarini Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Tetsuo: the Iron Man- Powerfully made, somewhat annoying Japanese comic-book style sci-fi horror film about a guy who becomes a robot monster. The credit list for this film is quite humourous. It lists Shinya Tsukamoto as: director, writer, producer, dop (along with Kei Fujiwara), editor, and art director. He also acts in the film :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Wells Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 The credit list for this film is quite humourous. It lists Shinya Tsukamoto as: director, writer, producer, dop (along with Kei Fujiwara), editor, and art director. He also acts in the film :blink: Well those are pretty much my credits for my film WIRED ANGEL as mentioned in this thread. OK I had some collaboration in the art dept & my acting role was pretty minor (I only did it because I'd run out of crew members to sacrifice <_< ) I sometimes felt like a robot monster making that film :D -Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lazzarini Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Well those are pretty much my credits for my film WIRED ANGEL as mentioned in this thread. OK I had some collaboration in the art dept & my acting role was pretty minor (I only did it because I'd run out of crew members to sacrifice <_< ) I sometimes felt like a robot monster making that film :D -Sam Heh it just reminded me of picking up the Tetsuo dvd in a store and doing a double take when I looked at the credits :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 (edited) NOTLD was 35mm. On the 30th anniversary edition it talks about the bad prints that were made, causing everyone to think it was 16mm. ---It was the bad, contrasty lighting & the probably forced Tri-X negative rather than the prints. And the jumpy, mis aligned splices. Also the original processing was done at some small lab in Ohio. WRS did the answer print. When Elite Video brought out a laser disc, they had a new FGM made which was flashed to bring down the contrast. ---LV Edited May 16, 2006 by Leo A Vale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 ---Cassavette's 'Faces' 1968. Mostly neg and some rev with an NPR. The scrippt was published in paper back. It also listed which stocks were used fror which scenes. The final scene was Plus-X reversal. 'Chan is Missing' 1982. Reversal. Looks good. TXR is the best stock for black leather jackets. 'It happened here' 1962 started in 16mm. At some point Woodfall got invlved & the switched to 35mm with Peter Schusitzky. ---LV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Wells Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 TXR is the best stock for black leather jackets. ---LV You got that right ! -Sam ps Chan Is Missing - good movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Glenn Hanns Posted September 2, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted September 2, 2006 But it was in color.... I made a 16mm B&W feature (WIRED ANGEL) but was not released theatrically, and is not on DVD yet (I'm waiting for HD DVD) -sam Hey Sam, Im shooting a 6min drama on 7222 in 6 weeks, do you have any tips for B+W cinematography? Things you might have done differently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Venhaus Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Almost all of "Wisconsin Death Trip" was filmed using super 16mm black and white film. It was blown up to 35mm for a limited theatrical release. Beautifully shot film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Wells Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Hey Sam,Im shooting a 6min drama on 7222 in 6 weeks, do you have any tips for B+W cinematography? Things you might have done differently? Differnt from what I did - or different from what everyone else does ? I don't know, I like to think of myself as a radical filmmaker but I guess I respect the classical virtues of B&W :) When I first shot B&W seriously it was really a big relief, you don't have to micro manage color cause they're aint any ! Think tonal planes, volumes. Sculpt the light. -Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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