Walt Disney & Technicolor

herman_the_german · Post by **herman_the_german** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 9:57 am

I got my The Adventures Of Robin Hood (Curtiz, 1938), DVD yesterday, and was looking at the suplements. There are two things of interest to animation fans.

The first is a documentary on Technicolor, with mention of Disney's use of it (not really in depth, but they do mention some). Plus they show stills from Snow White & Fantasia. They do not go into the color processes other animation studios were using (which would have been interesting) but it's a start.
We also get to see a glimpse of a (restored?) Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937). It's just a glimpse, but the colors look great!

In addition to that. they have added Katnip Kollege (1938) , Rabbit Hood (1949) & Robin Hood Daffy (1958) , for the first time available on DVD.

MickeyMouseboy · Post by **MickeyMouseboy** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 10:24 am

Cool Herman I wanted to get that DVD the other 3 Warner released! Warner is doing good with its DVD now a days it makes me want to buy them now!

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 10:44 am

I want to pick up this DVD and Treasure of the Sierra Madre. From the looks of it, they are absolutely superb sets.

donaldduckfan · Post by **donaldduckfan** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 11:50 am

both treasure of sierra madre and adventures of robin hood are really GREAT dvds and Leonard Maltin hosts a segment much like his work on the treasures. he's got a pretty cool job from the looks of it.

TheMadHatter · Post by **TheMadHatter** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 12:34 pm

What's also nice about the "Adv of Robin Hood" release is the "Night at the Movies" feature. If you hit Play All, it's like you were at an actual showing of the movie. You get to see a trailer of an up-coming movie ("Angel with Dirty Faces"), then a News Reel, a Swing music short, a cartoon ("Katnip Kollege"), then finally the movie. It makes you feel like you actually went an saw it in the theater (kind of like the "Vault Disney" series did by showing the cartoon short before you actually got to the movie.).

I thought it was a cool feature, but then again, that may just be me!

MickeyMouseboy · Post by **MickeyMouseboy** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 12:54 pm

lol that sounds like something i would like! i like vintage stuff like that!

BasilOfBakerStreet427 · Thu Oct 02, 2003 2:49 pm

All movies should do that on DVD.

disneyfella · Post by **disneyfella** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 4:23 pm

i also have to give my hats off to the new warner dvds. i really really really need to get the 2 disc sets for Singin' in the Rain, and Casablanca. are there any play all features like are on these other ones?

Disneykid · Post by **Disneykid** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 6:10 pm

I have Singin' in the Rain and no, there's no play all feature like with Robin Hood, but don't let that stop you one bit. Singin' in the Rain is an excellent set, and the transfer of the film is jaw droppingly gorgeous. Plus, do you really wanna avoid these:

* Audio Commentary by Debbie Reynolds, Donald O' Connor, Cyd Charisse, Kathleen Freeman, Co-Director Stanley Donen, Screenwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Filmmaker Baz Luhrman, and Author/Film Historian Rudy Behlmer.

* Singin' Inspirations: Branching Feature that leads to scenes from films that inspired Singin' in the Rain

* What A Glorious Feeling Documentary Hosted by Debbie Reynolds

* Musicals Great Musicals Arthur Freed Documentary

* You Are My Lucky Star Deleted Number

* Excerpts of Songs from Originating Movies

* Excerpts from some of the first "Talkies"

* Baz Lurhman Interview on how Singin' in the Rain influenced his filmmaking (easter egg)

* Scoring Session Music Cues

* Stills Gallery

* Theatrical Trailer

Isn't it all enticing?

MickeyMouseboy · Post by **MickeyMouseboy** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 9:17 pm

i want to get that and the 4 that got released tuesday and of course once upon a time in america, and giant

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 9:52 pm

MickeyMouseboy wrote:i want to get that and the 4 that got released tuesday and of course once upon a time in america, and giant

I know this is off topic (and wasting bandwidth

), but I just had to chip in.
Signin' is not only one of my favourite movies, but one of my favourite DVDs too.
Once Upon a Time In America was a pretty good set (still going through it, but glad it is finally available in its complete form).
Casablanca is next on my list, as it comes out here very soon.
If anyone picks up the Sierra Madre disc, ,please let me know what it is like. I really want to get that one two (I'm bloody hopeless - I cancel 3 DVDs pick up 4 others

).
is Warner behind the upcoming Once Upon a Time in the West? That looks good too...

I wish every Disney release were as good as those two.

MickeyMouseboy · Post by **MickeyMouseboy** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 9:57 pm

Loomis wrote:I know this is off topic (and wasting bandwidth ), but I just had to chip in.
Signin' is not only one of my favourite movies, but one of my favourite DVDs too.
Once Upon a Time In America was a pretty good set (still going through it, but glad it is finally available in its complete form).
Casablanca is next on my list

I bought Casablanca 2-disc! it has Carrotblanca on disc 2 hehe!

Loomis wrote:I'm bloody hopeless

Ok Little LoomIZ we had this talk young man! What did we talk about immitating those damn brits?

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 3:39 pm

Yipee! I just picked up Adventures of Robin Hood (wanted to get Sierra Madre too, but could only afford one). Can't wait to delve into this set. The packaging is really nice, as well.

Starion · Post by **Starion** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 8:28 pm

Technicolor? I'm not familiar with that term. I'll need to do some research on it. I wonder any other Disney movies other than Snow White and Fantasia were made in technicolor.

On the bottom of the 2nd disc of the Lion King DVD (Region 1) set, I see the word technicolor. Cool, huh?

catNC · Post by **catNC** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 8:36 pm

technicolor 4 was a filming process that started being used in the 1930's. the technicolor camera actually photographed the images on 4 different strips of film. they were done in 4 different colors: cyan, magenta, yellow, and a black and white strip. then the colors were combined to give colors that were as true as possible for the technology. technicolor cameras were very very large and very expensive to use.. that is why not all movies from this time period were filmed in color.

here's a couple websites that talks about the different generations of the technicolor processes
http://www.technicolor.com/aboutus/about-innovcent.html
http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/oldcolo ... color4.htm (if you keep reading the pages, it talks about "flowers and trees" being filmed in glorious technicolor)

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 12:29 am

I must say that the documentaries on Robin Hood are some of the best produced I've ever seen.

The one on technicolor is extremely eductational and eye-opening - covering everything from the classical painters' understanding of light & color to the very last technicolor film made.

Also, the The Making of the Movie is great. It has a lot of the same historians on the Snow White & Beauty and the Beast DVDs and I'm really starting to look forward to their input with each new DVD SE release.

There is a humungous weath of outtakes, short films, audio segments, and behind the scenes footage here. And the transfer is literally astounding.

As Ferris Beuller would say: "It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up."

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