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Chromatic Cinema A History of Screen Color Richard Misek A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication 99778811444444333322339911__11__pprreettoocc..iinndddd iiiiii 11//2222//22001100 1100::1144::2299 AAMM 99778811444444333322339911__11__pprreettoocc..iinndddd iiii 11//2222//22001100 1100::1144::2299 AAMM Chromatic Cinema 99778811444444333322339911__11__pprreettoocc..iinndddd ii 11//2222//22001100 1100::1144::2299 AAMM 99778811444444333322339911__11__pprreettoocc..iinndddd iiii 11//2222//22001100 1100::1144::2299 AAMM Chromatic Cinema A History of Screen Color Richard Misek A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication 99778811444444333322339911__11__pprreettoocc..iinndddd iiiiii 11//2222//22001100 1100::1144::2299 AAMM This edition first published 2010 © 2010 Richard Misek Blackwell Publishing was acquired by John Wiley & Sons in February 2007. Blackwell’s publishing program has been merged with Wiley’s global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business to form Wiley-Blackwell. Registered Office John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, United Kingdom Editorial Offices 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK For details of our global editorial offices, for customer services, and for information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material in this book please see our website at www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell. The right of Richard Misek to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accord- ance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or other wise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The publisher is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authorita- tive information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold on the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services. If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Misek, Richard, 1971– Chromatic cinema : a history of screen color / by Richard Misek. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4443-3239-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Color cinematography–History. 2. Colors in motion pictures. I. Title. TR853.M57 2010 778.5′342–dc22 2009037084 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Set in 10.5/13pt Minion by SPi Publisher Services, Pondicherry, India Printed in Singapore 01 2010 99778811444444333322339911__11__pprreettoocc..iinndddd iivv 11//2222//22001100 1100::1144::2299 AAMM To Marcus, for the motivation To mum, for everything else 99778811444444333322339911__11__pprreettoocc..iinndddd vv 11//2222//22001100 1100::1144::3300 AAMM 99778811444444333322339911__11__pprreettoocc..iinndddd vvii 11//2222//22001100 1100::1144::3300 AAMM Contents List of Plates ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Film Color 14 Coloration in Early Cinema, 1895–1927 14 The Rise of Technicolor, 1915–35 25 Chromatic Cold War: Black-and-White and Color in Opposition 29 “Technicolor Is Natural Color”: Color and Realism, 1935–58 35 Chromatic Thaw: Hollywood’s Transition to Color, 1950–67 41 2. Surface Color 50 Color in European Film, 1936–67 50 Chromatic Ambivalence: Art Cinema’s Transition to Color 57 “Painting with Light”: Cinema’s Imaginary Art History 65 Unmotivated Chromatic Hybridity 68 Monochrome Purgatory: Absent Color in the Soviet Bloc, 1966–75 77 3. Absent Color 83 Black-and-White as Technological Relic, 1965–83 83 Black-and-White Flashbacks: Codifying Temporal Rebirth 89 99778811444444333322339911__22__ttoocc..iinndddd vviiii 11//2222//22001100 66::3344::1177 PPMM
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