Sunday, October 22, 2006

Dubai TV on the Last Night of Ramadan

When I first came to Dubai three years ago, Dubai TV ran a film about the Prophet (PBUH) at the end of Ramadan.

This year, they ran the colourized version of ‘The Maltese Falcon.’

‘The Maltese Falcon’ is one of the best movies ever made, as filmed in its original, black and white version.

It has no need of colour. The colour, added by some program similar to (but not the same as) PhotoShop, detracts from the original artistic vision.

‘The Maltese Falcon’ is one of my favourite movies (I like the movie better than the book), but only if shown as it was originally filmed.

1 Comments:

Blogger Reel Fanatic said...

Colorization is always sad, but especially on a movie as great as this one ... it stands as my second favorite Bogie movie, after only the outstanding "Key Largo"

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