Bjorn Sorenssen <[log in to unmask]> "naively" asks: >If you turn your color saturation knob all the way down while watching >a colorized b/w movie, will you then, in effect, be looking more or less >at the "original"? I find that the contrast of a colorized film seen in black and white is greatly reduced. I recall seeing TOPPER [1937] (a film where I've had the good fortune to have seen the Museum of Modern Art's print), and I really noticed how there was a generalized "neutral gray" of the colorized version. That's one of Turner's first efforts, and perhaps they've improved -- but I still don't understand anything but monentary reasons why a film should be colorized. Bob Kosovsky Graduate Center -- Ph.D. Program in Music(student)/ City University of New York New York Public Library -- Music Division bitnet: [log in to unmask] internet: [log in to unmask] Disclaimer: My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions.