Why Movies Use Black and White

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After 80 years since the invention of color film, why are movies still using black and white? What makes our greatest directors, photographers, and social app filters resort to the two-toned spectrum when the possibilities of color are endless to what our human pupils can see?

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Sources for this episode:

• Royalty-free music and sound effects via Artlist.com
• 'Oppenheimer' Oscar Winning Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema Breaks Down Filming in IMAX B&W
• Frances Ha - Official Trailer I HD I IFC Films
• GEORGE A. ROMERO | Night of the Living Dead | Higher Learning
• Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes Explain Why 'Clerks' Was In Black and White
• Why “Oppenheimer” Writer And Director Christopher Nolan Carries A Burner Phone
• The Third Man - Lime's Introduction
• The Third Man -- OPENING TITLE SEQUENCE
• The Wizard Of Oz (1939): Dorothy Steps Into Technicolor
• Moss & Roy Reunited - Richard Ayoade & Chris O'Dowd Best Bits | Travel Man
• The Lighthouse | Official Trailer HD | A24

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