This is something I've been wondering about for the longest:
Why wasn't "Under the Cherry Moon" colorized? Sure I understand that he might have been going for the whole French 'film noir' sort of thing, but I just feel cheated to not see three crucial scenes in color:

1--The bathtub scene where he's actung silly on the phone. (His eyes were so lovely, even in b/w)

2--The white lace scene where he's running around behind Mary.

3--The scene where he's rocking the hell outta that gold suit. (I've only seen one color shot of that outfit, and it was kinda junky and outta focus.)

Is there a color version?

It was filmed in colour, and B&W-ized later.

A colour version is not circulating.

It was filmed in color.

But when Prince saw how tacky his outfits looked against his caramel skin, he insisted it be in Black & White. Moreover, many of the colors were sooooo last season by the time the film when into the cutting room.

I think that the decision to show it in black & white was so that the film's over-all crappyness wouldn't be so vibrant.

Illustrator said:

That can't be.

Graffiti Bridge would have been transfered to braille if that were the case.

NouveauDance said:[quote]It was filmed in colour, and B&W-ized later.[quote]


whoa! slow down with the fancy talk egg head, you're losing some of us here!
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Imago said:

I saw it in braille.
Some of the bumps in it were so big,
I felt a bit turned on and ashamed at the same time.

It's a film device that creates what Martin Scorsese like to term as "conflict".

Imago said:

Imago said:

Oh man that was funny

Princology05 said:

Hillarious

For such a small thread, I did laugh a lot.

Oh yeah - answering your question edit:
The movie wasn't colorized so this thread could be made and we could all get a really good laugh out of the comments that followed.
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Protege said:

I was being serious!

Imago said:

Still funny.

Protege said:

THANK YOU!

It's nice to get compliments in here instead of angry orgnotes.

Imago said:

So much seriousness bothers me That's all I got to say about it...I like laughing and don't understand why it makes other people angry.

Speaking on color:

I heard that the Rolls Royce that Mary pulls up in front of Le Pavillion in was purple. Supposedly, Prince refused to continue filming until they found a purple Rolls Royce. Anyone else hear that one? Is it true?

I've heard that it was filmed in colour, but was edited together after being turned into black&white. So no edited version of the film in colour exists.

Imago said:

I'll jump on the band-wagon:

The story I heard was that Prince insisted on B&W because he wanted to film to recall films of the 1930s. WB ordered that the film be shot in color, just in case they were able to change Prince's mind later. (As if.)

The original color footage probably exists...though heaven knows where.

I think B&W fits the storyline and mood the movie perfectly.

I think the movie looks cool in b&w!

It's Prince! Why ask Why?

sexxydancer said:

Yes it does

I would like to see a coloured version released, and I'm sure many of his fans would too. Prince is a colourful character. Black and white doesn't do it for me

Protege said:

Right and plus after riding along faithfully with Prince throughout many years I've come to love the input of orgers like Imago. I think it's totally possible to be a loyal Princehead and still find humor in the comments on this site.