The culture war is being fought with color: Why have Hollywood blockbusters become so gray?
‘La odisea’ is the latest example of a major blockbuster that, in contrast to the vibrant technicolor of the past, opts for grey, dark and flat colours seeking a kind of visual parallelism to the times we live in.
A few days ago, this writer came across a close-up of Elizabeth Taylor in Ivanhoe (1952) on social media, and didn't want to see anything else. As much as the sublimated features of the actress in her role as the medieval heroine Rebecca of York, the show was the color itself. The lips of an almost unreal crimson and the lapis lazuli eyes with purplish sparkles acquired an authority of their own and dominated the frame with a liveliness that is hard to find today.
So the question was inevitable: how long had it been since I experienced such chromatic enchantment in a movie theater?
Translated by urgent.news from El Pais's report; automated translation may contain errors. Machine-written — it may contain errors, so check the original before relying on it.
