"Video of Sir Peter Jackson and 'The Great War Exhibition'" Topic
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Arteis02 | 02 Sep 2015 10:57 p.m. PST |
This newly-released video features Sir Peter Jackson talking about 'The Great War Exhibition' in Wellington, New Zealand. Besides guiding us around some of the spectacular life-size displays, Sir Peter also shows us the massive Battle of Chunuk Bair diorama that 140 Kiwi wargamers painted over 5000 54mm figures for. YouTube link |
John Treadaway | 03 Sep 2015 4:14 a.m. PST |
So… Peter Jackson doing what he does very well. Taking something important – very important – and putting a lot of effort into bringing it to a wider audience but not being able to resist fiddling with the details. Business as usual, then, for Mr Jackson. The museum component looks stunning. The model diorama is breathtaking. Recolouring all of the photographs? How did he know that car was blue? Don't misunderstand me, I understand why people recolour but it's a very dangerous thing to do, IMHO. Back to "Dwarf tossing" jokes, I guess, and how to make things 'relevant' to a 'modern audience' yadda yadda yadda… John T |
Who asked this joker | 03 Sep 2015 5:30 a.m. PST |
The exhibit looks marvelous. I guess I can forgive him for those last three horrible movies. Recolouring all of the photographs? How did he know that car was blue?Don't misunderstand me, I understand why people recolour but it's a very dangerous thing to do, IMHO. I like recoloring photographs and war footage when it is done to show how things really looked back in the day. I am very much against recoloring cinema films as this is a cheap attempt to modernize a classic. But back to it. Well done Sir Peter! |
Hlaven | 03 Sep 2015 4:25 p.m. PST |
Very Nice. I would love to see that in person. |
Yesthatphil | 03 Sep 2015 5:05 p.m. PST |
What John T said … but moving and inspiring none the less … Phil |
Arteis02 | 03 Sep 2015 11:04 p.m. PST |
Is the fact that the car might be the wrong colour of more importance than the photo becoming more engaging to modern-day viewers? Viewers can still see the original b&w pic if they want, as it's not destroyed by the colouring process … By the way, colourisation of old photographs isn't just a Peter Jackson thing … there are other museums doing much the same. |
Clays Russians | 08 Sep 2015 9:45 a.m. PST |
I wish he would do Richard the III with Al Pacino………. |
John Treadaway | 10 Sep 2015 11:55 a.m. PST |
I just did a thread on "Why colourised film is so dangerous" TMP link @Arteis02 – nothing you've said is wrong or doesn't make sense. Sure, if one is a smart cookie, you know it's been colourised and can spend time looking for the original and drawing one's own conclusions. But in a world where – more and more – younger generations have a noted short attention span and expect all answers to all questions to be available within seconds by googling them on their phones, eventually the colourised film will be seen as the definitive item, the same as Peter Jackson's LotR is seen by many (especially those who think reading something longer than a text message is a real chore) as the definitive interpretation of Tolkien's work. No – in the scheme of things – it probably doesn't matter whether the car was blue or red. Extrapolating that, it probably doesn't matter (purely as an example) that the Enigma machine wasn't supplied to allied intelligence by the US (like in the film U571) but to British and French intelligence by the Poles… after all, people can always watch the film, "enjoy it" and then do their own research… All I'm saying is beware when factual material starts to stray into… well, stuff that's made up. Even if it's only made up a little bit John T |
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