Daily Words 2/13/6: Black and White and Red all Over

[flwyd]

Many holidays are associated with a color. Black and orange. Red and green. Valentine's Day is, of course, red. Red is traditionally associated with love. It's also associated with fast cars. It's also the color of blood.

We watched Sin City on Sunday night. I really enjoyed it. It's shot mostly in black and white, but with carefully placed red when things get bloody. This palette let the movie feel like a good old 1940s film noir with the visceral danger and gore of what might be called the Tarantino era.

The movie also brought to mind another great film with a 1940s connection. As I watched a story without innocence told in black, white and red I remembered the little girl's red rain coat in Schindler's List. And perhaps that's the most touching valentine of all.

Comments

[clarsa.livejournal.com]

I really like the words "carnal" and "sanguine". Speaking of red, you know. There aren't many adjectives that could describe Count Dracula and Kermit the Frog.

[flwyd.livejournal.com]

I suppose Dracula could serve Sang Wine at a dinner party...