Black and White in Color/The Sky Above, The Mud Below
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780026483
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780026489
Label: Homevision
Languages: EnglishSubtitledFrenchOriginal LanguageGermanOriginal LanguageEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Homevision
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Homevision
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 24, 2003
Running Time: 180 minutes
Studio: Homevision
Theatrical Release Date: May 08, 1977
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Editorial Review:Description:Winner of the 1976 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Black and White in Color is a voracious and timely satire on racism, colonialism, and war. Set in the Ivory Coast during the First World War, a group of bungling French colonials learns that their country is at war with Germany. Spurred on by a capricious moment of patriotism, the Frenchmen decide to attack their German neighbors. In French with English subtitles
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A great anti war film...short and to the point.Great acting and story.
Best Foreign Film Oscar© winner, 1976's BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR (Home Vision Entertainment)is set in Africa in World War I.
French colonials learn their country is at war with Germany, they, in a fit of "patriotism" attack their German neighbors who reside up river.
as i look at the world in 2008..especially the USA i see history repeating itself.
If you wonder why these things happen read " the ...
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I bought this dvd mainly for the bonus movie Sky Above Mud Below. I've been looking for a release of this on dvd for some time. This great documentary should have been the main title of this disc...
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What day should be chosen to attack the Germans just up the river, ponders the French in flea-ridden Ft. Coulais, in the Ivory Coast? "You can't go wrong choosing the Lord's Day," urges one of the two priests, with the other nodding enthusiastically. Please note that elements of the plot are discussed, but nothing that also isn't mentioned on the back-cover of the case and in the accompanying insert
Black and White in Color tells the story of a motley group of Frenchmen, including a few ...
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When "Black and White in Color" won the 1976 Best Foreign Language Movie Oscar, I made a mental note to see it some day. I eventually bought the DVD in order to do so. What captured my attention was that it was a film from the Ivory Coast. I don't know if they ever hit the charts again. Indeed, this comes across as a European product but I will leave the credit to some Ivory Coaster with a French name.
It is a satire on colonialism and, generally does well in that arena. The synopsis ...
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I first saw this on the big screen when I was a university student. It starts by showing that the French colonists totally misunderstand not only the local language but also the local culture and their relationship to the local people. Then the movie depicts the facical nature of some of the proselytizing. When the news comes of the war and the colonists decide to attack their erstwhile colleague, the German who buys/bought supplies from them, they turn to a young man and ask him to be their military ...
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