Angel A

So the gang got the awesome opportunity to go and see the fascinating foreign film "Angel A" at Studio on the Sqaure. It was a French film with English subtitles (which drive me crazy just for the record). It originally debuted back in 2005 but only recently came to Studio on the Square. Although it was a very interesting story about second chances what struck me the most about the film was that it was in black and white. Now how many years have we had the technology to make films in color?... Like a million at least! However, this work of art did not need color to radiate its beauty. Without color in the background it gave a lot of focus to the actual story and people involved in it and did not allow the audience to wander their minds into the background. We as the audience were given a blank coloring book with crayons and were allowed to make things any color (way) we wanted to. It made me think of the "Wizard of Oz." If you think about it the most important things in the movie are when it is in black and white. It is the parts in color that are exciting and interesting but when it comes down to it the power of black and white showed reality vs appearance (fiction). The actual beauty of the movie was in the black and white. It made the movie the movie unique and showed to the world that color is not everything.