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At 07:26 11/6/98 -0600, Jerry Fochtman wrote:
>
>Another example that I can think of was a short movie we saw in an arts
>class in college.  It opened in B&W with a Civil War soldier about to
>be hanged off a bridge.  The rope broke and he fell in the river.  When he
>surfaced, everything was in color as he was escaping from the army
>that was in pursuit.  After several near misses, when they finally placed
>a hand on the escapee, there was a loud snap, and the movie went suddenly
>back to b&w, back at the bridge with him now hanging from the bridge.  In
>this case it was quite powerful the way the director had also used the
>b&w and color to separate reality from a dream.... sorta like the
>Wizard of Oz as well.... :)
>

I remember that movie (I saw it in high school), but I can't remember the
name.  Any clues, anybody?


Tom Brandt                            Northtech Systems, Inc.
+1 734-769-5040                     3588 Plymouth Road, Suite 292
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