10 Alternative Version Of Movies You Didnt Know About
8. Mad Max: Fury Road's "Black & Chrome" Version Removes All Colour
Though Mad Max: Fury Road is one of the most stylistically vibrant blockbusters of the last 10 years, director George Miller actually realised during production that he preferred the film in black-and-white.
He consequently negotiated with Warner Bros. to release a Black & Chrome version of the film on home video, which stripped away the orange-soaked colour palette for pure black-and-white.
And while some might assume this involved nothing more than pressing a button and re-rendering the movie, it actually required the entire film to be re-graded, taking into account the contrast, saturation, and so on of each individual shot.
Legendary cinematographer John Seale wasn't involved with its creation but gave his blessing, and it was largely well-received by critics and fans alike for telling the original story through a different aesthetic lens.
This kickstarted a run of popular movies receiving their own monochromatic re-releases, such as Logan (aka Logan Noir), Parasite, and most recently Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley.