Talk:The Wizard of Oz

Black-and-white film?

No strong opinion on this, but how do editors feel about this being categorized as a black-and-white film? Parts of it apparently were filmed in black-and-white, though obviously the majority of the film is in color, and the category has no notes regarding how it's intended to be used. DonIago (talk) 13:14, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

I feel like we could use another category, like "Color films with black-and-white scenes". Dune Part Two and Kill Bill Vol. 1 could be other films part of that category (that I can think of right now). Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 13:35, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

I'm not inherently opposed to that, though if such a category were to be created, I can imagine arguments ensuing as to whether a quick B/W flashback is sufficient for membership in that category (e.g. Ocean's Eleven). DonIago (talk) 14:30, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, that's why I don't care too much about categories. The category criteria can be for the black-and-white scene(s) to be explicitly mentioned in the article body. Looked up and found a few other good ones -- Oppenheimer, Asteroid City, Pleasantville, Memento, American History X, Natural Born Killers. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 18:47, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

I'm not unwilling to create such a category, though you might have more experience with it (or might not!), but then there's the question of whether such a category should be a subcategory of B/W films or separate. I'm guessing you feel it should be the latter, but I don't want to make assumptions, and I definitely don't want to create a category that's just going to end up at CfD. :p Or, if you want to go ahead and create it with your own ideas, be my guest! DonIago (talk) 19:42, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Actually, I remembered this: List of black-and-white films produced since 1966. It's horribly unsourced, but I do see most of the films discussed above, showing up in that list as not exclusively B/W. That may be better in the long run, especially if sourcing can be required for that list and sourcing actually added. Not by me, though... I still gotta finish overhauling list of cult films (have done too much to give up). Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 20:10, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

So, you think we should leave this film categorized as a B/W film and let that list handle what's likely to be the majority of instances where a film mixes B/W and color footage? I have no objection to that either. It feels weird to have Wizard of Oz listed as a B/W film, but I understand that categories aren't exclusive ORs. DonIago (talk) 20:26, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

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