INFILTRATING -IZATIONS

Although there has been much debate concerning the colorization of old black-and-white films, the full potential of motion-picture alteration has yet to be realized.

The following are examples of other computer processes which can be expected to infiltrate Hollywood in the coming months.

DE-COLORIZATION: Soon you will be able to watch films like “Out of Africa” in breathtaking black-and-white, unencumbered by the bothersome hues of Eastman film.

RACIALIZATION: In the soon-to-be released version of “It Happened One Night,” Clark Gable is black, adding a new dimension to his romance with Claudette Colbert.

RE-VITALIZATION: Dead or out-dated stars will be substituted with today’s hot personalities. Example: Bogart and Hepburn are electronically replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Heather Thomas in “African Queen.”

MODERNIZATION: Films that are technologically behind the times can be given a 1980s face-lift. In “The Grapes of Wrath,” for example, the Joad family truck is transformed into a red Ferrari Testarosa.

WEATHERIZATION: Adding different atmospheric conditions to any given scene, such as lightning bolts and hail in the middle of “Amadeus.”

FX-ATION: Adding “Star Wars”-type special effects to movies like “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”

The possibilities are limitless. Think of the marketing potentials when 20 different versions of the same movie are released on video tape. This is art at its pinnacle. Ted Turner, eat your heart out.

BRADDON L. MENDELSON

Northridge

BRIAN J. SMITH

Chatsworth