Why is it in black and white if it's from the 80s?

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/.​ — 1 year ago(April 16, 2024 09:42 PM)

This whole time I thought it was from the 50s.
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/.​ — 1 year ago(April 16, 2024 09:48 PM)

Joseph Merrick lived and died in the 1800s so perhaps they wanted to give it a dated look? Mire likely, there was no CGI in the 80s and the make up department was not as good as today, so maybe making it black and white hides how ****ty the elephant make up is?
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/.​ — 1 year ago(April 16, 2024 09:54 PM)

there was no CGI in the 80s and the make up department was not as good as today, so maybe making it black and white hides how ****ty the elephant make up is?
This seems likely.
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138 — 1 year ago(April 16, 2024 09:57 PM)

Stylistic choice. Black and whote looks great, and for a film taking place in the past, it fits.
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/.​ — 1 year ago(April 16, 2024 09:59 PM)

nah
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/.​ — 1 year ago(April 16, 2024 10:00 PM)

You just said the same thing as me you cockless finger blaster of the mentally decrepit.
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//.... — 1 year ago(April 16, 2024 10:02 PM)

^this^
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138 — 1 year ago(April 16, 2024 10:40 PM)

I only read the OP.
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The◇Mechanic — 1 year ago(April 16, 2024 10:00 PM)

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