Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 4K UHD (Criterion Collection)

[JohnCarpenterFan]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Sorry if I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, but these were the color gels that were said to be used throughout the whole film:



The Italian Blue one is the one predominantly used in that one overly teal scene, but it is used elsewhere in the film too along with the others mentioned. But yeah, I agree about the prologue. That seems like obvious revisionism with the Criterion release.

I wouldn't be too sure about that at all, especially since the Criterion UHD seems to be the only home video release that we know actually used a film source as a color reference. The previously posted comments about Gilliam being color blind and having to rely on others to get things right isn't encouraging either.

I have seen a number of home video releases where day-for-night shots were left uncorrected or monochromatic color shots were incorrectly presented as B&W; this is sadly an indicator of how true accuracy was never really a real concern to begin with, and that most home video grades were based on the whims of colorists or largely copied previous masters which may also have been inaccurate (as they often were). Even the B&W prologue on the Arrow UHD and previous releases isn't true B&W and has a slight beige appearance. Original 35mm prints of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas are still being shown; all one should really need to do is attend a showing and see for themselves.