Carnival of Souls (1962) is one of my favourite films, so I've seen it lots of times. Up until yesterday, however, I hadn't seen the colorized version, from which this screenshot is taken. The finished product reminds me of the makeup morticians apply to corpses.
As with all the best experimental films, it takes a while to twig what's going on with Pat O'Neil's 1967 short film 7362. As the images drift, subdivide and transform like the hot wax blobs in a lava lamp, however, you'll find that it doesn't really matter what you 'get', only what you see and feel.
I'm all for forging ahead with things, but even I have to admit that something has been lost in the press button digital age in terms of experimentation. Analogue was tricky, cumbersome and time-consuming - but it was certainly fun, and it could make even a bunch of old shapes and colours feel new.
