<P> The films Pleasantville (1998), and Aro Tolbukhin . En la mente del asesino (2002), play with the concept of black - and - white as an anachronism, using it to selectively portray scenes and characters who are either more or less outdated or duller than the characters and scenes shot in full - color . This manipulation of color is utilized in the film Sin City (2005) and the occasional television commercial . The film "American History X" (1998) is told in a nonlinear narrative in which the portions of the plot that take place "in the past" are shown entirely in black and white, while the "present" storyline's scenes are displayed in color . In the documentary film Night and Fog (1955) a mix of black - and - white documentary footage is contrasted with color film of the present . </P> <P> In a black and white pre-credits opening sequence in the 2006 Bond film, Casino Royale, a young James Bond (played by Daniel Craig) gains his licence to kill and status as a 00 agent by assassinating the traitorous MI6 section chief Dryden at the British Embassy in Prague, as well as his terrorist contact, Fisher, in a bathroom in Lahore . The remainder of the film starting with the opening credits is shown in color . </P> <P> Since the late 1960s, few mainstream films have been shot in black - and - white . The reasons are frequently commercial, as it is difficult to sell a film for television broadcasting if the film is not in color . 1961 was the last year in which the majority of Hollywood films were released in black and white . </P> <P> Some modern film directors will occasionally shoot movies in black - and - white as an artistic choice, though it is much less common for a major Hollywood production . The use of black - and - white in the mass media often connotes something "nostalgic" or historic . The film director Woody Allen has used black - and - white a number of times since Manhattan (1979), which also had a George Gershwin derived score . The makers of The Good German (2006) used camera lens from the 1940s, and other equipment from that era, so that their black - and - white film imitated the look of early noir . </P>

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