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Well, it all depends on the director.
Tati started with B & W and moved on to color films. Tati knew how to take advantage of the chromatic possibilities of film. I mean, can you imagine Mon Onlce in black and white? The film wouldn’t work without the pastel colors of the homes and tinted water that sprays from the fish-statue. M. Hulot’s Holiday, a film about nostalgia, is a wonderful B&W film that could only exist in a B & W world.
Fellini was the same with color, except the possibilities of color drove Fellini insane.
JUST MY OPIONIONS:
Kubrick’s 2001 is the greatest color film.
With regards to cinematography, The Last Picture Show is the best B&W drama ever made. The Train is the best B&W action film ever made.
Once Upon a Time in The West should have been in B & W (and don’t give me crap about Fonda’s blue eyes)
Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood should have been in color.
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