Movies Dream in Color (2004)
Discovering Cinema (2003-2004) • 52m
The struggle to bring color to the black & white images of early film is profiled in this documentary, MOVIES DREAM IN COLOR, the second part of the Discovering Cinema program.
From the very early years of painting on glass to produce magic lantern images in the 18th century, color and colorized photography had always been in demand, way before motion pictures showed up. By the time we do enter the world of the film medium, you will be privy to a vast array of scientific discoveries and photochemical processes that eventually crescendo into the birth of the glorious technicolor film achievement.
INCLUDES ENGLISH SDH
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