The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work.
Production
Rare archival Technicolor test footage and dye-transfer samples.
Acting
Esther Williams and Arlene Dahl dishing studio system tea.
Cinematography
Jack Cardiff explaining painting with light.
Director
Peter Jones
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The documentary features one of Jack Cardiff's final on-camera interviews; he died in 2009, having shot The African Queen and Rambo: First Blood Part II.
Released during the digital intermediate revolution, this doc accidentally became a eulogy for photochemical color just as Hollywood abandoned it.