The History if Color Film and Technicolor

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This is really weird, OP but this same video came up today on my YouTube suggestions, and I watched it this morning. It was informative. But that narrator!

I studied all this in film school back in the 80's. Still nothing like pure Technicolor. It lasts forever. Eastman color films turn pink over time and smell like vinegar.

[quote]Still nothing like pure Technicolor. It lasts forever.

The only one that did. No fading. Still luscious.

Technicolor (the company) existed well beyond 1955 -- so what were they doing at that time?

I think Hello, Dolly! from 1969 was filmed with the 3 strip Technicolor process.

If only there was some way to look that up.

The History if Color Film and Technicolor ........ are what?

Today to get the public...

The reason old Technicolor release prints looked so great and last forever is they were printed with 3 dye passes on clear stock - more like printing a color magazine. The dye matricies were made from 3 separate B&W negatives that had been exposed to different color wavelengths in the light

Later color film processes had the 3 color layers sandwiched inside the stock - which is inherently chemically unstable and the layers degrade over time. The yellow layer goes first - so the films turn pink

r7: HELLO, DOLLY was filmed in Fox' DeLuxe Color, which is not as stable as Technicolor. FUNNY GIRL and ON A CLEAR DAY were filmed in Technicolor.

The narrator drove me nuts with his song-song inflections.

I’ve always been fascinated by the science and mechanics of color film. But even after reading and seeing how it worked, I still don’t understand it. For instance, this film made it seem as if Technicolor invented the colors it was filming rather than recording actual color as it appeared on the set.

The color negs fade the same way the color release prints do - so you can't just strike a new, good looking print from them. Digital technology can now replicate the faded layers from a scanned print or negative - to a degree. There is guesswork and artistry involved in color restoration and no real way to know if you are 100% successful.

Three strip technicolor uses 3 B&W negs that are stable. Some color films that were not shot on 3-strip technicolor had the 3 b&w negs made later as a safety / archival element.

R13 - Technicolor was an insanely complicated process. There were Technicolor advisors on set ensuring the colors used in sets and costumes would replicate properly - the whole goal was a very heightened rather artificial (but beautiful) look.

Gone with the Wind didn't have artificial-looking Technicolor.

R25 how do you think Natalie Kalmus kept a job—merely by sucking dick?

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vomiting = Technicolor burp

Is it true that many in Hollywood in the 30s and 40s (certain producers, directors and actors) were very wary of Technicolor because they thought color film wasn't flattering to actors appearances? Or that it made everything look too exaggerated and unreal?

Peter Bogdanovich quoted Orson Welles saying no one has ever given a great performance in a color film.