Academy Museum Brings ‘Wonders of Technicolor' Series to New York with ‘Willy Wonka,' ‘The Red Shoes,' ‘Cabaret,' and More
The retrospective series originally played this fall at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles to accompany the museum's 'Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema' exhibition.
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Technicolor IV was introduced in the 1930s. The three-strip color technology produced saturated and vibrant colors, often described as 'crisp' due to how the three-strip color negative and printing process kept the colors distinct from one another, avoiding the 'bleeding' that became common after the process faded from the industry.
Hollywood used the enormous Technicolor cameras — which required special color consultants to advise on cinematography, costumes, and sets — for its biggest productions, especially musicals, up until the mid-1950s, when the old Studio System started to crumble. The shot in 'Glorious Technicolor' branding on posters and in the opening titles signaled to the audience that they were in for a special big-screen experience.
The series at The Paris will kick off the weekend of June 28-29 with 'An American in Paris' and 'The Wizard of Oz,' and run through August 6. Other classic Technicolor films screening as part of the series are 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,' 'Fantasia,' 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,' 'The Red Shoes,' 'The Black Pirate,' and 'The Women.' Also included in the series are Alfred Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' and Bob Fosse's 'Caberet,' which were shot after Technicolor's heyday on Eastman color film stock, but then printed on Technicolor stock, a combination resulting in a more modern and less studio-stage look for the color technology as it faded from existence.
For 'The Wonders of Technicolor' screening and ticket information, visit The Paris Theater's website.
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