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by STUDIO ÉÉN
1996 / Super 8 / tinted b&w / sound / 1 screen / 90' 00
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Rainbow Stories' consist of nine short films, brought together by the artist run laboratory `Studio één'. Filmmakers from around the corner, or from more than 1000 kilometers away. Each filmmaker has his or hers own working methods and conception of the general idea. Studio één did ask the filmmakers to `show their colour' in a monochrome film with an average length of ten minutes. Super 8,16mm film and 8mm video, all brought together in one ninety minute long 16mm film. `Rainbow Stories' is made according to a policy of independence and collectivity. To make them work together the regular film-industry is ignored as much as possible. The film is made by people that can work with very simple means. This gives them the opportunity to work spontaneous. Ideas are put into use immediately, experiments with form and content are integrated.
A borrowed editing-suite, gutters with a colouring bath, illegal filming at 6 a.m. in front of the Louvre in Paris, each film has its own history. Just one filmmaker did find extra funding, and took off with 30 actors, and an enormous editing speed. With the same intensity the others made long travels, did build complete sets, executed long developing sessions, or checked all the pubs for the right voice-over-voice.
The idea of Rainbow Stories was taken from the book by the same name from writer/war correspondent William T. Vollmann (Pan Picador, London 1990), a compilation of stories with associative links to the various colours in the spectrum. Just like in the book, there is a vast variety of styles and subjects in the nine episodes.
1 PRINT IN DISTRIBUTION
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distribution format |
16mm |
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screen |
1,37 (single screen) |
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speed |
24 fps |
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sound |
optical sound |
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rental fee |
106,00 € |
