Rainbow War

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Movie
Original title Rainbow War
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1985
length 20 minutes
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Director Bob Rogers
script Marc Nowadnick
Alan Munro
Andy Gaskill
Bob Rogers
production Bob Rogers
Graeme McMurray
music David Spear
camera Reed Smoot
cut Marshall Harvey
occupation

Rainbow War is an American short film from 1985 directed by Bob Rogers .

content

Expo site in Vancouver, where the film was held. the world exhibition ran

There was a time when there were three kingdoms, a blue, a red, and a gold. They floated separately in the room, so that they could see each other but could neither communicate nor visit each other. In the blue kingdom the dominant color was of course blue, because blue was considered particularly beautiful. In the red kingdom the color red was chosen because it is a warm color, but fear of everything that was different reigned. The Golden Kingdom only tolerated its golden color, the colors blue and red were banned. This fanatical obsession with a certain color, which even extended to the flora and the architecture, became the undoing of the three kingdoms as they could not benefit from each other. This also had an impact on the upbringing of the children of the respective kingdom, which was very one-sided and not very fruitful.

But then Yellow Boy succeeds in creating a flying golden ring from the golden realm, with which he can get to the other two kingdoms. Upon seeing the ring, the king of the Blue Kingdom comes up with an idea for a hot air balloon with which his people would be able to visit the other two kingdoms. After exploring the Blue Kingdom, Yellow Boy continues to the Red Kingdom and meets the Red Princess, with whom he falls in love. He gives her his golden scarf and receives a red flower in return. When he returns to his golden realm, he is first celebrated as a hero, but when he presents the yellow queen with the red flower, he is captured by the guards. As a result, there is a war between the three realms, because the fear of the new is great and each realm wants to dominate with its color.

Even the soldiers cannot escape the magic when blue mixes with yellow and turns green. As red mixes with other colors, the people of the kingdoms of orange and purple discover and are fascinated by what their eyes see. When, in all the confusion, the Red Princess falls into a river in which the three colors of the three realms have now mixed, all three realms join forces, which in the end leads to the Yellow Boy's ring storing all the colors and the For the first time in their lives people see a rainbow that pulls the Red Princess out of the river with magical powers. Although the Yellow Queen still wants to wage war, the troops ignore her orders and decide to depose her as ruler. Now finally all colors can mix with each other and with each other and the kingdoms shine in new splendor. Rainbow bridges connect them together so that people can visit each other at any time. The color war is over and all three kingdoms have grown in diversity.

Production and Background

It is a production by Bob Rogers & Company Inc. BRC Imagination Arts. The almost 20-minute live-action short film was created on the occasion of Expo 86 in the Canadian city ​​of Vancouver .

The film works mostly with music and only a few dialogues. Each color has its own music, one for the Yellow Boy, the hero of the story, one for love and one for each realm.

Awards

At the 1986 Academy Awards , Bob Rogers was nominated with the film for an Oscar in the category "Best Short Film" (Live Action) . However, the award went to Jeffrey D. Brown and Chris Pelzer and the film Molly's Pilgrim .

At the São Paulo International Film Festival in 1987, director Rogers received the Critics' Prize. At the Chicago International Film Festival he was nominated for the Gold Hugo in the category “Best Short Film”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 58th Academy Awards | 1986 at oscars.org (English)