The first color film tests — that perhaps ever were — are pretty damn beautiful.
But here they are, 1922, and then how long did it take to make color films the standard? Sure everything happens sooner these days, but change sure takes awhile, even when the tools already exist.
Back twenty years ago, I was hired several times to write business plans for indie films. I included a paragraph for the anticipated windfall of profits from VOD. I see a version in many a plan that I stumble across in the present day. We can dream, but I don’t think $100K is exactly the windfall I was fantasizing about back in the day….
