Once and Future Kodachrome 1

This programme celebrates the peerless qualites of the Kodachrome film stock now that its manufacture and development have finally ceased. On 30th December 2010 the last film was developed at Dwayne’s Laboratory in Kansas, 75 years after the first rolls were threaded into 16mm cameras.
Like the similarly deceased Technicolor, Kodachrome is a colour process that adds colour dyes to a black and white base. This is the foundation of its distinctive look as well as its impressive archival characteristics.
In order to convey the true essence of Kodachrome this programme consists of outstanding original reversal films from private collections – shorts consisting of amateur films and home movies such as Holland Somewhere, and industrial films such as Encartonnage des bobines Kodak. The programme has been assembled and is introduced by Guy Edmonds, Film Restorer at EYE Film Institute.