This short film might just be the coolest film in the world for the actors--that is, if they don't mind getting covered in gallons and gallons of paint! It looked like so much fun to be in the film and it's a lot of fun to watch.
RAINBOW WAR is an Oscar-nominated live action short from Canada. And, being a Canadian film, if you look carefully you might just recognize Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles among the extras (while Stiles is an American, he lived in Toronto at the time)--two of the wonderful regulars on "Whose Line is it?". I think Ryan's a yellow guy and Colin's a blue one--it's hard to tell--especially since the extras all sport wigs or hats and so you can't look for Colin's shiny scalp! The film is a very silly film that is appropriate for kids and adults alike. It's a fairy tale of sorts about three kingdoms that have never learned that the other two exist. Each is dedicated to one color alone--all other colors are banned. So, when a genius from the Yellow land makes a weird flying machine, he lands in the red land and is amazed. However, the Yellow Princess is NOT amused as ALL lands must be yellow! About the same time, a balloon with people from the Blue kingdom arrive as well--and demand that everyone become Blue! Soon, soldiers from all three worlds are involved in a funky and non-violent "war" where they are throwing buckets of paint on each other. After a while, however, the anger subsides and they start to see all the cool possibilities these new colors provide.
Overall, despite being a rather preachy premise, the film is so much fun you can't help but admire it. A nice film and you can easily understand its Oscar nomination. Oh, and by the way, no one talks in the film at all and it's silent other than its stirring soundtrack.
RAINBOW WAR is an Oscar-nominated live action short from Canada. And, being a Canadian film, if you look carefully you might just recognize Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles among the extras (while Stiles is an American, he lived in Toronto at the time)--two of the wonderful regulars on "Whose Line is it?". I think Ryan's a yellow guy and Colin's a blue one--it's hard to tell--especially since the extras all sport wigs or hats and so you can't look for Colin's shiny scalp! The film is a very silly film that is appropriate for kids and adults alike. It's a fairy tale of sorts about three kingdoms that have never learned that the other two exist. Each is dedicated to one color alone--all other colors are banned. So, when a genius from the Yellow land makes a weird flying machine, he lands in the red land and is amazed. However, the Yellow Princess is NOT amused as ALL lands must be yellow! About the same time, a balloon with people from the Blue kingdom arrive as well--and demand that everyone become Blue! Soon, soldiers from all three worlds are involved in a funky and non-violent "war" where they are throwing buckets of paint on each other. After a while, however, the anger subsides and they start to see all the cool possibilities these new colors provide.
Overall, despite being a rather preachy premise, the film is so much fun you can't help but admire it. A nice film and you can easily understand its Oscar nomination. Oh, and by the way, no one talks in the film at all and it's silent other than its stirring soundtrack.