Ovoce stromů rajských jíme [We Eat the Fruit of the Trees of Paradise] (Věra Chytilová, 1970)

Aug

6

orange

Eva (Jitka Novákova) devouring oranges under a black umbrella (via). DP: Jaroslav Kučera.

Orange: food or fashion*

“Tell me the truth!”

– choir

An allegorical, psychedelic retelling of Genesis 3 and the Fall of Man

地獄門 [Jigokumon / Gate of Hell] (Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1953)

Aug

4

orange

The shrine's torii as seen in the film. Vermilion contains mercury, which not only acts as a preservative but is also believed to ward off evil. DP: Kōhei Sugiyama.

Orange: a building or structure*

“Today is the first day of a life of sacrifice.”

– Moritoo Endō

Partially filmed near the 厳島神社 (Itsukushima Shrine) with its striking vermilion torii.

Shot on Eastmancolor, relatively cheap and globally available, and influenced by Hollywood colour melodramas of the time, in particularly Rudolph Maté's Mississippi Gambler (1953) (source), and in its turn greatly influenced the implementation of colour in global cinema to come.

Jigokumon won two Academy Awards in 1955, for Best Costume Design and Best Foreign Language Film.

settima

orange

Ovoce stromů rajských jíme [We Eat the Fruit of the Trees of Paradise] (Věra Chytilová, 1970)

Aug

6

orange

Eva (Jitka Novákova) devouring oranges under a black umbrella (via). DP: Jaroslav Kučera.

Orange: food or fashion*

– choir

An allegorical, psychedelic retelling of Genesis 3 and the Fall of Man

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #orange #colours #VěraChytilová #JitkaNovákova #KarelNovák #JanSchmid #EvaGabrielová #JuliusAlbert #ZdeněkLiška #JaroslavKučera #food #fruit #oranges #religion #fantasy #drama #Czechoslovakia #Belgium #1970s

地獄門 [Jigokumon / Gate of Hell] (Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1953)

Aug

4

orange

The shrine's torii as seen in the film. Vermilion contains mercury, which not only acts as a preservative but is also believed to ward off evil. DP: Kōhei Sugiyama.

Orange: a building or structure*

– Moritoo Endō

Partially filmed near the 厳島神社 (Itsukushima Shrine) with its striking vermilion torii.

Shot on Eastmancolor, relatively cheap and globally available, and influenced by Hollywood colour melodramas of the time, in particularly Rudolph Maté's Mississippi Gambler (1953) (source), and in its turn greatly influenced the implementation of colour in global cinema to come.

Jigokumon won two Academy Awards in 1955, for Best Costume Design and Best Foreign Language Film.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #colours #orange #vermilion #TeinosukeKinugasa #KanKikuchi #KazuoHasegawa #MachikoKyō #IsaoYamagata #YatarōKurokawa #YasushiAkutagawa #Eastmancolor #samurai #shinto #drama #history #romance #theatre #Japan #1950s

orange

Ovoce stromů rajských jíme [We Eat the Fruit of the Trees of Paradise] (Věra Chytilová, 1970)

Aug

6

orange

Eva (Jitka Novákova) devouring oranges under a black umbrella (via). DP: Jaroslav Kučera.

Orange: food or fashion*

– choir

An allegorical, psychedelic retelling of Genesis 3 and the Fall of Man

* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for August is not date-related but lists, for the most part, the colours of the rainbow.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #orange #colours #VěraChytilová #JitkaNovákova #KarelNovák #JanSchmid #EvaGabrielová #JuliusAlbert #ZdeněkLiška #JaroslavKučera #food #fruit #oranges #religion #fantasy #drama #Czechoslovakia #Belgium #1970s

地獄門 [Jigokumon / Gate of Hell] (Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1953)

Aug

4

orange

The shrine's torii as seen in the film. Vermilion contains mercury, which not only acts as a preservative but is also believed to ward off evil. DP: Kōhei Sugiyama.

Orange: a building or structure*

– Moritoo Endō

Partially filmed near the 厳島神社 (Itsukushima Shrine) with its striking vermilion torii.

Shot on Eastmancolor, relatively cheap and globally available, and influenced by Hollywood colour melodramas of the time, in particularly Rudolph Maté's Mississippi Gambler (1953) (source), and in its turn greatly influenced the implementation of colour in global cinema to come.

Jigokumon won two Academy Awards in 1955, for Best Costume Design and Best Foreign Language Film.

* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for August is not date-related but lists, for the most part, the colours of the rainbow.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #colours #orange #vermilion #TeinosukeKinugasa #KanKikuchi #KazuoHasegawa #MachikoKyō #IsaoYamagata #YatarōKurokawa #YasushiAkutagawa #Eastmancolor #samurai #shinto #drama #history #romance #theatre #Japan #1950s