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01/01/1967 Documentary 0h 25m
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Overview

A BAFTA award nominated documentary tracing the history of paint and it's components from the paintings of the stone age to the the late 1960s.

  1. Michael Heckford

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Gary Watson

    Narrator

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-19
Did you know that a new car can be completely painted in four hours? Well, that's nowadays. This documentary takes us back 30,000 years ago to cave paintings, then the early Mesopotamians used bitumen and other pigments before the Egyptians covered their walls with stories and images. They were also first to use clay pots and various soft desert stones that they could grind down and mix with water for a beautiful array of colours to paint onto dry plaster. It's not long before people can paint onto wet plaster - frescoes used beeswax (fresh from use on their war galleys!). 1,000 years later, t...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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