The golden rules: gold and silver are dominant colors in epic feature, The Curse of the Golden Flower. Colorist Warren Lynch talks about achieving the right color mix beneath all that flash and glitter.(an interview with Warren Lynch)(Interview)

Director Zhang Yimou's penchant for colors is almost legendary. From using the classic three-strip Technicolor process for bringing out the bright red hues in his earlier movies like Ju Dou and Raise The Red Lantern, to his primary-colored themed montages in Hero, few directors are known to be as exacting when it comes to film coloration.

In his latest epic offering, The Curse of the Golden Flower (COGF), Zhang seemed to have pulled out all the stops in continuing his famous indulgence with colors. Luckily, he gets to rely on the expertise of colorist Warren Lynch to get the job done ...

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