Favorite Movie of Dictators

Rouben Mamoulian’s “Queen Christina” starring Greta Garbo, was the favorite movie of Stalin and Mussolini. Talking about Mamoulian’s “Blood and Sand”, studio head Darryl F. Zanuck said the film had the best color he had ever seen. Mamoulian achieved the palette by spraying objects in the movie with sixteen spray-guns, even spraying flowers black.

Rouben Mamoulian’s “Queen Christina” starring Greta Garbo, was the favorite movie of Stalin and Mussolini. Talking about Mamoulian’s “Blood and Sand”, studio head Darryl F. Zanuck said the film had the best color he had ever seen. Mamoulian achieved the palette by spraying objects in the movie with sixteen spray-guns, even spraying flowers black.