Produced by Infinity Filmworks in partnership with Douglas Trumbull, "To Dream of Roses" was created for Dentsu Advertising for the Sumitomo Pavilion at the Osaka World Expo in 1989. This was the first project shot in HDTV with dual camera motion controlled special effects and transferred to film for projection. The four seasons provide the backdrop for the fever dream of the prima ballerina, played by Marianna Tcherkassky, of the American Ballet Theater. Directed by Keith Melton and Douglas Trumbull, cinematography by Steve Schklar, choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett ("Footloose"), produced by Melton, Trumbull, Schklar, and Elizabeth Ward.
Review of To Dream of Roses
