I felt my nostalgia churning heavily during last week’s screening of the Wizard of Oz. It was a delicious and memorable experience that suddenly lifted me back to childhood.

I spent many, many days after school watching this movie. To this day, I occasionally quote some lines with my brother. It is an incredibly fun movie; it is a delight of colour and movement and joy.

When the film first turns into colour as Dorothy enters the world, there was definitely an elated atmosphere in the room. It does seem almost trivial as colour in film is clearly not such a marvellous thing in this age.; however, the scene still feels magical and you can understand how effective this would be when it was released in 1939.