Blue, the second of three films by director duo rubberband., is set in an alternative reality where the life force of a wealthy dead woman is harvested for the medicinal consumption of an underprivileged little girl. Martin Rev, one half of legendary electro-synth band Suicide, plays the shadowy figure vacuuming up the phosphorescent topaz liquid that bleeds out of the corpse's head and onto the floor.

"Why do we devote our lives to certain tasks and to what end? This is what the film asks," the directors explain. "To a certain extent it is also about the direness of our socio-economic situation.” A sense of disquiet is fortified throughout the narrative as the directors draw on a film-noir aesthetic, introducing heavy shadows, imbalanced frame composition, and leave us with more questions than answers. The film also bears a striking aesthetic affiliation with Michael Hanneke's exquisitely grim tale of group suicide, The 7th Continent. 

“Color is inescapably personal yet we all recognize the power and effect that it has in our lives,” say the directors, known for their signature cinematic-pop style. “The process of making these three films became about translating the ephemeral influence of color into stories.” Through this trilogy rubberband. explore themes of lust, life and love; they take colors and give them feelings, thoughts and actions. “We wrote the films with the conceit that we wanted to push each into slightly magical-realist territory,” the directors explain. 

Davis and Sondock met at Tisch School of the Arts while studying film. A few years after graduating their distinctive creative work garnered the attention of Calvin Klein, Under Armour, LCD Soundsystem and Topaz Jones, winning them accolades and awards at international film festivals. Drawing from their experience of directing music videos, commercials, and visually driven shorts, Color Theory represents a departure for rubberband. into the world of narrative fiction. 

Speaking of the themes they focused on for each film, the duo say: "Red examines the small ends of obsession, especially in lust. Blue deals with why we devote our lives to certain tasks and to what end (and, to a certain extent, the direness of socio-economic stature and the environment). Yellow deals with the anxiety that comes from sharing your life with another person, no matter how different they are."