The documentary, "Persistence of Vision", is an informative and highly entertaining look at cinema history through the eyes of one of its great practitioners. Jack’s talent has contributed to landmark films in cinema and he is one of the few British filmmakers who can still offer such a rare insight over such a long period and across such a diversity of work: a living legend.

Known as the enfant terrible of Technicolor, he used the medium of film to create some of the most salient and beautiful images in the cinema and also contributed to the creation of some of the great screen icons: Dietrich, Gardner, Bergman, Loren, Hepburn, Monroe, Flynn, Bogart, Fonda, Olivier, Douglas, Wayne and even Messrs Stallone and Schwarzenegger.

Martin Scorsese’s infectious guide through Jack’s changing filmography forms the backbone to the film. He explains why the Powell & Pressburger films that Jack photographed had such a profound influence on him and others in his peer group (such as Coppola and Lucas). He vividly explains his passion for Jack’s work on other films of the Technicolor era and discusses Jack’s departure into directing.

During his time in the director’s chair, Jack created films as diverse as the Oscar winning Sons & Lovers, Young Cassidy, The Long Ships and the British cult classic Girl on A Motorcycle among many others.

By the 1970’s a new generation of filmmakers embraced Jack, and over the next two decades his talents have been brought to bear on such blockbusters as Death on the Nile, The Dogs of War, Conan The Destroyer, and Rambo: First Blood Part II.

His career is so expansive and diverse that he appeals to both older and younger generations alike. Many of the older viewers will know his films first hand, but to those who consider anything pre-Star Wars an ‘old’ film there may be a certain fascination in the man who shot both The Red Shoes and Rambo.