In 1966, in an interview conducted shortly after finishing Andrei Rublev, Tarkovsky dismissed color film as a "commercial gimmick" and cast doubt on the idea that contemporary films meaningfully use color.
ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɪks, ɪn ɐn ˈɪntɚvjˌuː kəndˈʌktᵻd ʃˈɔːɹtli ˈæftɚ fˈɪnɪʃɪŋ ˈændɹeɪ ɹˈuːbləv, tɑːɹkˈɑːvski dɪsmˈɪst kˈʌlɚ fˈɪlm æz ˈeɪ "kəmˈɜːʃəl ɡˈɪmɪk" ænd kˈæst dˈaʊt ɔnðɪ aɪdˈiə ðæt kəntˈɛmpɚɹˌɛɹi fˈɪlmz mˈiːnɪŋfəli jˈuːs kˈʌlɚ.