Editing Colorado (section)

===Arts and film===

* [[List of museums in Colorado]]
* [[List of theaters in Colorado]]
* [[Music of Colorado]]

Several film productions have been shot on location in Colorado, especially prominent [[Western (genre)|Westerns]] like ''[[True Grit (1969 film)|True Grit]]'', ''[[The Searchers (film)|The Searchers]]'', ''[[City Slickers]],'' ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]], and [[My Life with the Walter Boys|My Life With the Walter Boys]]''. Several historic military forts, railways with trains still operating, and mining [[List of ghost towns in Colorado|ghost towns]] have been used and transformed for historical accuracy in well-known films. There are also several scenic highways and mountain passes that helped to feature the open road in films such as ''[[Vanishing Point (1971 film)|Vanishing Point]]'', ''[[Bingo (1991 film)|Bingo]]'' and ''[[Starman (film)|Starman]]''. Some Colorado landmarks have been featured in films, such as [[The Stanley Hotel]] in ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]'' and ''[[The Shining (miniseries)|The Shining]]'' and the [[Sculptured House]] in ''[[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]]''. In 2015, ''[[Furious 7]]'' was to film driving sequences on [[Pikes Peak Highway]] in Colorado. The TV adult-animated series ''[[South Park]]'' takes place in central Colorado in the titular town. Additionally, The TV series ''[[Good Luck Charlie]]'' was set, but not filmed, in Denver, Colorado.<ref>{{cite news|first=Eric|last= Griffiths|title=Young offenders|work=[[New Statesman]]|date=June 21, 2007|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/06/south-park-sex-studies|access-date=25 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627133812/https://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/06/south-park-sex-studies|archive-date=June 27, 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Colorado Office of Film and Television has noted that more than 400 films have been shot in Colorado.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cangialosi|first=Jason|title=Scenic Memorabilia: Colorado's Film Locations|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/news/scenic-memorabilia-colorados-film-locations.html|publisher=Yahoo! Movies|access-date=March 4, 2013}}</ref>

There are also several established film festivals in Colorado, including [[Aspen Filmfest]] and [[Aspen Shortsfest]], [[Boulder International Film Festival]], [[Castle Rock Film Festival]], [[Denver Film Festival]], [[Festivus Film Festival]], [[Mile High Horror Film Festival]], [[Moondance International Film Festival]], [[Mountainfilm in Telluride]], [[Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival]], and [[Telluride Film Festival]]. On March 27, 2025, it was announced [[Sundance Film Festival]] would move to Boulder starting in 2027 after reaching a deal for a ten-year duration.

Many notable writers have lived or spent extended periods in Colorado. [[Beat Generation]] writers [[Jack Kerouac]] and [[Neal Cassady]] lived in and around Denver for several years each.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westword.com/arts/jack-kerouac-got-off-the-road-in-colorado-and-even-became-a-homeowner-here-11412026|title=Jack Kerouac Slept Here Seventy Years Ago|work=[[Westword]]|location=[[Denver]]|date=July 17, 2019|last=Calhoun|first=Patricia|access-date=May 3, 2021}}</ref> Irish playwright [[Oscar Wilde]] visited Colorado on his tour of the United States in 1882, writing in his 1906 ''Impressions of America'' that [[Leadville, Colorado|Leadville]] was "the richest city in the world. It has also got the reputation of being the roughest, and every man carries a [[revolver]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishandirishhistory.wordpress.com/2017/03/02/oscar-wilde-in-leadville-colorado/|title=Oscar Wilde in Leadville, Colorado|work=Isles Abroad|last=Flewelling|first=Lindsey|date=March 2, 2017|access-date=May 3, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41806/41806-h/41806-h.htm|title=Impressions of America|author=[[Oscar Wilde]]|publisher=Keystone Press|location=[[Sunderland]]|date=1906|via=Project Gutenburg|access-date=May 3, 2021}}</ref>