A touch of hogwash

[rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I stumbled across the following at:
http://www.pomona.claremont.edu/visual-lit/dimension/Dimension.html

>Though dimension is an integral part of our world and something 
>we can both feel in the space around us in
>two-dimensional formats such as painting and photography it 
>can only be represented by such illusion. In fact, when
>more visually striking representations of three-dimensionality
>have been attempted in film, it hasn't caught on. Films
>in 3-D have never been more than an oddity. It's as if 
>people are so accustomed to inferring dimension on a flat
>surface through more conventional means that the 3-D 
>image becomes too hot, bombarding the viewer with more
>information than they care to deal with. 
>
>Another reason that might explain the unpopularity of the 
>3-D medium is that viewers want to see a realistic image,
>to be a voyeur in someone else's life, but they do not want 
>to actually become part of what's happening.
>Three-dimensional format brings the image too close to real 
>life and involves the viewer too much, almost in an
>accusing way. The safer, more removed aspect of standard film, 
>in which dimension is implied, is more pleasant for the
>viewer because it removes them from what is going on while 
>at the same point showing them everything. We can
>make judgments and give opinions without suffering the consequences. 


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