3-D Movie - The Mask

[bd3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (William Davis )]

Hello once again:

In a recent post I mentioned an upcoming screening of the film "The 
Mask" (NOT the Jim Carrey version) at the Dryden Theater at the George 
Eastman House/International Museum of Photography here in Rochester, 
NY.

I checked their Website and lo and behold they have the full film 
schedule for the next two months listed.  Here's the text from the 
George Eastman House Web Page (http://www.it.rit.edu/~gehouse/) about 
this particular movie:

"4/12/96  8 PM  FRI Mondo Trasho: The Worst Films Ever Made. THE MASK 
(EYES OF HELL,Canada, Julian Roffman,1961, 83 min.) A low-budget 
schlocker about an ancient Aztec mask that causes its wearer to 
hallucinate and murder-an experience in which the viewer participates, 
thanks to special 3-D sequences shot from "the other side..." Note: We 
provide the special 3-D specs, which the movie will command you to don 
at the appropriate moments!"

Has anyone out there seen this one?  Is it worth $5 and a couple of 
hours of my increasingly rare and increasingly precious free time?  Or 
would I be spending my time better by dragging out the old TDC and 
silver screen in the family room and enjoying some real 3-D in the 
comfort and privacy of my own home?  We are talking about a Friday 
night after all!  I'd appreciate some feedback on this one!

To their great credit, the Eastman House also shows an impressive list 
of classic films.  Among the many listings on the current calendar are 
Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" on  Sat. 3/16, John Ford's "The Searchers" 
on Sat. 3/30, "Rebel Without a Cause" Sun. 3/31, "Love", a 1927 silent 
starring Greta Garbo on Wed. 4/10 (this one with live piano 
accompaniment!) and Hitchcock's "Vertigo" on Thur. 4/25.  All of these 
are screened at 8:00 PM. 

The Website has all the info you could want, from admission hours and 
prices to photos of the restored mansion and grounds, to a timeline of 
photography. They include the 1935 introduction of Kodachrome, even 
give Kodachrome a page of its own, but for 1954 the only things they 
mention are the new Tri-X film and Ampex introducing a video Tape 
recorder.  It must have been that OTHER Kodak that introduced their 
Stereo Camera that year. And yes, I know that there are some on this 
list who feel that the introduction of the Kodak Stereo was nothing 
worth  noting anyway :), but for those I can only say that the only 
cameras thought worthy of mention on the timeline for 1947/48 were the 
new Polaroid and the first 35mm Nikon. No mention of modern 
stereography at all!

The Image Technology site treats the history of 3-D in a similar manner 
"Until now all photographic images have appeared flat, offering only a 
two-dimensional view of an object", and "Today there are two basic 
systems for achieving a 3D effect- holography and lenticular" and 
further, "Until I**** T*********'s recent technological advancements, 
there was no system that provided consistent, high-quality 3D images." 
Hmmm...let's rewrite history, shall we?  It's a good thing a company 
like that came along, to rescue us from our flat lives with those 
technologically advanced cameras and those consistent, high quality 
images.  I was going to save up for a Realist 2.8 or Verascope, but why 
wait?  Gosharoonie, should I order the cardboard one or the 
technologically advanced molded plastic one?

As we border on potentially litigious subjects, I guess I had better 
toddle off to bed before I choke myself on my foot.

Goodnight,
Bill Davis, Slumberland, NY  

Regards,
Bill Davis, Webster, NY


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