Alaska 3D

[P3D Marvin Jones <Campfire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> But another reason the tape was a dissapointment is that the content was,
> dare I say "abysmal?" Pulfrich effect is a novelty but bad material
> is just poor work.  The combination is not synergistic.
> 
Actually, I didn't think the tape was all THAT bad. Among the Pulfrich
tapes, in fact, it probably uses the effect more consistently, more
skillfully and more successfully than almost any of them. The tape's really
major problem is a common one with less-than-professional film crews
(speaking aesthetically, not vocationally). The crew went out and had a
whole lot of fun making their movie. Suddenly somebody says, "Hey, we're
having a whole lot of fun. I'll bet the audience would just love to WATCH
us having all this fun!" And so we're treated to endless shots of the
crew's "home movies" which, since we're NOT the crew, are dull and
meaningless. It's the same mentality that adds goofy shots of actors
blowing lines to the end credits of a movie -- this stuff is great fun for
the cast and crew screenings, it just doesn't belong in a "professional"
end product.


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