House of Wax and Week of 3-D at GEH

[P3D Bill Davis <bd3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On  Saturday, May 31 I attended a screening of House of Wax in 3D at the
Dryden Theater of the George Eastman House in Rochester with my family.
This was the third time, I had seen HoW in 3-D in Rochester some twenty
years ago, again in Atlanta for NSA '95.  The Dryden Theater had never done
polarized 3D before, only anaglyph for a few movies, so I wasn't sure what
to expect.    They had to obtain a silver screen from CA as well as the
projection adapter. This was a side-by-side anamorphic print of the film. 

There was a sellout crowd for the movie, which was introduced by one of the
staff, who closed her talk saying that "if you don't see 3-D right away,
don't worry.  Just turn your glasses around.  They only work one way."  Oh,
well.  :--)

The movie was well-received, with the paddle ball and can-can scenes
eliciting the best responses.  Didn't seem as good as Atlanta '95, but we
sat in the balcony. Bright, well-aligned image and of course synched. 

They did announce that since they have the screen now they will be
presenting more polarized 3-D, including the Hallowe'en Night 3-D showing
of Andy Warhol's Frankenstein (or whatever its name is now).  Mark Betz of
the Museum also said they plan a Week of 3-D sometime in '98.  Anybody
wanna do another trip to Rochester?   



The Dryden shows a different classic movie about every night. Check their
film listings at:

http://www.it.rit.edu/~gehouse/film/calendar/frame.html

or their Home Page at: http://www.it.rit.edu:80/~gehouse/index.html



Best regards,
Bill Davis
mailto:bd3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Still searching for the "Any" key so I can strike it and continue. 


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