P3D Re: Gun Fury

[Marvin Jones <Campfire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>>Marvin Jones wrote:
>>It's interesting that no fewer that three directors who were unable to
see
>>in depth (Andre de Toth and Herb Strock being the others) were active in
>>the production of 3D movies in the 1950s.<
>
>Tony Alderson commented:
>
>It's hard to say how significant this really is.  I'll bet the Directors
of
>Photography had stereo vision, probably the editors too.  On a lot of
>movies, the Director concentrates on the actors, and the DP blocks the
>shots.  I suspect these directors relied on their camera crew to set up
the
>stereo aspects.

Good point, but I have always felt that perhaps the very lack of depth
perception caused these directors to be more conscious of the spacial
relationships in pictures. De Toth in particular directed three 3D movies I
believe, and has had an interest in the medium that continues today.



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