P3D Re: Monsters of Grace

[Steve Berezin <sbere@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Carter wrote:
> 
> I'm new on photo3D so I'm sorry if this has been covered
> before.
> Has anyone seen Monsters of Grace, Robert Wilson and
> Phillip Glass' 3D Film/opera? How was it? It is coming to
> New York soon at the BAM Opera House.
>  Maybe Norm Lehfeldt in San Francisco saw it when it
> played there. It sounds interesting.
> 
> Steve Carter

I saw it when it first came out in LA.  I thought it was worth seeing,
but it was far from Glass' best work.  I prefer Einstein on the Beach
which I saw many years ago in NY and his earlier work.  The staging was
pretty lame as was most of the 3D effects, I understand however, efforts
were made to improve it.  Also, bring your own glasses, the ones they
handed out didn't fit over eyeglasses.  Also I feel Glass' music has
been in a rut since his opera "the Photographer" which if I recall was
about Muybridge and some duel where he killed some guy...

In short, I liked it OK, but I am a fan of minimalist music and 3D, and
I barely liked it, I don't know how the other 99.9999999999...% of
people who are fans of neither would feel. But as a 3Der its probably
worth seeing just for the spectacle (excuse the pun).

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Steve Berezin
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