P3D Re: Dial "M" for Murder a dissapointment

[Andrew Scott Beals <bandy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 29 Mar 1999 15:25:05 -0700, Donna Keas <rondonna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I saw the 3-D version a few years ago and was very disappointed.  As a
>kid growing up in Salinas, California, I saw 3-D come into existence in
>theaters with such greats as Creature from the black Lagoon and House of
>Wax. Although one of the films was in black and white, and one in color,
>they were both presented with polarized glasses.  

Hm.  The Creature I saw circa '78 at the Link museum in Binghamton NY
was a b&w [ok, b&w&r&c] anaglyph. Definitely not polarized.

>intrigued me most about 3-D in those early days was the fact that most
>of the action took place in front of the screen, right up into your
>face. [...]
>[Drove 100mi to SF in order to see Dial M]
>  I was devastated when I saw that the film
>was in 3-D, but none of the images came out beyond the screen. All
>images went deep into the screen.

Did you have your glasses on inside out?  Or perhaps the projectionist got the
polarization switched.  If you have a friend who does vision therapy, have
him show you some of the eye exercises, especially the ones where the
objects get larger as they get farther away [l/r sep. increases, but you
trombone the image towards the viewer].

Did you notice whether or not the movie was inside out?  E.g. did things 
get farther away as they got bigger?


Anyone else remember the old S. Gross[?] cartoon where the punchline
was something like "Ed, we've lost another 3D cameraman."?  (-:

	andy


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