P3D Re: Digital Opera

[Steve Berezin <sbere@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vincent Chan wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>         Has anyone seen "Monsters  of Grace"  it's a "3-D film/opera" by Philip
> Glass.  I just saw the ad in the local paper here in Toronto.  It's booked
> into the symphony's hall for only two nights.  (ie. I think the tickets
> will be in the $50 range)  It's billed as "an umparalled multi-sensory
> experience".  Hmm.... wonder what that means.
> 
> Bye,
>         Vincent.

I saw it a while back.  These were my comments:


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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