The prospects of 3D cinema
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Photograph © Copyright by William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.
While taking the train this morning, the beautiful jazz photographs by the late William P. Gottlieb came to my mind, and all of a sudden it dawned on me that by now it would basically be possible to recreate scenes from this era in 3D and make an all-CGI movie (or short) from this. This was of course influenced by my seeeing Robert Zemeckis’ “Beowulf” (2007), and imho, the prospects for future cinema could really be outstanding. Movies (re)created that way would (at least potentially) be even more realistic than (in the case of Bird’s, who came to my mind first) “Bird” (1988) by Clint Eastwood. And this would only be the beginning.
Btw, for fans of Bird’s, I can highly recommend the amazing documentary, “Bird Now” (1987) by Marc Huraux.
Related: “fmx/08 yesterday: ‘Beowulf’ and 3D cinema”
I’m sure I’m in the minority but I’m not such a fan of the BEOWULF look. I like the idea, and it could be done many ways or even better - a combo of ways…partly through 3D, claymation, puppetry, animation…
Hi James,
I basically agree with you. When writing this post, I was still under the influence of the “Beowulf” screening a few days earlier. As I see it now, “Beowulf” is a well-made, entertaining movie—but not more. Imho, its importance lies in the new vistas it opens for future film-making.
Claus
P.S.: Regarding the look of “Beowulf”, what I personally found fascinating is, that this is something new. Technically, this is of course still a beginning, and what I tried to bring across in my post was, that I see now the possibility of new ways of film-making.To me, this doesn’t mean just another form of animated cinema, but something really new.