I have a book ‘3-D Movies – A History and Filmography of Stereoscopic Cinema’ by RM Hayes published in 1989. It purports to be the most extensive listing of 3-D films ever published and indeed it does list numerous films from obscure early experimental ones through to sexploitation films to well known classics.
Apart from an initial curiosity, there has always seemed to be an inbuilt resistance to 3-D films by the vast majority of filmgoers – no doubt due to annoyance at having to use a viewing aid and the subsequent headache. I didn’t suffer the latter when I saw a 40-minute film at the Manchester Imax a few years ago but I doubt I could have lasted for one and a half hours and that is the problem. I read recently that Steven Speilberg has thrown his weight behind a 3-D system but that it will still require glasses. I have used a still 3-D camera for the past 40 years and there is nothing like it for preserving the memory of the original scene.
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