3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema

Contents

Prologue: The Epochs of 3-D 1 I. The Era of Convergence, – 1. Bwana Devil 7 2. Dual-Band Cameras 17 3. Converging in Time 31 4. Deep Black and White 45 5. 3-D Filmmakers and the Critics 51 6. Wider, Not Deeper 63 7. Single-Strip 3-D Systems 79 8. The Porno Boys 93 9. 1980s 3-D Films 111 10. 3-D at Home 125 II. The Immersive Age, – 11. 4-D and the Ride Film 143 12. Creating 3-D for Theme Parks 157 13. The World of IMAX 3-D 171 14. A Large-Format 3-D Journey 183 Contents vi Contents 15. Stereoscopic Outer Space 191 16. Big-Screen 3-D Dinosaurs 197 17. Large-Format Stereo Conversion 209 18. Speeding into 3-D 217 19. Riding on Digits 223 20. The Polar Express in IMAX 3-D 235 III. Digital -D Cinema, – 21. Two Anaglyph Movies 247 22. Threshold of the Future 257 23. Digital 3-D Cinema Begins 265 24. Meet the Robinsons 275 25. Rebuilding the Z-axis 283 26. Digital Live-Action 3-D 297 27. Aliens and Superpowers 307 28. Immersed in Coraline 317 29. Two 3-D Films by Robert Zemeckis 325 30. Digital 3-D Horrors 333 31. Perceptual Paradoxes 349 32. Cute and Fuzzy Dinosaurs 361 33. An Interview with Rob Engle 369 34. Brave New 3-D World 387 Epilogue: Now Is the Time 396 Acknowledgments 403 Notes 405 Index 421 The 3-D movie screen itself vanishes as the projected images seem to become a window on space. ...