3 ways The Great Gatsby could change 3D movies
Phil Lelyveld
Entertainment Technology Center
[The Week]
On the surface, The Great Gatsbyseems like an unusual choice for a 3D movie. But that’s precisely the kind of film that director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) is making. At first, devotees of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic — about a tangled web of New York social climbers in the Jazz Age — raised their eyebrows upon learning that the literary masterpiece was getting the 3D treatment most closely associated with Avatarand Transformers. But after a recent New York Times outlineof Luhrmann’s motivations and aspirations for a 3D Gatsby, skeptics aren’t just on board — they’re excited. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan, The Great Gatsby will be released in December 2012. Here, three reasons it could change how 3D films are made:
1. Gatsby could prove that 3D enhances actor-driven films …
2. Luhrmann could put 3D front and center at the Oscars …
3. It could encourage more 3D literary adaptations …
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