Wim Wenders: U2 concert film inspired 'Pina' in 3D

[Seattle Times]

…. Finally, the answer came, from a most unlikely place: Wenders saw, in 2007, the concert film “U2 3D.” It was, he said, a “eureka!” moment: 3D was what was needed, because to film dance, you need the extra element of depth — which is flattened in regular 2D. “Finally I could actually join them, I could be in the element,” he said. “I was no longer looking into the aquarium with the fish — I could swim with them.” ….

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