3D opens new vista for art films
Art-house cinema breaks into the next dimension at the Berlin film festival on Sunday with hotly awaited 3D premieres from European veterans seeking to reclaim the format from Hollywood blockbusters.
German Oscar-nominees Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog will unveil new pictures that push the limits of 3D cinema, which until now had been a money-spinning vehicle for mass-market features such as Avatar and Toy Story 3.
France’s Michel Ocelot will present Tales of the Night, a fairy tale in 3D based on his silhouette animation television special. The film is in the running for the festival’s Golden Bear top prize, to be awarded on Saturday.
Wenders’ Pina, which features the work of the late German choreographer Pina Bausch, had been years in the planning. He said he had long struggled with how to bring Bausch’s trademark fluid movement and soaring grace to life on screen and found the answer when he watched a groundbreaking U2 concert film in 3D at Cannes in 2007. “But soon it became obvious that the technology wasn’t far enough along,” the director said. “Even when you look at the gorgeous Avatar, if you look at the original, real-life footage — not the stuff done (on a) computer — you realise it is less elegant, clunky.”
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