Oscar winning film editor Walter Murch wrote film critic Roger Ebert about the problems with 3D. Ebert, who isn’t fond of the recent 3D upsurge, posted the email on his blog for all to see.
Seattle Post Intelligencer quotes Murch:
“The biggest problem with 3D, though, is the “convergence/focus” issue. A couple of the other issues — darkness and “smallness” — are at least theoretically solvable. But the deeper problem is that the audience must focus their eyes at the plane of the screen — say it is 80 feet away. This is constant no matter what.”
While I agree that not everything should be in 3D -especially for the films that are not intended for it- and Murch raises good bullet points, I don’t look down on it at all. As for those folks who will have disorientation, that’s understandable.
But each filmmaker-and editor- is different. Some use these tools, some won’t. Each has reasons. Nobody is twisting anyone’s arm to make everything 3D. WE hear about such suggestions, but we also hear a yes or a no. I wonder how many film editors who disagree with Murch and Ebert get thier emails mentioned on Ebert’s blog.
What say you?
