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One of the most useful insights of scholarship that considers the conversion of 35mm films to 3D is the reminder that the latter’s appearance is not a mere novelty. Such revivals are not, as Kristen Whissel points out, a way of rescuing a seemingly threatened (U.S.) film industry in view of the comi...

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Published inSilent Cinema and the Politics of Space p. 15
Main Author Anupama Kapse
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Indiana University Press 02.04.2014
Subjects
American studies
Anthropology
Applied anthropology
Behavioral sciences
Business
Cognitive psychology
Communications
Communications media
Cultural anthropology
Cultural industries
Cultural studies
Earth sciences
Entertainment industries
Ethnography
Ethnology
Film studies
Geography
Group behavior
History of the Americas
Human behavior
Industrial sectors
Industry
Memory
Motion picture industry
Movies
Moving images
Narratives
Nonconformity
North American history
Physical sciences
Psychology
Rebellion
Silent films
Social behavior
Social sciences
United States history
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Summary:One of the most useful insights of scholarship that considers the conversion of 35mm films to 3D is the reminder that the latter’s appearance is not a mere novelty. Such revivals are not, as Kristen Whissel points out, a way of rescuing a seemingly threatened (U.S.) film industry in view of the coming of newer and more profitable technologies of viewing and consuming visual media. Rather, 3D is better approached as a practice that “has migrated across a broad range of platforms and media, including television, smart phones, photography, tablets, video games, and live theatrical performances.”¹ Which is to say
ISBN:9780253012265
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