Garrett Stewart
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780226656564
- eISBN:
- 9780226656878
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226656878.003.0008
- Subject:
- Literature, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies
A return to opening reflections on our bodily response to film, rather than to the “body” or “flesh” of the screen image, accompanies a further consideration of screen “affect” in connection with ...
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A return to opening reflections on our bodily response to film, rather than to the “body” or “flesh” of the screen image, accompanies a further consideration of screen “affect” in connection with divergent instances of its technological bravura. Traced back to his own teenage experience with rudimentary 3-D, a personal rehearsal of the author’s nervous sensitivity to trick effects on screen—but one in which he finds himself not alone among film buffs—lends context to a final extensive look at digital knowingness in Denis Villeneuve’s 2018 sequel Blade Runner 2049. This is a film in which, among other CGI wrinkles, a perceptible technical difference in cinemachination for one pivotal scene—a difference between its 70mm IMAX and 35mm 3-D release prints—bears in multiple ways on the question of digital holography in regard to humanoid incarnation.Less
A return to opening reflections on our bodily response to film, rather than to the “body” or “flesh” of the screen image, accompanies a further consideration of screen “affect” in connection with divergent instances of its technological bravura. Traced back to his own teenage experience with rudimentary 3-D, a personal rehearsal of the author’s nervous sensitivity to trick effects on screen—but one in which he finds himself not alone among film buffs—lends context to a final extensive look at digital knowingness in Denis Villeneuve’s 2018 sequel Blade Runner 2049. This is a film in which, among other CGI wrinkles, a perceptible technical difference in cinemachination for one pivotal scene—a difference between its 70mm IMAX and 35mm 3-D release prints—bears in multiple ways on the question of digital holography in regard to humanoid incarnation.
Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780190689353
- eISBN:
- 9780190689391
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190689353.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies
This coda briefly describes the end of Schlanger’s life and the loss of his personal archives. It then points to later examples of neutralization’s impact in screen technologies such as IMAX of the ...
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This coda briefly describes the end of Schlanger’s life and the loss of his personal archives. It then points to later examples of neutralization’s impact in screen technologies such as IMAX of the early 1980s. Finally, it argues that neutralization helped shape not only the movie theater at mid-century, but an entire dimension of twenty-first-century spectatorship that insists on a disappearing space to privilege a screen. The coda gestures toward the abiding relevance of Schlanger’s theatrical ideals and the aporia of the optical vacuum they present: at once an every space, everywhere, and a no space, nowhere. To make a house for this still confusing and new thing of the cinema meant also imagining its eventual demise.Less
This coda briefly describes the end of Schlanger’s life and the loss of his personal archives. It then points to later examples of neutralization’s impact in screen technologies such as IMAX of the early 1980s. Finally, it argues that neutralization helped shape not only the movie theater at mid-century, but an entire dimension of twenty-first-century spectatorship that insists on a disappearing space to privilege a screen. The coda gestures toward the abiding relevance of Schlanger’s theatrical ideals and the aporia of the optical vacuum they present: at once an every space, everywhere, and a no space, nowhere. To make a house for this still confusing and new thing of the cinema meant also imagining its eventual demise.
Ray Zone
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780813136110
- eISBN:
- 9780813141183
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813136110.003.0019
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
The making of the IMAX film, Nascar 3D, is analysed. Director Simon Wincer and director of photography James Neihouse discuss the technology and artistic choices made when producing the film.
The making of the IMAX film, Nascar 3D, is analysed. Director Simon Wincer and director of photography James Neihouse discuss the technology and artistic choices made when producing the film.
Ray Zone
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780813136110
- eISBN:
- 9780813141183
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813136110.003.0021
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
The IMAX 3D version of The Polar Express is discussed in the context of theatrical exhibition and stereoscopic cinema. Techniques for digital “repurposing” of 2D material are analysed and comments by ...
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The IMAX 3D version of The Polar Express is discussed in the context of theatrical exhibition and stereoscopic cinema. Techniques for digital “repurposing” of 2D material are analysed and comments by Hugh Murray, IMAX 3D expert, and an interview with David Keighley about distribution of the film are included.Less
The IMAX 3D version of The Polar Express is discussed in the context of theatrical exhibition and stereoscopic cinema. Techniques for digital “repurposing” of 2D material are analysed and comments by Hugh Murray, IMAX 3D expert, and an interview with David Keighley about distribution of the film are included.
Sean Dinces
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780226583211
- eISBN:
- 9780226583358
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226583358.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
The Conclusion posits that the types of pro-inequality business practices engaged by the Bulls in recent decades, as well as the government's tolerance of such practices, continue to expand and ...
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The Conclusion posits that the types of pro-inequality business practices engaged by the Bulls in recent decades, as well as the government's tolerance of such practices, continue to expand and intensify in the twenty-first century. This story transcends the sports business, as evidenced by the election of Donald Trump (one of the most notorious tax evaders in recent American history) and increasingly frequent stories of gargantuan amounts of corporate welfare handed to already profitable firms like Amazon. The conclusion also catalogs a variety of potential policy solutions in the context of the sports business, ranging from more proactive antitrust enforcement to public ownership of major-league franchises. However, it warns that the best way to solve the problems of the sports business would be to effect systemic political and economic change--for example, serious campaign finance reform, as well as more progressive local and national tax policy.Less
The Conclusion posits that the types of pro-inequality business practices engaged by the Bulls in recent decades, as well as the government's tolerance of such practices, continue to expand and intensify in the twenty-first century. This story transcends the sports business, as evidenced by the election of Donald Trump (one of the most notorious tax evaders in recent American history) and increasingly frequent stories of gargantuan amounts of corporate welfare handed to already profitable firms like Amazon. The conclusion also catalogs a variety of potential policy solutions in the context of the sports business, ranging from more proactive antitrust enforcement to public ownership of major-league franchises. However, it warns that the best way to solve the problems of the sports business would be to effect systemic political and economic change--for example, serious campaign finance reform, as well as more progressive local and national tax policy.
Ray Zone
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780813136110
- eISBN:
- 9780813141183
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813136110.001.0001
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema traces the rise of modern 3-D technology from Arch Oboler’s Bwana Devil, the 1952 film that launched the 1950s 3-D boom in Hollywood, to ...
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3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema traces the rise of modern 3-D technology from Arch Oboler’s Bwana Devil, the 1952 film that launched the 1950s 3-D boom in Hollywood, to James Cameron’s Avatar, the 2009 release that confirmed 3D film as an enduring part of theatrical entertainment. A comprehensive approach examines the technology for production and exhibition of 3D films and investigates the business, culture, and aesthetics of the genre.Less
3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema traces the rise of modern 3-D technology from Arch Oboler’s Bwana Devil, the 1952 film that launched the 1950s 3-D boom in Hollywood, to James Cameron’s Avatar, the 2009 release that confirmed 3D film as an enduring part of theatrical entertainment. A comprehensive approach examines the technology for production and exhibition of 3D films and investigates the business, culture, and aesthetics of the genre.
Ray Zone
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780813136110
- eISBN:
- 9780813141183
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813136110.003.0012
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
The enduring importance ride films in cinema history and their relationship to 3D movies is examined.
The enduring importance ride films in cinema history and their relationship to 3D movies is examined.
Ray Zone
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780813136110
- eISBN:
- 9780813141183
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813136110.003.0015
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
The making of the IMAX 3-D film Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man is analysed. Filmmakers Keith Melton, Reed Smoot, Peter Anderson and John Hora, who worked on the film are interviewed about aspects ...
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The making of the IMAX 3-D film Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man is analysed. Filmmakers Keith Melton, Reed Smoot, Peter Anderson and John Hora, who worked on the film are interviewed about aspects of producing the film.Less
The making of the IMAX 3-D film Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man is analysed. Filmmakers Keith Melton, Reed Smoot, Peter Anderson and John Hora, who worked on the film are interviewed about aspects of producing the film.
Ray Zone
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780813136110
- eISBN:
- 9780813141183
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813136110.003.0034
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
A survey of the eight 3D productions he supervised (up to 2009) is given with an extensive interview with Rob Engle, Stereoscopic Supervisor at Sony Imageworks.
A survey of the eight 3D productions he supervised (up to 2009) is given with an extensive interview with Rob Engle, Stereoscopic Supervisor at Sony Imageworks.
Scott MacKenzie
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780748694174
- eISBN:
- 9781474408561
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748694174.003.0015
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter examines the many re-iterations of Robert Flaherty’s influential film Nanook of the North (1922) to show how this key documentary film has been re-imagined and re-articulated in ...
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This chapter examines the many re-iterations of Robert Flaherty’s influential film Nanook of the North (1922) to show how this key documentary film has been re-imagined and re-articulated in documentaries such as Claude Massot’s Nanook Revisited (1990), feature length fictional accounts of Flaherty’s journey north such as Massot’s Kabloonak (1994), indigenous media such as the National Film Board of Canada’s Netsilik series (1967), IMAX films like To the Arctic (2012) and experimental cinema such as Philip Hoffman and Sami van Ingen’s Sweep (1995). Through the analysis of these varied works, MacKenzie delineates how the continual re-iterations of Nanook of the North play and complex and conflicted role in the popular imagination of the Arctic.Less
This chapter examines the many re-iterations of Robert Flaherty’s influential film Nanook of the North (1922) to show how this key documentary film has been re-imagined and re-articulated in documentaries such as Claude Massot’s Nanook Revisited (1990), feature length fictional accounts of Flaherty’s journey north such as Massot’s Kabloonak (1994), indigenous media such as the National Film Board of Canada’s Netsilik series (1967), IMAX films like To the Arctic (2012) and experimental cinema such as Philip Hoffman and Sami van Ingen’s Sweep (1995). Through the analysis of these varied works, MacKenzie delineates how the continual re-iterations of Nanook of the North play and complex and conflicted role in the popular imagination of the Arctic.