FAINT PRAISE FOR 3-D
WO-DIMENSIONAL film men and critics continue to poke fun at the struggles of 3-D in its swaddling clothes. The latest collection of quips contains comment from both sides of the Atlantic. The Hollywood producer Nunnally Johnson explained the scriptwriting technique for wide screen 3-D: "Just sit down at the typewriter. Only, from now on, put the paper in sideways." "For the moment," said Richard Breen, screen writer, "it is safe to say that ‘Hamlet’ is out of the question unless it can be staged on a roller-coaster,’ In London, Dilys Powell complained of "Men in the Dark": "If | must be placed in the position of a firing squad victim | want my eyes bandaged." .
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 724, 29 May 1953, Page 19
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117FAINT PRAISE FOR 3-D New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 724, 29 May 1953, Page 19
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