THIRD THOUGHTS ON 3-D
Sir,-Mr. Mirat’s article is excellent in giving us clearly and compactly the fundamentals about our latest novelty. It is a pity that in literature ahd other arts there has been and is a coricentration on thrills-as though life reached its sublime apex in a hysterical dither. A regular course of thrills and shocks is as unsuitable for the nervous system as a course of nothing but pickles, red ‘peppers and champagne would be for the stomach. The raising of the thrill and shock potential of films strikes me as a distinct disservice to mankind. Mr. Mirams touches the crux of the matter when he says that 3-D is the film industry’s reaction to television’s reducing influence on film box office re-
ceipts. As allegedly intelligent beings, ought we to let dollar-hunting buccaneers assail us with emotional monstrosities in. the guise of entertainment? Man’s acquisitive appetite-the lust for money — has throughout the ages wrought incalculable havoc in human affairs. Cash profits appear to be the criterion of judgment as to whether a thing is right. But it seems to be time to adopt some better standard for out entertainments; instead of gain, we might try the enrichment of life. The potentialities of 3-D in the realm of things that are lovely and of good report seem tremendous. "Screaming terror" and all such lunatic measures should be banned.
J. MALTON
MURRAY
(Oamaru).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 726, 12 June 1953, Page 5
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