Techniques & Aesthetics in 3D Films of 1950s and their Impact on Later Productions by David A. Cook

Techniques & Aesthetics in 3D Films of 1950s and their Impact on Later Productions by David A. Cook

Although I have written about 3D films before in A History of Narrative Film (HNF, W. W. Norton, 1981; 1990; 1996; 2004; 2016) – both polarized and digital – in Chapters 12 and 21 respectively, I wanted to understand stereoscopy in moving images better and thought an historical survey of...
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