There is a special theater at the Sony Lincoln Square (67 St & B'wy) eightplex. The top two floors house a new Imax 3D theatre. Imax has been around 25 years. Imax 3D is that same 5 story screen, but with two projectors and a set of liquid crystal eye goggles for every person in the theater. No longer are you viewing a machine. Now you are truly in the machine. The 3D illusion is created inside your brain. The goggles switch your eyes(L/R) 30 times a second creating an illusion that comes off the screen and almost drops into your lap. This is new technology. The science of producing the illusion of 3D has been around since the steroscope and now another actual advance has occured.
Two short films are now showing at the unique Imax 3D theater in Manhattan, The Last Buffalo and Into the Deep. The Last Buffalo is a wonderful short film. The money people obviously demanded films that showcase this new cinema technology. TLB makes that a strong point. The sculpture making process is revealed in ways superior to flat films. The making is also the narrative spine on which the story hangs. Without voice-over narration, a drama unfolds.
Beginning with a man working a piece of iron on a drop
forge, this lone human captures an essential moment of
each wildlife vignette and freezes it in iron. The
sculpting process is intercut with these wildlife dramas.
Each mini story is photographed with unique angles
and captures special moments in each animals existence.
Each animal "character" has a small section. A few well
chosen shots capture their essential nature.
