Posts by Bob Furmanek

HONDO will play New York for the first time in 3-D since 1954!

It's part of 3-D summer at the Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1587

HONDO will also be screened in 3-D at this event: http://3-dfilmexpo.com/

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Bob,

I would like to add my WELCOME to you (and thank Paula, who most surely must be the way you heard about our forum)!

We look forward to hearing more from you, and getting better acquainted in the days and weeks to come!

Chester

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Thank you very much, Chester. That's very nice of you!

Best,
Bob

Unfortunately, I'm in New Jersey so I won't be able to attend this showing either.

I did see the new digital restoration in 3-D at the Academy in LA back in 2007 and have mixed feelings. It looked good but the system they were using had tinted glasses that altered a color a bit. In addition, after having seen about 40 of the 50 Golden Age features in dual-strip 35mm Polaroid, I must say the digital image was lacking the brightness and clarity that you would have with dual 35mm prints.

However, the 3-D cinematography is superb. Gretchen Wayne was interested in 3-D for this new release but Paramount was not. I can only hope that Paramount will see fit to release a 3-D Blu-ray in the very near future.

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Bob

If you're in LA on June 21, here's a rare opportunity to see a screening of the digital 3-D version of HONDO: http://cinema.usc.edu/events/event.cfm?id=12757

Thank you very much, Keith!

Best,
Bob

Thank you very much, Keith.

That's very kind and it's a pleasure to be here!

Best,
Bob

Thank you very much for the welcome!

Paula: we're on the same page. I rarely go to new 3-D films. The one exception was HUGO which I thought was fabulous. Too many of the recent films are post-converted and compared to the Golden Age titles, as flat as a pancake.

Give me the good old days!

Bob

Dear friends,

I just recently heard about this site and wanted to join and say hello. It looks like a great place to discuss Mr. Wayne and his incredible body of work.

I appreciate many of the nice comments about my 3-D research and restoration efforts. Thank you for all of the kind words.

I hadn't realized this before but it's an interesting bit of trivia: HONDO was Warner Bros. first widescreen movie!

Warner Bros. had pretty shut down the studio in April of 1953 for a period of evaluation and testing with 3-D and widescreen. Jack Warner announced the studios all-widescreen policy on May 7, 1953. The All-Media camera rig was first shown to the trades on May 19 and HONDO began filming on location in Mexico on June 11.

Work finally commenced on the lot on July 14 after a three month hiatus. The first feature to begin production in Burbank was THE BOUNTY HUNTER in 3-D and 1.75:1.

If you'd like more information on the dawn of widescreen, please visit the 3-D Myths page on our website. There's a link to another page with additional widescreen data. I hope you find it interesting! http://www.3dfilmarchive.com/home/top-10-3-d-myths

Thanks again for your kindness.

Best,
Bob Furmanek
3-D Film Archive, LLC