12:17 PM John McElwee said.ĭan Mercer reflects on limitations of the 3-D process:ĭoes "The Bubble" really float objects into the audience? That has always been the promise of 3D, as in the tag line for "Bwana Devil": "A lion in your lap! A lover in your arms!" It is one the films themselves have rarely delivered on. And yet I'm pleased it's out there in all of it's three dimensional glory for those that are curious or interested in a historical artifact. No way I would ever want to see it again, flat or in 3-D. The single strip 3-D was certainly impressive but I found the film dreadfully dull, just as Obler's "Bwana Devil" the film that ushered in that first 3D era was. As I big fan of 3-D I was really excited! It was the first 3-D film I'd seen since "Revenge of the Creature" closed out the brief 1953-1954 era in my hometown of Richmond, California. I saw "The Bubble" during it's initial release at the Ivar Theatre on Vine Street in Hollywood which I believe even then was primarily a live theatre venue. Watching a depth display too long out of circulation and barely seen even when Too bad he didn't get rich off The Bubble, but we can, for fun of Knew every trick in 3-D's playbook, wanted to give us something different, andĭoes. Many had both those lures? Effects are novel and well thought out. And here's an unexpected kick: The Bubble is in scope plus 3-D. Think of how few reps that genre hadĭuring the mid-60's, pre- 2001 a lean time for a genre that peaked a decadeīefore. And what of the movie? It is sci-fi on 60's setting, November 18) confirms Arch Oboler as pathfinder of dimensions beyond mere two that We'd not have seen even in first-runs, and certainly this Blu-Ray (available Went about reclaim of The Bubble in best-ever 3-D. He bought rights and, with restoring partner Greg Kintz, History (a couple of reissues, the camera neg cut for time, etc.), and decided The Bubble Is Back in the 80's as The Fantastic Invasion Of Planet Earthīob Furmanek of 3-D Archive knew The Bubble's Have been a click, was in several opener dates, but somehow the ball dropped,Īnd The Bubble wound up a casualty of perhaps doggy distribution. Seemingly "float" off the screen and into audience space. His "Fourth" dimension amounted to objects that could Restore his leadership in depth fields and show 1966 how effective improved 3-DĬould be. Little credit for dollars mostly made by others. For visionary he was, Arch got short shrift and Oboler was dealt dirt by partners from Bwana Devil and spent Here was something new from maverick producerĪrch Oboler, a Fourth Dimension to top the Three he had pioneered in firstĭepth feature that was Bwana Devil in 1952.
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