Foreword
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
People often ask me why I decided to shoot The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet in 3D. The answer is, I think I was looking for something different. I wanted to renew myself and face new challenges.
When I was a kid, I had a stereoscope, a View-Master. Still today, I have incredible memories of it; it was like a magic window for me. With the stereoscope there was a small projector that projected in 2D and helped me take my first steps as a filmmaker: I cut the disks, changed their order, and invented new stories while recording dialogues with friends. The projector would get very hot sometimes and give off a smell; it’s like my Proust’s madeleine today.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
As 3D came back into fashion in ...
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