Famous fans like Joe Dante, Wes Craven, and Martin Scorsese appear on-camera to offer their perspectives on both the film itself and its groundbreaking use of 3D. Among the topics: how de Toth overcame his visual issues to direct the movie, the special projectors and sound systems installed in theaters to show it, and how the 3D craze of the '50s came to be.
“ House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Ever Seen Before!” is an all-new, 48-minute documentary looking back at the film. Scenes involving a mechanical contraption Jarrod uses in making his creations benefit from 3D, too the machine's parts poke out at you ominously. In 3D, Jarrod's museum looks massive, and the way the statues stand out from everything else gives them an eerie quality. Outside of the movie's famous paddle-ball sequence, the director used 3D for atmosphere rather than for gimmickry. It's quite possible that de Toth's seeming liability was actually an asset. Nonetheless, he made what, along with James Cameron's Avatar, is widely viewed as the definitive 3D motion picture. In what has to be one of the great cinematic ironies, House of Wax was directed by Andre de Toth, who had only one eye and therefore couldn't experience his own film's 3D effects. Could Jarrod be doing something nefarious? Hint: yes. One young woman, Sue Allen (Phyllis Kirk), notices that Jarrod's sculpture of Joan of Arc bears an uncanny resemblance to her missing friend Cathy (Caroline Jones).
However, his reappearance coincides with a number of local disappearances. It appears that Jarrod perishes in the blaze, but later, he reemerges, ready to present a new and improved museum. Jarrod refuses, so the guy torches it anyway. His dishonest business partner suggests burning down their museum to collect insurance money. Vincent Price plays Henry Jarrod, a master wax figure sculptor who practically views his creations as children. Needless to say, this is one of the most significant home video releases of the year. Motion Picture Imaging have done something both remarkable and important: they've made House of Wax available on 3D Blu-Ray, with a 4k scan, a complete restoration, and perfect 3D image alignment. Seeing it in 2D is the same as watching it in black-and-white or without sound you're fundamentally not seeing the film as its makers intended.
PHYLLIS KIRK HOUSE OF WAX MOVIE
Here is a movie that was designed and made for the then-new technology. One need look no further than 1953's House of Wax for proof. And, at times, 3D has been used magnificently. Regardless of what you think about it, a fair number of prestigious filmmakers have opted to use the format over the decades. Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.As the love-it-or-hate-it debate over 3D rages on, a simple fact is often overlooked: 3D has an important part in our cinematic heritage. WITH: Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery. The Mad Magician DIRECTED BY: John Brahm. WITH: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones. Director John Brahm unites the potential of 3D cinematography with the moody black-and-white visual style he brought to such thrillers as The Lodger (1944) and Hangover Square (1945). House of Wax screenwriter Crane Wilbur penned this original tale of Don Gallico, a 19th century magician who plots revenge when his stage illusions are stolen from him. The Mad Magician The tremendous success of House of Wax led Vincent Price to return to the screen with another 3D chiller just one year later, which helped confirm the veteran actor’s status as a top horror star.
PHYLLIS KIRK HOUSE OF WAX FULL
Full of delightful gimmicks and blood-chilling implications-Why are bodies missing from the morgue? How are Jarrod's newest figures so lifelike?- House of Wax retains the wonder audiences felt nearly seventy years ago at the film’s release. Vincent Price is in top form as Professor Harry Jarrod, a late 19th century wax sculptor spurned by his business partner when the latter sets their museum ablaze for the insurance payout. House of Wax This first 3D color film produced by a major studio was an instant box office success and helped usher in the “golden era” of 3D.
0 kommentar(er)
