10 films that should be remade in 3D

We ask the president of the world's largest 3D content provider

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23 September 2009 9:00 GMT / By Stuart Miles

The cinema might be being filled with new 3D movies, but what if we could go back in time and film everything in 3D? What movies would you want to watch again with a pair of polarized stereoscopic glasses? We asked Greg Passmore, president of PassmoreLab, to give us the top 10 films he would have converted to 3D...and may STILL convert, if he has the chance!

While his studio is probably not a name you've heard of (yet), PassmoreLab is the world's largest 3D content provider, specializing in both creating new 3D content and converting previously-shot 2D content into full digital 3D.

Blade Runner
"This has got to be high on anyone's list. It certainly is on ours. All those lights, the action, the futuristic scenery. Whether it's the opening sequence or when the female replicant falls through the plate glass window, we know your eyes wouldn't be able to take it all in".

Apocalypse Now
"Duvall's famous line 'I love the smell of napalm in the morning, it smells like victory' in 3D would be even more mind-numbing, surely. Then you've got all the jungle messing with your mind and -- what about that fan scene -- we bet that would be really trippy in 3D".

The Shining
"Here's Johnny!" As Jack Nicholson throws his face at you giving you the shivers. Combine that with the boy on the bike whizzing around the corridors of the empty hotel and you've got yourself a 3D movie that is surely scarier than the flat 2D version".

Planet Earth
"Natural history documentary from the BBC that is stunning as it is, throw in some 3D for good measure and it would be like the animals are actually in your living room stealing your TV dinner. Anything underwater is always impressive in 3D, just imagine how cool it would be here".

Koyaanisqatsi
"A Philip Glass soundtrack, a movie that is experimental in the first place. Enough said".

Nuremberg Trials
"Showing that 3D isn't just for the action-packed Hollywood blockbuster 3D can be used to bring documentaries to life and in this case the 1947 film of the Nuremberg Trials".

Requiem for a Dream
"Indy film about the lives of four druggies, there are plenty of trip scenes and weird-out moments that would only be enhanced by being converted into 3D. The question would be, could your mind take it?"

Atomic Cafe
"Disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety. Now, who wouldn't want to see that in 3D?"

Alice in Wonderland (1951 version)
"No, not the new Tim Burton effort due out in 2010, although that's probably a contender too, but the original film effort would no doubt bring an added dimension (no pun intended) to the Mad Hatter's tea party and croquet with flamingos".

Fellini's Roma
"Rome in 3D directed by Fellini. Do we need any other reason?"

What's your top 10? What films would you like to see turned into 3D? Let us know in the comments below.

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  • "Strategic Air Command". For sheer visual impact “Strategic Air Command”, released in 1955 starring James Stewart & June Allyson contains some of the most fabulous air-to-air flying sequences ever; the colour, clouds, and air-to-air photography is stunning. The dreamy music / love theme used to accompany the aerial sequences “The World is Mine” is by long established Hollywood composer Victor Young (one of his last compositions – he died in 1956, a year after the film’s release).
    Filmed in Paramount’s VistaVision, a process that produced ultra clear and vibrant images (by running the film through the projector horizontally, rather than vertically), this meant that the projected wide-screen results were outstandingly claer and sharp.
    Sadly if it was re-made today the featured Strategic Air Command aircraft ‘stars’, the B-36 Peacemaker and B-47 Stratojet would not be available as flying examples as they have long since been grounded.

    Other films I would nominate as suitable for 3D treatment:

    “North by Northwest”. Think of the chase over the Mount Rushmore monument and the crop-duster sequence as Cary Grant is chased through a cornfield and dusted with pesticide before the aircraft explodes against a fuel truck. This film too was made using Paramount’s VistaVision

    “Singing in the Rain”. Imagine Gene Kelly splashing the water into your face as he stomped through the gutter whirling his umbrella.

    “Picnic”. Especially William Holden and Kim Novak in the famous ‘Moonglow’ dance scene as they dance together on the podium with the camera circling them as they dance; by 1950’s standards probably one of the sexiest scenes ever.     Posted by thawes, United Kingdom
  • I'd love to see "Around The World In 80 Days" done in 3D. Almost every scene in that picture would benefit from being seen in 3D. Also, the recently redone "The Wizard of Oz" and also "Gone With The Wind". Can you imagine the burning of Atlanta in 3D?
    And to thawes in the United Kingdom; I am the niece of the late Victor Young. Thank you for appreciating his music and his genius.     Posted by Bobbie Fromberg, United States of America
  • All of Kubrick's films... Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, 2001, Eyes Wide Shut, Dr. Stangelove... already so visual would become immersive.... Posted by JJ, USA

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