Silver Age 3-D 1966-1997 including the 1980s 3D revival

[the13thman]

Originally Posted by BleedOrange11

Looks like The Flesh and Blood Show is being released in a box set by 88 Films.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-F...lu-ray/337711/

But will they just ignore the 3D sequence or include it? It was dropped for the German mediabook...

[Energy Crisis]

88 Films was the one that did the anaglyph glasses tease on their Facebook a year ago weren't they? I assume this is what they were referring too.

[Interdimensional]

Alexander Melkumov of NIFKI uploaded two very unique vintage stereofilms to youtube over the weekend. I was able to view these in 3D using the youtube app on my 3DTV.

"The Magic Lake" 1979 (Волшебное озеро)
Ivan Petrovich

Very stylish stop-motion puppet animation in which Baba Yaga sends some spooky forest urchins to torment the heroes of this classic Russian fairytale. The animation techniques are highly advanced for the time, and the sets are charmingly handcrafted and beautifully lit. I found the 3-D very effective.

Digitally restored at NIKFI from the original negative in 2012

The Magic Lake - YouTube

"When Men Sing" 1980 (Когда поют мужчины)
Heino Pars

A bendy bus filled with a touring male choir crashes into the building of an historic clock tower sending them hurtling back to prehistoric times, where they ride a spiky-backed Diplodocus. The animation here is a little more cartoonish, and somewhat less accomplished, although more than adequate. What makes this film particularly unique is some remarkable time-lapse and reverse time-lapse stereography involving (among other subjects) melting ice structures that are very beautiful and abstract. A must-see.

Digitally restored at NIKFI from a 70mm positive in 2012

Когда поют мужчины - YouTube

[Jlardonio]

Originally Posted by Interdimensional

Alexander Melkumov of NIFKI uploaded two very unique vintage stereofilms to youtube over the weekend. I was able to view these in 3D using the youtube app on my 3DTV.

"The Magic Lake" 1979 (Волшебное озеро)
Ivan Petrovich

Very stylish stop-motion puppet animation in which Baba Yaga sends some spooky forest urchins to torment the heroes of this classic Russian fairytale. The animation techniques are highly advanced for the time, and the sets are charmingly handcrafted and beautifully lit. I found the 3-D very effective.

Digitally restored at NIKFI from the original negative in 2012

The Magic Lake - YouTube

"When Men Sing" 1980 (Когда поют мужчины)
Heino Pars

A bendy bus filled with a touring male choir crashes into the building of an historic clock tower sending them hurtling back to prehistoric times, where they ride a spiky-backed Diplodocus. The animation here is a little more cartoonish, and somewhat less accomplished, although more than adequate. What makes this film particularly unique is some remarkable time-lapse and reverse time-lapse stereography involving (among other subjects) melting ice structures that are very beautiful and abstract. A must-see.

Digitally restored at NIKFI from a 70mm positive in 2012

Когда поют мужчины - YouTube

Thanks, downloaded both videos.

[osmos512]

Wasn’t Severin teasing a 3D release a while ago? Wonder if it’s still in the works.

[BleedOrange11]

Originally Posted by osmos512

Wasn’t Severin teasing a 3D release a while ago? Wonder if it’s still in the works.

Yes, that was foretold years ago in the Legend of the Owensby Box Set, complete with new supplemental interviews shot in North Carolina. I can't imagine Severin doing this without the help of 3DFA, and they are busy for the next couple of years with other projects. So this may be on hold, or it may not exist anymore. Who knows? I'm still looking around for that Dekanalog Blu-ray 3D.

[osmos512]

Originally Posted by BleedOrange11

Yes, that was foretold years ago in the Legend of the Owensby Box Set, complete with new supplemental interviews shot in North Carolina. I can't imagine Severin doing this without the help of 3DFA, and they are busy for the next couple of years with other projects. So this may be on hold, or it may not exist anymore. Who knows? I'm still looking around for that Dekanalog Blu-ray 3D.

Severin has a booth at Beyond Fest in LA. The attendant said they have no 3D in the works, and if they did it would be something originally made in 3D. Sounds like the Owensby set isn’t on his radar, or it could just be above his pay grade.

[BleedOrange11]

Originally Posted by Brucewdn

They have managed to secure the entire Owensby Library including the Six 3-D titles which they have not decided if they are releasing in a box set and have not yet confirmed whether they will release them flat (which is the absolute worst decision they could make for these rarely seen films) A box set would make sense...they cross genres and some people have never heard of the majority of titles...because they have rarely been screened...but they’re all kinda good (at least the ones I’ve been able to screen) and the 3-D is some of the best of this decade! I told them they absolutely have to release them in 3-D.But they have them all...help them out 3-D Archive..don’t let them go out flat! Severin rarely disappoints but this is the only chance we’re ever going to get to get 3-D masters of these! There must have been some sweet talking by both Severin and Vinegar Syndrome to come off of these previously unobtainable properties. On another note-Universal,Warner Brothers,and Paramount have been pretty lax lately in letter other distributors remaster their older titles to both Criterion and Scream Factory...It may be time to try to negotiate once again for Murders at the Rue Morgue,The Man Who Wasn’t There and Spacehunter.

Originally Posted by Brucewdn

Not sure yet that that is indeed a fact.so far it doesn’t seem like anyone has had,well,any access to the actual library beyond Severin...i think they were shot over-under so you would think they’d possess a master in the vault...i don’t know if severin was only limiting their statements to me or if they actually have a plan in motion...I know Rottweiler and tales of the third dimension are coming...hit the road running is great.I have a hard time believing Hyperspace is completely lost in 3-D.Encourage them to release the 3-D versions though...I can’t believe we’re actually finally getting Flesh For Frankenstein personally...bit if we can get those Owensby’s out in 3-D,it would make my year.We’re coming for you next Wade Williams...

Originally Posted by Brucewdn

They have them.That is a fact.I assume the box set option would be for the :-D titles as they are already releasing A Day Of Judgment solo.I’m sure they are working out some plan.They’re not going to tell me everything...I’m just some guy.But it probably wouldn’t hurt to put a bug in their ear about the desire for a box set with all six 3-D flicks.When i asked specifically about the 3-D titles.tthey confirmed they have them but regarding the 3DFA,box set or 3-D transfers I was told ae’re not sure yet.

Originally Posted by pixote

According to the SEVERIN podcast they've been in North Carolina shooting special features for future titles at Owensby Studios so you seem to have some inside info here....

If these aren't released in 3D it would be a catastrophe for 3D collectors

Sounded pretty promising back in 2021, but so far, Severin has only released A Day of Judgment.

[Brucewdn]

That's what I was told at living dead weekend...they said theyvdefinitely had rottweiler and tales from the third dimension...maybe it was canceled but they fif stary sith "A Day Of Judgement" - terrible choice to start the owensby rrlesses with

[BleedOrange11]

Well, we know that 3DFA has 3 unannounced Silver Age titles in the pipeline, so Rottweiler and Tales of the Third Dimension could be 2 of them. Speculate away...

[helpcentermc]

@BleedOrange11

In your IMDB list, you mention that the UK release of 'She Freak' (1967) has a 3D bonus segment. I looked at the backcover of the UK Blu-ray but the word 3D is not mentioned. But I have read on a website that the bonus segment is in 3D. Why is it not mentioned on the cover of the Blu-ray, or did I look at the wrong article? If there is only one UK Blu-ray from 101Films, do you know, if the 3D bonus segment is also on the US Blu-ray from VinegarSyndrome, it lists the same bonus features on the back, or is the bonus segment a 3D-exclusive for the UK release?

[BleedOrange11]

I just found out about the inclusion of the Asylum of the Insane anaglyph 3D footage on the She Freak Blu-rays this afternoon. Was actually going to post about it here just now. I don't own either release to confirm, but it reads like both releases are identical. Reviews for both say that the anaglyph 3D inserts are presented separately as a bonus feature.

Too bad AGFA couldn't collaborate with 3DFA to convert the anaglyph 3D to separate images and present it frame-packed and within the feature. Maybe it just wasn't worth it (and not part of the original 1967 presentation). I don't know what the 3D footage is like.

[Interdimensional]

I was unaware of those releases.

I came across that anglyph footage on a Something Weird dvd many years back. To be honest, it sounded a lot more interesting than what it is. As I recall, just amateur hour stuff with kids in halloween masks. It was only a film in the loosest sense. No real storyline, just random footage, and some of the most ineffective anaglyph I've ever seen. I might take another look at it tomorrow, see if I misjudged it, and consider whether it's something I might want to upgrade.

From Glenn Erickson's review of Monsters Crash the Pajama Party:

Asylum of the Insane is apparently a few minutes of 3D footage, some of which is monsters in masks but other unedited material is simply a kid throwing a football at the camera. The 3D barely worked, I'm sorry to say. The DVD case contains one pair of 3D Glasses.

[Camps]

Originally Posted by Interdimensional

I was unaware of those releases.

I came across that anglyph footage on a Something Weird dvd many years back. To be honest, it sounded a lot more interesting than what it is. As I recall, just amateur hour stuff with kids in halloween masks. It was only a film in the loosest sense. No real storyline, just random footage, and some of the most ineffective anaglyph I've ever seen. I might take another look at it tomorrow, see if I misjudged it, and consider whether it's something I might want to upgrade.

From Glenn Erickson's review of Monsters Crash the Pajama Party:

Yes, Asylum of the Insane appears to be little more than an anaglyph 3D backyard teenagers' Halloween-mask/stab-at-the-camera-with-knives-and-garden-tools home movie. Presumably a cheapo ballyhoo attempt by She Freak's distributors. Pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft.

[robtadrian]

Saturday November 4 7pm Exhumed will show Frankenstein's Bloody Terror at the "Blob" theater (Colonial) in Phoenixville PA on 35mm with Flesh for Frankenstein and A*P*E (not to be confused with Mighty Joe Young)

https://www.facebook.com/events/1061399761884704

[Interdimensional]

Originally Posted by Camps

Yes, Asylum of the Insane appears to be little more than an anaglyph 3D backyard teenagers' Halloween-mask/stab-at-the-camera-with-knives-and-garden-tools home movie. Presumably a cheapo ballyhoo attempt by She Freak's distributors. Pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft.

Took another look at it last night. It's definitely not something I could recommend to any sane person.

The anaglyh ghosting is so severe that a lot of it doesn't work at all. If 3-DFA ran it through their anaglyph extraction process, some of the gimmick shots could perhaps be improved somewhat, but it's never going to be anything special. Depending on the colours in the new bluray, at best one might get somewhat less ghosting than the old dvd.

These promo images were on the old 3-DFA website:



Gotta love the claim: "Play It Anywhere You Can Hang Up A Bedsheet in A Cow Pasture and Gross A Solid Ton!"
Kinda sums up their low-effort, get-rich-quick mentality.

Originally Posted by robtadrian

Saturday November 4 7pm Exhumed will show Frankenstein's Bloody Terror at the "Blob" theater (Colonial) in Phoenixville PA on 35mm with Flesh for Frankenstein and A*P*E (not to be confused with Mighty Joe Young)

https://www.facebook.com/events/1061399761884704

A rare opportunity to see Frankenstein's Bloody Terror.

As a 1973 film, this year would mark the 50th anniversary of Flesh For Frankenstein.

[robtadrian]

I was sure I read somewhere that the 3D elements for Hyperspace/Gremloids exist. Does anyone else remember seeing this?

[BleedOrange11]

Originally Posted by robtadrian

I was sure I read somewhere that the 3D elements for Hyperspace/Gremloids exist. Does anyone else remember seeing this?

No, according to what Bob was told years ago, Owensby lost the original negatives and couldn't find Chris Condon's 3D print or any other 3D version. Maybe something could be found or cobbled together by someone on the inside, but for now, we assume Hyperspace is lost 3D.

BTW, if I'm correct, it was originally released flat, so there were probably not very many 3D release prints ever made.

[Robert Furmanek]

Greg Kintz and I had a VERY productive meeting yesterday with Frank Tarzi at Kino Lorber and we discussed two of the upcoming Silver Age restorations.

Neither title has been announced yet but, wow, there are some really exciting films in the restoration pipeline.

Stay tuned for more info, you’re gonna love what you hear!

[WaverBoy]

Originally Posted by Robert Furmanek

Greg Kintz and I had a VERY productive meeting yesterday with Frank Tarzi at Kino Lorber and we discussed two of the upcoming Silver Age restorations.

Neither title has been announced yet but, wow, there are some really exciting films in the restoration pipeline.

Stay tuned for more info, you’re gonna love what you hear!

Aw MAN, the suspense is gonna kill me!