Books about 3D movies

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Yeah, the go-to book for the history of 3-D films would be the R. M. Hayes one, which I don't find as bad as people say. The problem is that he doesn't properly quote sources and some times makes stuff up to fill-in the gaps, which then makes it harder to find the truth when properly researching the subject.

3-D movies : a history and filmography of stereoscopic cinema by R.M. Hayes

Most of his stuff seems based on other prior books, such a

Introduction To 3-D
by H. Dewhurst

Also one of the best in the subject of 3D films' history is: Four aspects of the film
by Limbacher, James L

During the 80's "3D revival" there were several articles and magazines dedicated to 3D movies, such as:

Starlog Photo Guidebook: Fantastic 3-D

and many others. Check the special issues of "American Cinematographer" dedicated to the subject of 3D films.

A couple of books from roughly the era are "Amazing 3-D", by Daniel Symmes, "The World of 3-D Movies" by Eddie Sammons and "Foundations of the Stereoscopic Cinema" by Lenny Lipton, the last two available for free download:

http://www.stereoscopic2.org/library/sammons.php
http://www.stereoscopic2.org/library/foundation.php

More recent books on the subject by author Ray Zone:
3-D Filmmakers: Conversations with Creators of Stereoscopic Motion Pictures
3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema

Some websites have useful info on the subject, such as:

http://www.3dfilmarchive.com
http://www.3dmovingpictures.com/
http://www.3dmovielist.com/
IMDB list of 3D films

And if you can follow the foreign languages or have a way to get translations, there are many books out there that also deal with the history of 3-D films:

-Der 3-D Film by Peter A. Haggerman (german)
-3D Century - Wonders: 100 Years of Three-Dimensional Cinema and The New Century by takayuki oguchi and others (easier to locate in japanese 3D世紀 -驚異! 立体映画の100年と映像新世紀 )

There are a few other german ones I'm aware of, such as "Raumdeutung: Zur Wiederkehr des 3D-Films (Metabasis - Transkriptionen zwischen Literaturen, Künsten und Medien)", a couple in French, such as "Le cinéma 3-D : Histoire, économie, technique, esthétique" ...

I know I'm forgetting an important one I used to reference a lot, but can't think of it now. Perhaps I'm thinking about the research by Michael Starks, who studied the subject during the 70's but only published some loose articles and papers around.

https://independent.academia.edu/htt...MichaelStarks2

But, of course, none of the books and sources are quite perfect when it comes to describe the history of 3D films, so we are all still hoping Bob Furmanek, the current highest authority in the history of 3D films, takes on the job of writing the definitive one one day, perhaps as a retirement project -- hint-hint <3