SCORSESE ‘LIBERATED’ BY 3D FILMMAKING
MARTIN SCORSESE has defended his decision to shoot his latest movie HUGO CABRET in 3D, insisting the format has allowed him to "rethink cinema".
The director, best known for his gritty gangster pictures, stunned his fans by announcing plans to make a family-friendly film in 3D, but admits he was thrilled to take on a new challenge.
And he’s assured movie-goers he hasn’t resorted to eye-popping "gimmicks" to show off the special effect.
He says, "I’ve always liked 3D. I mean, we’re sitting here in 3D. We are in 3D. We see in 3D. So why not? "Every shot is rethinking cinema, rethinking narrative - how to tell a story with a picture. Now, I’m not saying we have to keep throwing javelins at the camera, I’m not saying we use it as a gimmick, but it’s liberating.
"It’s literally a Rubik’s Cube every time you go out to design a shot, and work out a camera move, or a crane move. But it has a beauty to it also. People look like… like moving statues. They move like sculpture, as if sculpture is moving in a way. Like dancers." Hugo Cabret, which stars Chloe Moretz, Jude Law and Sacha Baron Cohen, is due in theatres next year (11).
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