Steven Spielberg Talks ‘Jurassic Park 3D’
Jurassic Park in a sense was shot in my mind in 3D.
As someone who has been skeptical of converted 3D movies, Spielberg’s enthusiasm makes a very good case that the rerelease isn’t just a crass money grab. The director of the summer 1993 blockbuster said that he was inspired by last year’s 3D rerelease of Titanic.
Describing the new features of a climactic scene where two terrified children hide from approaching Velociraptors in a stainless steel industrial kitchen, he said:
The kitchen scene works great because there’s so much distance between the end of the long counters and the door where the two raptors enter. So you really get a tremendous sense of perspective, which we never had before in just two dimensions.
So far The Lion King in 3D, which grossed $94M is the biggest hit of the converted genre. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace that followed, was not, grossing only $43M. After its lukewarm theatrical reception plans to rerelease the other two prequels were cancelled.