When James Cameron released ¡°Avatar¡± in 2009, it heralded a new era of cinema, in which 3D would become the de facto format for any tentpole flick looking to make a fortune at the box office.
In the initial rush of enthusiasm, some studios resorted to gimmickry, hastily converting movies that had originally been shot in 2D, but a few filmmakers began to explore the full potential of the format.
Ang Lee was one of them. The Taiwanese director had already won Oscars for ¡°Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon¡± (2000) and ¡°Brokeback Mountain¡± (2005) when he took on the task of adapting Yann Martel¡¯s ¡°Life of Pi,¡± a magical realist novel about a teenage boy who gets stranded in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. The resulting film, released internationally in 2012, was a technological marvel, shot in 3D and using immersive visual effects to bring the book¡¯s dream-like imagery to life.
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