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Will 'Gatsby' Be Better in 3D?

3:00 AM PDT 4/24/2013 by Carolyn Giardina
Gatsby 3D Glasses - H 2013
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Inspired by Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder," director Baz Luhrmann is convinced the technique will make his actors themselves his "special effect."

This story first appeared in the May 3 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

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Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder -- specifically, the intimate proximity of the actors -- Luhrmann was convinced that, for his story of emotional isolation, 3D would let him place a distance between people in a frame that can't be done in 2D. The actors became his "special effect."

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