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 | | Using bulky cameras and expensive film with a limited number of venues, the format was largely ignored by the major studios as unprofitable. |
 | | The loftier purpose of the new film, "Encounters in the Third Dimension", is to educate the audience about the history of 3D film. |
 | | While the Lumiere brothers made a stab at making the first 3D short movie in 1903 with their "L'Arrivee du Train" (recreated in "Encounters"), the medium (and 3D film should be considered a different medium than regular film) has never developed over the years while the technology has been steadily improving. |
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