U2 @ Cannes.

The film is U2 3D and, as Variety's Justin Chang puts it, "The title says it all. Compact and exuberant, U2 3D may be no more than a pint-sized concert film with a lustrous surface, but the lensing is so vibrant and the music so buoyant, even non-fans may find their eyes popping and their heads bobbing."

Even so, the real story at Cannes Saturday night was U2's performance of "Vertigo" and "Where the Streets Have No Name" right there on that world-famous red carpet. Rebecca Leffler has the story for the Hollywood Reporter; Variety's Dana Harris points to a YouTube video; and IFC's got pix.

Updates, 5/21: "Martin Scorsese, in Cannes shopping his new 2D Stones doc for distribution, might see this and wish he had sprung for the extra D," blogs Rob Nelson for the City Pages. "For my money (and I got in for free!), U23D isn't like being in the front row - it's actually better, or at least until they decide to add Odorama."

Cinematical's James Rocchi's snapped some pix.

Updates, 5/22: "The challenge for any potential U2 3D distributor is finding an economic model that makes sense." John Horn looks into it for the Los Angeles Times. Meanwhile, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have seen the future and it's in 3D, reports Sharon Waxman in the New York Times.

Dave Kehr doesn't so much comment and expand upon Sharon Waxman's piece. Great, fascinating stuff.

Update, 5/27: "Whether it is the savior of the cinema-going experience or a nice add-on like surround sound and comfy chairs is yet to be seen, but there is palpable excitement around 3-D," reports Richard Siklos for the New York Times. "Equally intriguing, 3-D is coming not just to the theater, but also to the living room and potentially to anywhere your eyeballs might happen to wander."

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Posted by dwhudson at May 20, 2007 10:29 AM