[Philip Lelyveld comment: this is an excerpt from an extensive discussion of 3D film making.]

[D Magazine]

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Of course, they have occupied the territory so far, but now it’s up to independent filmmakers to really show what to do with it, especially documentary filmmakers because 3D will completely revolutionize and put it on a whole new level.

FR: That’s interesting, that there have only been a handful of independent filmmakers using 3D, and both you and Herzog immediately went to the documentary.  It seems to be more intuitive to use that form.

WW:  Wait until you see the next wave of documentaries in 3D, and wait until you see the first independents using it intelligently with films that are really written for this new medium and don’t just use it in the hope that it would mean something commercially.  The 3D films of the future will be thought in 3D and will take us into places where, so far, cinema hasn’t been.  I’m totally convinced

FR:  Are you thinking of a narrative 3D feature at this point?

WW: Well, I don’t want to go back. I’m hoping, I must say. I’m preparing a long-term documentary in 3D as well as a feature—a family story, actually, in 3D, because I think it still needs to be shown that this new medium is also good for intimate stories and not just for action and blockbusters.

See the full story here: http://frontrow.dmagazine.com/2012/02/interview-why-director-wim-wenders-believes-in-the-future-of-3d/