Classic Movie Sets Now In 3-D

Rear Window, Brazil, Gattaca and Dr. Strangelove have their sets re-created in computer models.

When Hollywood filmmakers created a classic movie set, they employed a number of optical illusions to make it look three-dimensional in the medium of 2-D film. Many of the most iconic movie sets have been, at least in part, depthless, thanks to the widescale use of matte paintings and forced perspective to make a few cardboard and styrofoam props on a studio set look like living worlds on the silver screen.

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