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3D Rarities contains more than 2 ½ hours of archival treasures presented in high-quality digital 3D.  All 22 films have been stunningly restored and mastered from original materials by technical director Greg Klintz.  Meticulously aligned shot by shot for precise registration of the left/right elements, these historic 3D motion pictures have never looked this good.

In 1990, Bob Furmanek realized a majority of the world’s 3D film heritage was on the verge of being lost forever. In response, he founded the 3D Film Archive, an organization dedicated to rescuing, preserving and restoring our stereoscopic heritage. Over the next two decades, Mr. Furmanek preserved over fifty 3D films, and at one point, the Archive held the largest collection of vintage stereoscopic elements in the world.  Over the past 25 years, he has worked with NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, MGM/Park Circus, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, George Eastman House, the British Film Institute, the Stanford Theater Foundation, UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Museum of Modern Art and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  Most recently, Mr. Furmanek helped ensure the preservation of the 1954 feature GOG, and has spearheaded the home video release of the 1966 film THE BUBBLE through Kino and his own compilation of historically-important 3D shorts entitled 3D Rarities through Flicker Alley. 

The Film Institute at Montclair State is dedicated to the preservation, growth and experience of the art of film. The Films and Filmmakers series is a weekly program that features filmmakers who come to speak about their work and profession. The series, open to both University students and the general public, welcomes audience questions while being a unique forum to hear inside stories from some of the most innovative filmmakers working in the field today.