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January 14

First live-action glasses-free 3D film in full color

Can you please give me confirmation that Dyeni Chudeshnykh Vpechatleniy (1949) was the first live-action glasses-free 3D film in "full color" (as opposed to being in a two-color process)? Kontsert (1941) used a two-color process (not a full three-color process) for it's color sequences. Robinzon Kruzo (1947) was in black-and-white (conflicting reports say, erroneously, that it's a color film, or that it's a black-and-white film with color sequences). Kristally (1948) was in full color, but it was animated (not live-action, like I previously thought). After Kristally, there's Dyeni Chudeshnykh Vpechatleniy (Russian for "The Day of the Wonderful Experience"), Pod Golubym Kupolom (1949), and Sredi Zverei (1949). The Russian Wikipedia lists Dyeni Chudeshnykh Vpechatleniy, Pod Golubym Kupolom (Russian for "Under the Blue Dome"), and Sredi Zverei (Russian for "Among the Beasts") as color (most likely full color) stereoscopic films. I assume that such a listing is accurate, since the Russian Wikipedia accurately lists Parad Molodosti (1945) and Po Sledam Vraga (also 1945) as black-and-white stereoscopic films. So, I'm assuming that Dyeni Chudeshnykh Vpechatleniy (a film on the Young Pioneer camp in the Soviet Union, known as Artek) was the first live-action glasses-free 3D film in full color (in which case, I would like to see it, if it were indeed the first). Am I correct? Or is it Pod Golubym Kupolom or Sredi Zverei? Ebaillargeon82 (talk) 07:11, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Good question. You may try to ask this question on the Movies & TV Stack Exchange website. If you do, please link the two posts both ways. – b_jonas 10:35, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

I just talked to Nikolai Mayorov, an expert on stereoscopic films. Here is what I learned from him: Kristally does have animation it, but it also has have live-action color footage of a live man and nature at the end of the film, and all three 1949 films I mentioned above were all in color and actually part of one film program in 1949, meaning they were all on the same bill. Mr. Mayorov has not checked that specific program, but thinks that the order of the films went like this: Sredi Zverei was shown first, Pod Golubym Kupolom was shown second, and Dyeni Chudeshnykh Vpechatleniy was shown last. So it seems that the first live-action glasses-free 3D film to have live-action "full color" footage was Kristally, and the second was Sredi Zverei, which was an all live-action film. Ebaillargeon82 (talk) 22:12, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

David Bowie

I have sometimes seen David Bowie depicted with one blue eye and one brown eye. Is true that Bowie really had one blue eye and one brown eye, and does a condition like this have a special medical name? FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 20:39, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Yes, he probably did. The technical term is heterochromia iridum, and Bowie appears on our List of people with heterochromia (with a caveat, hence my "probably"). Tevildo (talk) 20:45, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

This page [1] says that he did not have heterochromia, but rather aquired anisocoria (presumably Mechanical_anisocoria) after a fight in 1962. The claim is that the different size pupils creates a perceived difference in color. Numerous places repeat the anecdote of a fight and subsequent eye injury, but the specific diagnosis of his condition is beyond the scope of this desk. Finally, if you look through a lot of images of his eyes, they seem to be more blue and less blue, rather than blue/brown or some other, more different pairing [2]. SemanticMantis (talk) 20:53, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

(e/c) According to this article, he did not have heterochromia in the normal sense - he had anisocoria. "His left pupil was permanently dilated. This can create the illusion of having different coloured eyes because the fixed pupil does not respond to changes in light, while the right pupil does. So Bowie’s left eye often appeared to be quite dark, due to the blackness of his dilated pupil, when compared to the blue of his right iris..... Anecdotally, the cause of Bowie’s anisocoria was attributed to the fallout from a lusty scrap in the spring of 1962. Bowie had come to blows with a friend, George Underwood, over a girl they were both hoping to date. Both were just 15 at the time and their friendship seemingly remained intact. The two performed together in various bands before Underwood turned from music to painting and graphics. But Bowie’s left eye remained seriously damaged. An impulsive punch had accidentally scratched the eyeball, resulting in paralysis of the muscles that contract the iris. From that day, Bowie’s left pupil remained in a fixed open position." Interesting story but I can't vouch for the source. Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:56, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Jinx! To clarify, it seems we found the same article posted in two different places. The author is listed as a "Senior Lecturer" at Nottingham Trent University, which may lend some credence to his claims. SemanticMantis (talk) 21:13, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

I've always been of the impression that he had different-sized pupils from the 1962 fight *AND* enhanced the effect on purpose by wearing a strangely or flashy-colored contact in one eye to add to his usually outrageous looks. --2003:71:4E6A:C933:D185:4265:A8A5:D9D6 (talk) 12:15, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

The Simpsons made a joke about a cat like that, named Bowie, which aired the day he died, in an episode about two friends after the same girl. Trippy. InedibleHulk (talk) 21:51, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Update on last question

I found something regarding a plush toy in the likeness of Mimsie the MTM Cat. Here's a link [3]. I'm interested in buying at least two. Where do I order?2604:2000:7113:9D00:B81E:C008:E611:FADF (talk) 21:29, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

I can't be sure, but your link says it is "one of a kind", indicating to me that it is a custom or bespoke item, and if you'd like one similar, you may have to commission it or make it yourself. There are many custom plush shops, as you were directed to above. If you're interested in making one, here are instructions on how to make a needle felted plush cat [4] that could be probably be sufficiently altered to be considered a likeness of Mimsie. SemanticMantis (talk) 16:26, 15 January 2016 (UTC)