The Creature from the Black Lagoon -- in shocking 3-D

We celebrated Halloween with the Jazz Passengers at SF Jazz this year, and it was a total wacko, cornball treat.

The talented (really REALLY talented) seven member Passengers performed their own score PLUS slightly ad libbed dialogue to a screening of the horror classic "Creature from the Black Lagoon." And if that wasn't enough, it was shown in fabulous 3-D! I had the most fun halfway through when I took off my red/blue glasses for a moment, and looked around at the audience. There everyone sat, staring at the screen at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater, like a 1950's ad for 3-D movies.

The Jazz Passengers have a great shtick worked up for the movie, complete with little asides and "Mystery Science Theater 3000" type commentary. Amazingly, as they play, they also perform all the dialogue (in rainforest explorer-type garb, no less) and it's hilarious.

The 3-D, I was amazed to see really did work out well, particularly in sequences that were obviously filmed to give you a sense of depth. It did make my eyes tired after a while though. Like looking at the old Magic Eye prints that used to be so popular in the 1990's.

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