Ang Lee’s 3D ‘Life of Pi’ opens NY film festival

NEW YORK, Sept 29:  –    Once considered impossible to make, the big-screen 3D adaptation of the bestselling novel “Life of Pi” opened the 50th New York Film Festival yesterday, marking another advance in digital filmmaking. The movie’s director, Ang Lee, hit the red carpet at the big-budget movie’s world premiere, with the black-tie audience getting the first glimpse of the spiritual story of a boy stranded on a boat with a tiger. It kicked off the screenings of more than 160 films over 17 days at the New York festival. (agencies)