3 dimensionalizing F Scott Fitzgerald's timeless classic would certainly accentuate the marvels of the external world of material excess into which Jay Gatsby plunges, but it wouldn't, as Maureen Dowd observes, bring to the surface some of the novels' deeper concerns: the decay of souls, the crumbling mythology and the dark side of social mobility.
Indeed, most memorable works of literature internalize conflicts, whereas technology like 3D can only visually dramatize external one's.
Imagine a 3D version of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. I can see the gorgeousness of the sea and the waves reaching out to us via our 3D glasses, but we would remain blind and inert to the inner recesses of Captain Ahab's tortured mind.
How about a 3D peep into Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter? Honestly, having seen and been disappointed by the Demi Moore-dominated morose version of this movie, I can't see any uplift in the visual experience, except for suffering a nightmare or two about a marauding pair of breasts (Demi Moore's) with the letters "A" coming at you.
My point is that excellent literary works are inlaid with a third dimension already; The instrument that is most likely to bring this dimension out are our eyes, unadorned by 3D glasses.
The one novel I can think of that would be a super visual and visceral experience were we to watch a film version of it in 3D, is H.G. Wells' The Time Machine...and all of the Victorian boys adventure novels.
By the way, I was surprised to find that the music of Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby is composed by Jay-Z. Eerie echo of Jay Gatsby?
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