F. Scott Fitzgerald said there are no second acts in American lives. Would he have changed his mind if The Great Gatsby had received the 3-D IMAX treatment — with Jay Gatsby as an alien bootlegger and Nick Carraway as avenging Ivy League superhero? After burning bright and flaming out fast in the 1950s, “3-D: The Sequel” is now enjoying a surprising encore in the American film industry, thanks to the dazzling commercial and critical success of James Cameron’s “Avatar.”
