Contributions

  • Mathijs, Ernest. - Contributor
  • Pomerance, Murray, 1946- - Contributor

Publication

2006 - Rodopi, Amsterdam

Language

English

Word Count

100,750 words, Guess

Page Count

403 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL22740781M
  • ISBN-109042016825
  • OCLC Control Number70249525
  • LibraryThing8718983
  • Goodreads1358007

Classifications

  • LCCPN1995.9.L58 F76 2006

Description

"Peter Jackson $1 (Bs film version of The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) is the grandest achievement of 21st century cinema so far. But it is also linked to topical and social concerns including war, terrorism, and cultural imperialism. Its style, symbols, narrative, and structure seem always already linked to politics, cultural definition, problems of cinematic style, and the elemenal mythologies that most profoundly capture our imaginations. From Hobbits to Hollywood: Essays on Peter Jackson $1 (Bs Lord of the Rings treats Jackson $1 (Bs trilogy as having two conditions of existence: an aesthetic and a political. Like other cultural artefacts, it leads a double life as objet d $1 (Bart and public statement about the world, so that nothing in it is ever just cinematically beautiful or tasteful, and nothing is ever just a message or an opinion"--Cover 4.

Subjects

Topics

Lord of the ringsLord of the Rings filmsJackson, Peter, -- 1961-Lord of the Rings films.Motion pictures, historyTolkien, J. R. R. -- 1892-1973.

Series Statement

  • Contemporary cinema -- 3

Other Editions

  • From hobbits to Hollywood: essays on Peter Jackson's Lord of the ringsRodopi2006-01-01

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