The Brazilian magazine Sci-Fi News has a special four-pages’ report on Tolkien and LoTR this month, written by our very own Imrahil, from Pelennor.com, TORn’s Brazilian community site. The article discusses the many subtleties of Tolkien’s linguistic invention, and the problems that can happen when the subtitles for the movies are translated:

“The mythology that Tolkien developed to provide his constructed languages with a history, ending up with the 1100 pages of “The Lord of the Rings”, was to him only the second step; he used to say to astonished readers that his imense book was in fact ‘an essay on linguistic aesthetics”. [More]

Brazilian fans may visit Pelennor.com for more info and scans! Cheers!

-Dúnadan

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The latest film Sean Bean (Boromir) is working on was the Michael Douglas action drama ‘Don’t Say a Word’. Nona from ‘The Compleat Sean Bean’ has an article regarding the film. [More]

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The greek movie mag “CINEMA” is featuring an article on Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) on their April issue. Translating part of her interview on LOTR:

Blanchet says she is fascinated by the experience [of filming LOTR]: “By reading the books of Tolkien being an adult, you understand how dark, tortured and occult is their writer. I think that Peter Jackson is the perfect man to direct this movie.”

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Thanks to Ringer fan LC for sending in this follow-up to our March 16th Report on Creative Screenwriting Magazine (Vol.8 No.2). Minor Spoilers [More]

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Thanks to Ringer fan LC for sending in this follow-up to our March 16th Report on Creative Screenwriting Magazine (Vol.8 No.2):

The interview is wonderful, but does contain spoilers. So be warned!

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Josephina has proved as good as her word. Long ago she mentioned that she would love to organise a gathering of Tolkien fans for the first screening of ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ and now it seems that her plans are becoming reality, and the invitation is going out to all Tolkien fans. (More)

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