Thain of Westfarthing writes: This morning, NPR had a piece concerning independent film consisting mainly of interviews at the Sundance Film Festival. Among those interviewed was Mark Ordesky, who said that, despite its large budget, “Lord of the Rings” was an independent film. The piece focused on changes in the nature of independent film, mostly about the increasing commercialization of what used to be a chase for $50,000 movies made by directors who had maxed out their parents’ credit cards. Listen in: RealPlayer needed [More]
Day: January 16, 2002
Fresh from his appearance on ‘The Daily Show’ last night (pictures and a report coming soon) Ian McKellen (Gandalf) will be making an appearance on ‘The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn’ tonight at 12:35AM EST on CBS. Stay up late for that, you won’t want to miss it.
UK Ringers can catch Orlando Bloom (Legolas) on ‘The Johnny Vaughn Show’ tonight at 11.40PM on BBC1.
I’m hardly the first to note that professor J.R.R. Tolkien’s modern classic “Lord of the Rings” — or the new and successful film now born thereof — has a strong and unusual political subtext. [More]