Time magazine’s Movie section has a list of “Seven Holiday Treats” to be found in cinemas this season. Guess what’s #1? My favorite quote: “The second half of the film elevates all the story elements to Beethovenian crescendo. Here is an epic with literature’s depth and opera’s splendor — and one that could be achieved only in movies.” [More]
Month: December 2003
Lomara writes: I took some photos of the lobby displays at the Arclight Dome (a.k.a Cinerama Dome) theatre in Hollywood, CA tonight. There are two amazing full size SideshowWeta figures in there. [More]
Victoria sends along these scans from the February 2004 issue of Sci Fi Magazine. It features articles with Viggo Mortensen & Elijah Wood [More]
Sharon writes: Tonight on Public Radio International the show “Sound and Spirit” did an hour-long overview of Tolkien’s lyrics, both spoken (recordings of the beloved Professor himself) and sung, performed by numerous artists. [More]
Victoria sends along these scans from the Dec2003/Jan2004 issue of Nylon Magazine which has this interview with Elijah Wood. [More]
Sharon writes:
Tonight on Public Radio International the show “Sound and Spirit” did an hour-long overview of Tolkien’s lyrics, both spoken (recordings of the beloved Professor himself) and sung, performed by numerous artists including Shadowfax, The Tolkien Ensemble, Glass Hammer, The Hobbitons, and Donald Swann.
There’s even a wonderful original song on the Return of the King, sung by Tom Smith in the style of “The King.” And a nod is given to Led Zeppelin’s preoccupation with all things Tolkien.
This link leads to the playlist:
http://www.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/pri/spirit/shows/059play.html
There are other links on the page for listening to the entire archived show online (RealPlayer), and links to some of the websites of the performers featured. On the ‘listen online page there are links to a bibliography and a transcript of the show. [Listen Online]
Enjoy!