Fragile Pictures and Solid Entertainment present a documentary film about the illustrator and artistic designer of the movie trilogy « The Lord of the Rings » : With John Howe, Peter Jackson, Alan Lee and HR Giger. Born in Canada and currently living in Switzerland, John Howe is one of today’s most famous fantasy artists. His name is from now on closely linked to that of renowned New Zealand film-maker Peter Jackson. From the moment of conception to the making of the films, John Howe has been one of the key players in this challenging adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s novel. [More]
Month: June 2005
NIFFF – NEUCHÂTEL INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS: JOHN HOWE THERE AND BACK AGAIN
Directed by Anders Banke and François Boetschi
NEUCHÂTEL – SALLE APOLLO 3
FRIDAY JULY 1ST 2005 – 16.OO pm
Fragile Pictures and Solid Entertainment present
A documentary film about the illustrator and artistic designer of the movie trilogy « The Lord of the Rings » :
With John Howe, Peter Jackson, Alan Lee and HR Giger
Born in Canada and currently living in Switzerland, John Howe is one of today’s most famous fantasy artists. His name is from now on closely linked to that of renowned New Zealand film-maker Peter Jackson. From the moment of conception to the making of the films, John Howe has been one of the key players in this challenging adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s novel. This film tells the story of the artist’s life and work and invites the viewer on a fascinating trip into his world. A world built of stone quarried from myth, legend and history, but often constructed in landscapes and places where he has lived during his migratory life.
The viewer is taken on a journey in search of Howe’s inspirations, from the cathedral of Strasbourg to the Canton of Neuchâtel and the neighbouring French Jura, the real places that often provided settings for “The Lord of the Rings”.
The film explores the sometimes intangible border between fantasy and reality, how together they create a third universe, that of the artist. [NIFFF.CH]
According to a June 13, 2005 article on xinhuanet.com, Beijing’s Forbidden City Film Company and Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital have signed a framework agreement to produce film based on Chinese novelist, Jiang Rong’s, “The Wolf Totem. Peter Jackson read an outline of the book that mixes history and legend about the people of the Mongolian prairies and their feelings toward wolves. Zhang Qiang, managing director of Forbidden City Films, said they’d be using real wolves as well as CGIs created by Weta Digital. Forbidden City estimates the movie will cost 48 million US dollars and the pre-production will take three years to complete. [More]
Thai Rak Thai estranged list-MP Sanoh Thienthong yesterday likened the power given by the proposed charter amendments to that of a single ring in the hit movie Lord of the Rings. The ring could have given the Dark Lord Sauron the power to enslave the world. “At the end of the day, the ring was destroyed and prevented the turning of an angel into a demon and a demon into a super-demon. What I’m saying is that the charter gives too much power to one man. Even a good person will be consumed (by power) and what will become of a bad one?” Mr Sanoh said in a telephone interview. [More]
Life couldn’t be rosier for Liv Tyler. As the face of the French cosmetics and fragrance line Givenchy, the actress and new mom just had a rose named after her. The flower, officially dubbed the Liv Tyler Rose, is one of the components of the new Very Irresistible Givenchy Sensual Eau de Parfum, which Tyler introduced at an event last week and which will be available at Macy’s this August.[ More]
SamsKimmie Tonight Sean Astin plays Martin Jarrett a prospector who entices Jethro Wheeler (a settler) to dig for gold in Steven Spielberg’s Mini Series Into the West on TNT Cable Network. Into the West is a tale of the American West in the 19th century, told from the perspective of two families, one of white settlers and one of Native Americans. [alt.tnt.tv]
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