‘Lost’, featuring Dominic Monaghan, is on ABC tonight at 9PM EST. [abc.go.com]
Month: October 2005
Garfeimao writes: Ok, since most of the TORN staff were in PA for Calisuri’s wedding, those on the East Coast missed Alan Lee’s NYC appearance and I was the only one who made it to the signing in Philadelphia. The signing was sponsored by Joseph Fox bookshop, but was held at the Friend’s Select school in the auditorium there. The acoustics were nice, so when the Q&A session began, it was easy to hear most people’s questions. [More]
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Garfeimao writes: Ok, since most of the TORN staff were in PA for Calisuri’s wedding, those on the East Coast missed Alan Lee’s NYC appearance and I was the only one who made it to the signing in Philadelphia. The signing was sponsored by Joseph Fox bookshop, but was held at the Friend’s Select school in the auditorium there. The acoustics were nice, so when the Q&A session began, it was easy to hear most people’s questions.
Alan was quite descriptive regarding the creative process and working with Peter Jackson and the WETA artists. The actual Sketchbook is filled with loads of images, both those images included in the films, and those that were looked at and discarded from the film. It’s a wonderful view of the type of work that goes into a creative process such as filmmaking from a book. It’s clear that numerous images were drawn of characters, locations, costuming, etc, and then only very specific items chosen and used in the film. There is some truly breathtaking pictures in the book, so I highly recommend it to any and all Ringers out there.
I’m including a few pictures from the event, including Alan talking from the podium, Alan taking pictures of the crowd for the Blog he is keeping on our site, and fans outside the auditorium during the signing portion. I got to speak with a few friends I know from previous events and made a new friend with someone from Colombia. Always nice to see Tolkien has meaning for people overseas in non-English speaking countries, so that was a pleasant surprise. So if you have the time, go out to see Alan Lee speak and show slides, get his amazing new book, and hang out with fellow fans.
Alan Lee writes: What a lovely city! Fine buildings; sculptures and murals everywhere. Friendly people .. I was given lunch, and a show and tell of their artwork, by a group of art majors at the Friends Select School. Then delivered my presentation in the school hall, ably assisted by Ann Deeley-Mattes, who I’d met on visit to the city last December. She is one of the succession of people who’ll be ferrying me around all the various stops on this trip. The school is beautiful – quiet and relaxed, and you get the sense that the pupils appreciate it and are making the most of their time there. [More]
A lecture series on the work of author J.R.R. Tolkien begins today at the University of Notre Dame. Ralph Wood, a professor of theology and literature at Baylor University, will speak at 7:30 p.m. today in Room 138 DeBartolo Hall on the topic: “J.R.R. Tolkien: A Catholic Writer for Our Uncatholic Age.” Tolkien wrote “The Hobbit” and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. The series is titled “Valor, Fellowship and Sacrifice: Tolkien’s Catholic Myth.” [More]
Bruce from coolshite.net writes: Thanks for posting on TheOneRing and KongisKing websites about the podcast with Richard Taylor. We do have a few more coming over the next couple of weeks with Richard, I’ll throw you an email when they are up. I have just posted another one you might be interested in with John Rhys-Davies, he talks about Lord of the Rings and other bits and pieces. [More]