Durham University doctoral student Danielle Smith is undertaking an ESRC- funded project into the experiences of tourists to mythical and fantastic locations, through two case studies- the landscapes of New Zealand/ Middle Earth, and Arthurian sites in the South West of Britain. Through working with tourists at these sites, she hopes to illuminate how locations from fiction or legend are important to us, and the ways in which we experience these landscapes. What does it feel like to ‘re-live the magic’ of your favourite scenes, or to ‘walk in the footsteps’ of mythical heroes? Danielle has a research website, at www.durham.ac.uk/d.e.smith, with further information on the project. She is also currently looking for individuals who have been influenced to visit New Zealand by the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, whether on a specific themed tour, or independently, visiting some of the locations as part of a broader itinerary. Please contact her by e-mail at d.e.smith@durham.ac.uk
Month: January 2006
caoil writes: Mellyn Annui, our Tolkien group here on the shores of the sea (Vancouver, BC) is having a Trilogy Day on Saturday, January 28th. If there are other Ringers out there who might like to join us, please email me at westernringers@yahoo.ca for further details (we need final numbers by Jan 21, so email soon!). We are starting the movies at 9:00am that day. There will be some breakfast snacks available (though if you want second breakfast, you should bring it yourself). Costumes are definitely encouraged.
Peter Jackson, Viggo Mortensen and Dominic Monaghan were all at the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California last night (January 16). Peter was nominated for ‘King Kong’, Viggo was there to support ‘A History of Violence’ and Dominic Monaghan for his TV show ‘Lost’. Take a look at a few choice images from last night here. [More]
Asylum stars Natasha Richardson in an unsettling psychological thriller about the repressed, 1950s wife of a psychiatrist and her affair with a convicted killer (Marton Csokas). Stella, Max, and their son Charlie move to a high-security psychiatric hospital, where the priggish Max joins the staff and hopes to ascend, in time, to the top spot, replacing the soon-to-retire hospital director. Standing in Max’s way is another doctor, Cleave (Ian McKellen), who takes a quiet yet somehow sinister interest in unhappy Stella’s apparent attraction to Edgar (Csokas). [More]
Ruby sends along these images from the Viggo Mortensen/Georg Gundi booksigning at the Track 16 gallery on Saturday the 14th of January. Follow this link for more images. [More]
Carvin writes: Cliff ‘Quickbeam’ Broadway suggested that I send you a track or two from the upcoming Voiceprint Records (UK) release, “In Elven Lands” for review. Verses to Elbereth Gilthóniel features Jon Anderson singing in Sindarin, two verses in praise of the Vala Varda. [More]