Ringer Spy Condorman sends along these scans from Film Score Monthly, featuring an in-depth look at Howard Shore.
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INTERVIEW FOR ONE MAGAZINE
Liv Tyler doesn’t hide that the shooting of the Lord of the Rings trilogy was very tiring for her and sometimes painful. But the 25 year old actress would never refuse to play in those films.For us, Liv returned to her shooting experience…
Wasn’t living 15 months far from home too difficult?
I admit it was sometimes tiring. I missed my home, my family and my friends, that’s why I tried to come back and see them when I had time between shootings. Sometimes Ithought:”How did I accepted shooting like this?!!”…But I often came back to the U.S. I didn’t have to be at shooting all the time because my character only appears briefly. So I didn’t live in New Zealand all the time,but Elijah and Viggo did.
What were your first impressions when you came to New Zealand?
When I arrived there I settled in a big house near a cliff. It was a bit difficult because I’m used to living in big towns. I was totally lost and I was depressed. One night, I woke up in sweat. I heard noises near the front door, it was only the wind, but it was very scary. And while shooting LOTR, I had many nightmares. It was horrible…
How did you manage to get in Arwen’s skin?
It wasn’t so easy. In Tolkien’s books, Arwen isn’t a developed character,so i had to think carefully how to play her. The first time Iput the costume on and had an Elf make-up, I felt very vulnerable, particularly because of the ears, they were loud. I don’t like it when people are watching my ears. So I’m always hiding them behind my hair.And when I was without my ears there was always some glue on my skin. One week after the end of shooting, I was in a party and I felt that Ihad some glue in my ears(laughs).
Weren’t you too busy to learn Elvish?
It was easier that I thought. It wasn’t as if I had to learn Italian or French. I had to memorize the sounds. In fact, it was like learning the lyrics of a foreign song. It was fun. After a while, I could pronounce the words naturally.
You worked with a lot of actors at this shooting.But who did you prefer the most?
I loved working with Ian McKellen. He is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. In spite of his career, he stayed humble.
Has your father, Steven Tyler, seen The Fellowship of the Ring or The Two Towers?
Yes, he came with me to a private screenig of The Fellowship of the Ring. I was very ashamed…He brought a big bag with candies, and he didn’t stop eating them. He made a hoorible noise with these candies…I thougth that Ian McKellen would kill him! And then he fell asleep.I think that he hoped I appeared more in this film!!(laughs)
Did you see the figures of your character?
Yes, and the first time I saw one, it was scary…It was very srange to see yourself in this mini size.But it was funny, the hand of the figure fell all the time.
Do you have good memories from the shooting?
Yes. Today I remember all this months of shooting, but I remember only the good ones. It was like after a love story, you remember only the good moments. I’m very proud to be part of this project. It was the best film I’ve ever shot!
Xoanon here: If Sean’s plans to make a film about the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 pan out, we chould be in for one hell of a picture. This storm killed more than 6,000 men, women and children, and among the dead were 10 sisters and 90 children from the St. Mary’s Orphans Asylum. Judging from his introspective and brooding episode of Angel he recently directed, we could be in for a mammoth disaster movie with characters we actually CARE about. Take a look at Rasputin’s report:
This is Rasputin the Evil Balrog reporting in from the Lone Star State. Sean Astin was in College Station, Texas, today at the Texas Film Festival to present his short film “The Long and the Short of it.” His film was awarded the Jury Prize for Best Short.
In addition to a moderated discussion, a Q&A, and a look at clips from Sean’s prevous films, Sean surprised the audience by telling us that he “wanted to make an announcement.” It seems that Sean’s film company, Lava Entertainment, has optioned the rights to make a film about the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. He says it is going to be a large-scale film “of epic proportions”, and (hopefully!) he’d like to film in Texas. Yeehaw!
I took notes throughout the event, which included some really great stories from Sean and his insights into filmmaking. Hopefully, I’ll have a chance to write them up in full and get some pictures online within the next couple of days.
This weekend Hall of Fire crew will be examining the quality of the acting in the Two Towers.
We’ll look at who delivered the outstanding performances of the film, and who – in an acting sense (as opposed to script!) – was less than effective in their part?
Overall, what did you think of the quality of acting in Two Towers? Was it merely acting – or were the cast actually interacting with one another? And finally, how did it compare to the performances in Fellowship?
Join us at one of our sessions this weekend!
Upcoming Discussions:
March 1-2: RoTK, Bk 5, Ch 2: Passing of the Grey Company
March 8-9: Isildur
March 15-16: RoTK B 5, Ch 3: The Muster of Rohan.
Place:
#thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to theonering.net’s chat room Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire .
Times:
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Here’s our latest Elvish language lesson, covering pluralization. Thanks Elostrion, for offering these lessons!
*** Log file opened: 2/19/2003 7:02:20 PM
[jincey] ok folks we’re ready to start
[Not_Maedhros] Okay
[jincey] i am going to moderate the room for a bit
[jincey] you won’t be able to speak in the room
[MasterH] Eruner, ma ná sinomë?
[jincey] elostrion will talk, then take questions
[Eruner] nan sinomë
[jincey] if you have any questions for elostrion, PM them to me and i will post them for him to answer
[jincey] ok?
[Eruner] tancave
jincey sets mode: +m
[Elostrion] Before we begin, I will need to clarify a few things.
[Elostrion] First of all, welcome to the third Sindarin Lesson. We will be covering Sindarin Plural Patterns tonight.
[Elostrion] I have prepared a very useful chart that will help you with Sindarin pluralization.
[Elostrion] If you would kindly e-mail me, I will e-mail you a copy of that file.
[Elostrion] For now, there is a temporary chart available at the following URL:
[Elostrion] http://www.theonering.net/barlimans/elvish/
[Elostrion] If you missed previous lessons, there are transcripts available at the following URL:
[Elostrion] http://www.theonering.net/barlimans/index.html
[Elostrion] Keep in mind, ladies and gentlemen, tonight we are covering BASIC pluralization.
[Elostrion] There are very many attested examples in Sindarin.
[Elostrion] And many irregular plural forms…
[Elostrion] For a more detailed analysis of these, please visit:
[Elostrion] http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/sindarin.htm#Heading11
[Elostrion] Now we shall begin
[Elostrion] Sindarin pluralization is carried out by changing the vowels in that word.
[Elostrion] Sindarin pluralization occurs on any plural noun AND any adjective that modifies that noun.
[Elostrion] The chart that you see very clearly lays out the rules for Sindarin pluralization.
[Elostrion] Here is an example…
[Elostrion] Adan = Man
[Elostrion] If you look on your chart, it says that the Vowel A umlauts (changes) to E in a non-final syllable.
[Elostrion] And the vowel A umlauts to AI in a final syllable.
[Elostrion] So…
[Elostrion] Edain = Men
[Elostrion] If we were to say the…
[Elostrion] Abhorrent men
[Elostrion] abhorrent is an adjective describing a plural noun.
[Elostrion] So we would also need to pluralize it.
[Elostrion] abhorrent = thaur
[Elostrion] If you look on your chart, the diphthong AU umlauts to OE in all positions.
[Elostrion] So “abhorrent men” would be…
[Elostrion] “…edain thoer…”
[Elostrion] If you look on your chart, there are also groups of vowels that change.
[Elostrion] Simply follow the rules on the chart and you will be fine.
[Elostrion] As I said before, I have a much more presentable version of the chart available.
[Elostrion] Please e-mail me at elostrion@hotmail.com to attain it.
[Elostrion] I will take questions now.
[jincey] if you have any questions pm me with them
[Elostrion] If there are not, we shall move onto the next section.
[Elostrion] Class Plurals
[Elostrion] Class pluralization is very irregular.
[Elostrion] We can divide the class plural into two sections…
[Elostrion] The collective and general
[Elostrion] Collective refers to a noun “embracing all things of the same name”
[Elostrion] Such as…
[Elostrion] The host of the stars, would be “elenath”
[Elostrion] To form the collective/group plural we simply add “-ath”
[Elostrion] HOWEVER
[Elostrion] There are many rules that accompany this plural form.
[Elostrion] To access these please visit this URL:
[Elostrion] http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/sindarin.htm#Heading11
[Elostrion] The next Class Plural is the general form
[Elostrion] The general plural is formed by adding “-rim” (people) or “-hoth” (host)
[Elostrion] So..
[Elostrion] “Nogothrim” is said to be the Class Plural of “Nogoth” (Dwarf)
[Elostrion] “Nogothrim” means the “Dwarf-host/people”
[Elostrion] Are there any questions?
[Elostrion] I will gladly take them now.
[Eruner] what sorts of irregulars are there?
[Elostrion] That depends on whether you are speaking of the Class Plural or Basic Plural
[Elostrion] Class Plural involves several rules…
[Elostrion] For instance…
[Elostrion] When you add “-ath” to a word ending in “-nc” you must change the “-nc” to “-ng”
[Elostrion] For phonological reasons.
[Eruner] and basic plural?
[Elostrion] Basic Plural simply involves several attested examples.
[Elostrion] There are a great many of those.
[Elostrion] Next question please
[Lothenon] On plural of A: what about “narn” ] “nern”? The ‘rule’ of changing to E before consonant clusters?
[Elostrion] Note: All of those can be found at this URL:
[Elostrion] http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/sindarin.htm#Heading11
[Elostrion] Give me a moment…
[Elostrion] I have just reviewed Helge’s article Sindarin: the Noble Tongue
[Elostrion] It seems that he is arguing amongst himself about this issue…LoL
[Elostrion] There seems to be no final decision.
[Lothenon] -iath is added when there is an “i” in the word. see “minhiriath” [ min sir -ath
[Elostrion] If you will e-mail me Lothenon, I will be happy to answer the question more fully.
[Elostrion] As for the rest of you, I will answer it next Lesson.
[Elostrion] Are there any more questions?
[jincey] oh btw we will open the floor for discussion in a little bit
[Not_Maedhros] What exactly is “host”. Does that mean just a group of Dwarves? Like the Quenya partitive?
[Elostrion] It means the Dwarf-people, as in Americans
[Elostrion] or the English
[Elostrion] Is there another?
[jincey] here is a translation question:
[Strider_The_Ranger] amin ella lle, does that mean ‘i love you’?
[Elostrion] I would be happy to analyze that fully if you will e-mail me Strider
[I_love_Legolas] I was wondering if you have to be realllllly smart to learn Elvish or just have alot of dedication, Elostrion???
[Elostrion] Both of those aspects would help; however, I’ve found all you need is a love for language.
[Elostrion] Is there another?
[JulieOh] Is the only difference between a general and collective plural the question of whether we’re talking about living beings or inanimate things?
[Elostrion] Absolutely not, the Collective Plural can also refer to an organization per-say.
[Gilthoniel] is the general plural mainly for “peoples” and class for objects or does it merely depend on the rules?
[Elostrion] The general is usually only applied to peoples yes
[Herdir] Shouldn’t _elenath_ rather be _elath_? _elen_ is Quenya…
[Elostrion] “Elen” is the plural of “star”
[Elostrion] Next question please.
[Iavas] Can you tell me when you would use -ath verses -hoth?
[jincey] oops hold up
[jincey] back to that last
[Lothenon] no, it´s the archaic form
[Lothenon] poetic
[jincey] ?
[Elostrion] Yes?
[Lothenon] yes, as well as êl can be used for quenya too
[jincey] i am going to open up the floor now, so herdir and Lothenon can talk more easily
[Elostrion] You are correct; however, I believe that “elen” is an attested example of Sindarin pluralization.
[jincey] folks please don’t inundate.. wait your turn ; )
jincey sets mode: -m
[Herdir] Elostrian, how would _êl_ become _elen_ in the plural?
[jincey] and be nice : )
[Elostrion] I believe it is an attested example…
[Herdir] We’ll do 🙂
[Herdir] Where?
[Elostrion] Give me a moment, and I will check…
[Herdir] Okay
[Elostrion] My memory is not so good these days
[Herdir] Okay, I would just like to know so I can make sure it’s valid
[Elostrion] That it is, I was mistaken. It is derived from the Archaic Sindarin “elen”.
[Herdir] I see
[Elostrion] Now, if you will excuse me. I must be going.
[Herdir] Go ahead
[Elostrion] Navaer mellyn nîn!
[Herdir] Namárië
[Not_Maedhros] Navaer, mellon.
[JulieOh] Navaer, Elostrion. Hannon le.
Viggio Mortensen, with 79.7% of votes for sexiest man of the year at Hollywood.com:
How He Did in Our Poll Last Year: He didn’t. This year, however, Viggo rules with a landslide victory over every other guy in our 2003 poll. Just goes to prove that when it comes right down to it, forget the baby faces–we like our men manly.
Sexiest Role: Hands down, his stoic, brave Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings movies–he only seems to get better with each one. (Although he was sexy as hell as a jealous, passionate artist in A Perfect Murder)
Best Quote: “It’s always strange when you’re lying there in bed naked with someone you don’t know very well. In my opinion, actors who say that is an unpleasant thing are all full of s***.” — from the Chicago Sun-Times, May 31, 1998
Sexiest Scene: Forget the particulars, he does it for us in just about every close-up in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, but there was one moment shot in slo-mo that captured Aragorn galloping uphill atop his stately steed, hair streaming across his face as he looked over his shoulder at the enemy closing in. Breathtaking.
Physical Feature We Love: It’s a tie between those piercing baby blues and the rock-solid square jaw that lends him a tremendously commanding, if slightly sinister, presence.
In His Future: Look for Viggo this fall starring in a movie called Hidalgo, the true story of Frank T. Hopkins, a long-distance horse rider in the Pony Express who traveled to Saudi Arabia to compete in a dangerous, global race for an enormous prize. Then of course there’s his final appearance as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.