{"id":91041,"date":"2014-07-13T04:46:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T09:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=91041"},"modified":"2014-07-13T04:46:22","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T09:46:22","slug":"tolkien-book-to-jackson-script-the-medium-and-the-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/07\/13\/91041-tolkien-book-to-jackson-script-the-medium-and-the-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolkien book to Jackson script: the medium and the message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Peter-Jackson-Doctor-Who-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"Peter-Jackson-Doctor-Who\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-77494 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Peter-Jackson-Doctor-Who-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Peter-Jackson-Doctor-Who-600x307.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Peter-Jackson-Doctor-Who.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> In this 50-minute lecture at at Swarthmore College, Professor Tom Shippey, the author of <i>J.R.R. Tolkien, Author of the Century<\/i>, charts the creative reshaping of Tolkien\u2019s The Lord of the Rings into Peter Jackson\u2019s award-winning trilogy of films. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Or, as he puts it:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nIs the overall effect of the movies different from the overall effect of the books? And, next: how far is this an inevitable result of different media? and next, how much of it is a result of deliberate editorial or scriptwriter decision?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Interesting questions to ponder.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Shippey&#8217;s talk &#8212; which is, I think, quite excellent &#8212; charts the creative reshaping of Tolkien\u2019s The Lord of the Rings into Peter Jackson\u2019s award-winning trilogy of films, and whether (and how) the medium affects the message. You&#8217;ll probably recall that Shippey was the literary consultant to Jackson and the actors as they worked on the films. <\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swarthmore.edu\/news-events\/tolkien-book-to-jackson-script-medium-and-message\" target=_blank\">Go Listen<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this 50-minute lecture at at Swarthmore College, Professor Tom Shippey, the author of J.R.R. 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