The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood
by Kristin Thompson
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Author: Kristin ThompsonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-07-31
ISBN: 0520258134
Number of pages: 424
Publisher: University of California Press
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Summary: 5 Stars
This book was recommended to me by my thesis advisor. It's a great documentation of the entire context of a movie, which is difficult for cinema historians to do most of the time. Thompson really lucked out in her access to all this data, and she recreates the circumstances of the filming very well. It's definitely a must read for fans of the franchise and those who are interested in theorizing about transmedia poetics.
Summary of The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood
"Once in a lifetime." The phrase comes up over and over from the people who worked on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings. The film's seventeen Oscars, record-setting earnings, huge fan base, and hundreds of ancillary products attest to its importance and to the fact that Rings is far more than a film. Its makers seized a crucial moment in Hollywood--the special effects digital revolution plus the rise of "infotainment" and the Internet--to satisfy the trilogy's fans while fostering a huge new international audience. The resulting franchise of franchises has earned billions of dollars to date with no end in sight. Kristin Thompson interviewed seventy-six people to examine the movie's scripting and design and the new technologies deployed to produce the films, video games, and DVDs. She demonstrates the impact Rings had on the companies that made it, on the fantasy genre, on New Zealand, and on independent cinema. In fast-paced, compulsively readable prose, she affirms Jackson's Rings as one the most important films ever made.Performing Arts Books
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