Renascence, July 1st, 2002
DEFENDERS of culture were grateful that a film version of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings had preserved the general form of the original narration, and that the film had revived interest in a good author. One wonders, though: in something like Tolkien's work, what exactly is being appreciated? The film version, which tremendously accelerated Tolkien's narrative pace and carried an exhausting stream of ghouls and battles, suggested that public interest was largely in the phenomenal aspects of Tolkien's work. Equal interest in the Harry Potter series, full of special effects but, as art, infe...
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