Tag Archives: The Lord of the Rings
Slimmer Silmarillion
This year we’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion. The imposing tome is a massive collection of mythopoeic works that tell the creation myth of Middle Earth, and recount the ages that preceded the saga The Lord of the Rings. The Silmarillion is only for the hardest core hobbitphiles. It lacks the [...]
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Tagged 1977, 40th Anniversary, Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien, Middle Earth, mythopoeic, origin story, Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings
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The Animated Tom Waits
Pioneering animated filmmaker Ralph Bakshi had already produced landmark films like Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic and The Lord of the Rings when he approached John Lamb at Lyon Lamb Animation Systems about building a rotoscope set-up that worked with video instead of film. Rotoscoping involves drawing and painting over images projected from live footage [...]
Posted in Art, Cinema, Music
Tagged 35mm film, American Pop, analog, draw, fedora, Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic, John Lamb, paint, Ralph Bakshi, Rotoscoping, The Lord of the Rings, Tom Waits, video
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