"An Honest Adaptation Is a Betrayal"—Adapting The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Wade Center
English - January 24, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 101 ratingsCourses Education Religion & Spirituality Christianity inklings Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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How do you adapt a literary work like The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien? Many fans of Tolkien's novels also love the movies which were directed and produced by Peter Jackson. Yet, as we discussed last week, movies and books are two entirely different mediums. Not everything on the page can make it into the movie. This week our two in-house Tolkien experts—Wade Archivist Laura Schmidt and Wade Co-director David C. Downing—join Crystal to discuss the challenges that Peter Jackson faced in adapting Tolkien's beloved novels for the screen.