Chen G.
Mithlond
Feb 18, 10:27pm
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Peter's films in general grow in the telling: his first feature was supposed to be a 20-minute short. The Lord of the Rings was at some points as short as a single film, and even when it became a trilogy, you'll see interviews of Peter deluding himself it would clock in at six hours. His King Kong, a remake of a 100 minute movie, became a three-hour behemoth.
His WWI documentary was supposed to be 30 minutes: it ended up being 100. And his Beatles documentary became a...won't you guess, a trilogy! That's just how he is, and when you get into the spirit of his particular brand of maximalism, it's not so unsuccesful as some might think it is.
Heck, even The Hunt for Gollum had its gestation in scenes Peter had wanted to shoot, probably since early 1997.
(This post was edited by Chen G. on Feb 18, 10:28pm)
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