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News from Bree
spymaster@theonering.net
Mar 11 2015, 2:21am
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Ralph Bakshi Film retrospective in Los Angeles this month
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 Ralph Bakshi will appear in person at a film retrospective of some of his most iconic animated films, presented by the American Cinematheque in conjunction with the USC School of Cinematic Arts. The films will screen at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica on the last weekend of March. You can catch a double feature of "Heavy Traffic" and "American Pop" on Friday, March 27 starting at 7:30pm. There will be a discussion with director Ralph Bakshi between these two films and a clip will be shown from his new film "Last Days of Coney Island". On the following Saturday, March 28, there will be a double feature of "The Lord of the Rings" and "Wizards", starting at 7:30pm, again with a discussion with director Ralph Bakshi between the two films.
If you have never seen this  version of LOTR, or at least never seen it on the big screen, you must try and catch this screening. The rotoscoping is eye-catching, to say the least, and brings a level of veracity to the more serious themes of this story, something that was not common with animation of it's time. Bakshi Productions will be selling art in the lobby starting at 6:30pm each night, so get there early.
Staffers from TheOneRing.net will running about the theater as well, so do make sure to say hello if you see us. And what can only be called a cosmic coincidence, Tolkien Forever, the Los Angeles based smile of the Tolkien Society will be hosting Tolkien Reading Day earlier in the day on Saturday, March 28 in Downtown Los Angeles. You can find out more details about that on Facebook event page. Why not make it a true Tolkien daily double with some reading, some viewing and some Fellowship.
 
The Aero theater is located at 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403, and you can buy tickets at the box office or in advance on Fandango. All the information you need can be found on the American Cinematheque Bakshi Tribute calendar.
(This post was edited by entmaiden on Mar 11 2015, 11:38pm)
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Greenwood Hobbit
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Mar 11 2015, 10:04am
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I do have some fond - although hazy - memories
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of this version, not having rewatched it since it was shown originally. I enjoyed the effects, the way shadowy real figures were mixed with the totally animated; I hadn't seen anything like it before. I was gutted when it only went as far as Helm's Deep, though!
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Greenwood Hobbit
Valinor
Mar 11 2015, 10:58pm
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I noticed that and wondered if it was text that had been copied and pasted and fallen victim to a non-Tolkien-friendly spellchecker!
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Darkstone
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Mar 12 2015, 4:58pm
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...if he'll ever show the reference film he shot for the second half? He's said he still has it.
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No Orc, No Orc!!
It's a wonderful town!!!
Mount Doom blew up,
And the Black Tower's down!!
The orcs all fell in a hole in the ground!
No Orc, No Orc!!
It's a heckuva town!!!
-Lord of the Rings: The Musical, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
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acheron
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Mar 12 2015, 7:26pm
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As they say, "damn you, autocorrect!"
Reminds me of court filings that make accusations of "tortuous" interference. (Or even "torturous".. or on at least one occasion, "tortoise".) (Correct reference here, if you don't know any lawyers.)
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York, wars, and so on -- while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man, for precisely the same reasons. -- Douglas Adams
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ElendilTheShort
Gondor
Mar 12 2015, 11:47pm
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best quote attributed to any on screen LOTR character is for the Bakshi "Viking" Boromir.
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"Gondor has no pants, Gondor needs no pants"
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Tintallė
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Mar 15 2015, 2:09am
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Ah! Missed that entirely. Thought you were referring to
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"something that was not common with animation of it's time."
The misplaced apostrophe makes me crazy. The difference between "its" and "it's" is not exactly rocket science.
(This post was edited by Tintallė on Mar 15 2015, 2:10am)
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= Forum has no new posts. Forum needs no new posts.
