Gems from the Letters - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Guinevere · 12-30-2002, 01:39 PM

Thank you, Lindil, this link might come in handy !

After having seen the TTT-movie, I browsed in the letters and came across this:

From letter 21O, written 1958 . (Tolkien`s comments on a film "treatment" of the LotR)

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"If details are to be added to an already crowded picture, they should at least fit the world described"

"I do earnestly hope that in the assignment of actual speeches to the characters they will be represented as I have presented them: in style and sentiment. I should resent perversion of the characters even more than the spoiling of the plot and scenery."
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And I won`t add any comment here, it would belong to the movie section... [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

12-30-2002, 01:39 PM	#11
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Thank you, Lindil, this link might come in handy ! After having seen the TTT-movie, I browsed in the letters and came across this: From letter 21O, written 1958 . (Tolkien`s comments on a film "treatment" of the LotR) ------------------------------------------ "If details are to be added to an already crowded picture, they should at least fit the world described" "I do earnestly hope that in the assignment of actual speeches to the characters they will be represented as I have presented them: in style and sentiment. I should resent perversion of the characters even more than the spoiling of the plot and scenery." --------------------------------------------- And I won`t add any comment here, it would belong to the movie section... [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!