Fantasy Made Flesh

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Fantasy made Flesh

By

Brian Sibley, The Sunday Times

Magazine, 25 November 2001


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Moviemaking

Director

Producer

Actors

Scriptwriter

Productiondesigner

Editor

Cameraman

Costumedesigner

Stuntmen


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Peter Jackson

Won Oscar in 2004for Best Director


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Gandalf the Grey, a wizardThe Dark Lord Sauron

Bilbo Baggins

Frodo


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Bag End, in Hobbiton


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Inconceivable

impossible to imagine or believeIt is inconceivable thatthe minister was not aware of the problem.

Then the inconceivable happenedI lost my job.


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Fluorescent

a fluorescent lamp (= one that uses such a substance) /fluorescent lightingfluorescent armbands worn by cyclists

producing bright light by using some forms ofradiation


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Authenticity

Genuine / trustworthy

The authenticity of the letter is beyond doubt.

A sentry checked the ID card's authenticity then activated the electronic turnstile.


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tendrils

thin plant part attached to support

Looking up he saw a long tendril like a spiders web.


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sequel

a book, film/movie, play, etc. that continues the

story of an earlier one

There was an interesting sequel to these events later in the year.


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labyrinthine

Having a complicated series of paths

Labyrinthine corridor / legislation / streets


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Comprehension

A1. A weta is a large cockroach-like insect from New Zealand.

2. The name of the house is Bag End.

3. The name of the director is Peter Jackson.

4. The names of Bilbos and Frodos favourite tobaccos are

Longbottom Leaf and Old Toby.

5. The name of the elven haven is Lothlorien.


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B

1. The fellowship encounter the cave troll in the Mines of Moria.

2. He was trying to show the way the brutish creature reacts when

hit by a spear.

3. The challenges were: kitting out the equivalent of several large

armies, designing and making prosthetics, making everything from

hand-tooled leather armour for a king and others

4. The Hobbit portrayed a boys jaunt in search of a stolen dragon

while the Lord of the Rings depicted Frodos desperate questto throw away a great treasure.


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C

1. Five minute drive; 12-hour train ride; a thousand pages; 20 years;

three pictures concurrently; five years; 14 months; 10,000 digitally

creates orcs; 900 suits of armour; 2,000 weapons; 1,600 pairs of

hairy Hobbit feet.

2. as if filming three pictures concurrently wasnt an unprecedented

venture in cinema history.

as if the project hadnt been in the planning stage for nearly fiveyears.

as if he hadnt been filming with scarcely a break now,

for 14 months.

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