Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Church of the Masses
"I hear hoards of blinking-eyed LOTR fans foisting all kinds of profound Christian themes on the movies. I use AS MY SOURCE for the theme of the project the words of the director of the project himself. At the junket for the Return of the King, one of the writers asked Jackson how much interest he had in fleshing out the Christian themes in the story, Jackson replied, 'Not an ounce.'
'NOT AN OUNCE.'
Non ounciam. Non ounce pas. Nien onze. Niew ouzkew pftusk.
When I pressed him further to identify what the theme of the work was for him, Jackson gave the usual spiel about not wanting to send a message. Then, he shrugged and said, 'I guess if it is about anything for me, it would be about environmentalism.' He suggested that Tolkien wrote the books with a sense of horror about what the Industrial Revolution was doing to the English countryside. "
Hmm . . . Jackson seems a little confused. Good thing he wasn't able to do a hatchet job. This blogger seems to follow through on the attempt though. So confusing.
'NOT AN OUNCE.'
Non ounciam. Non ounce pas. Nien onze. Niew ouzkew pftusk.
When I pressed him further to identify what the theme of the work was for him, Jackson gave the usual spiel about not wanting to send a message. Then, he shrugged and said, 'I guess if it is about anything for me, it would be about environmentalism.' He suggested that Tolkien wrote the books with a sense of horror about what the Industrial Revolution was doing to the English countryside. "
Hmm . . . Jackson seems a little confused. Good thing he wasn't able to do a hatchet job. This blogger seems to follow through on the attempt though. So confusing.
