EAN: 9780820463971

WATCHING THE LORD OF THE RINGS - MARTIN BARKER ...

How did audiences across the world respond to the films of The Lord of the Rings ? This book
presents findings from the largest film audience project ever undertaken  drawing from 25 000
questionnaire responses and a wide array of other materials. Contributors use these materials
to explore a series of widely speculated questions: why is film fantasy important to different
kinds of viewers? Through marketing  previews and reviews  debates and cultural chatter  how
are audiences prepared for a film like this? How did fans of the book respond to its adaptation
on screen? How do people choose their favorite characters? How was the films' reception shaped
by different national and cultural contexts?The answers to these questions shed fresh light on
the extraordinary popularity of The Lord of the Rings and provide important new insights into
the global reception of cinema in the twenty-first century.

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