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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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