Studying the Event Film The Lord of the Rings

Peter Jackson's epic trilogy, the biggest film event of the 21st century, turned the best-selling book of the 20th century into a popular, critical and financial success all over again. This comprehensive collection draws together twenty-five essays on the making, the meaning and the reception of The Lord of the Rings. There is a section on the business of the 'event film', critical chapters on techniques and meanings ranging from music to spirituality, essays on the multimedia products associated with the films, observations on the trilogy's global audience, and an informative dossier of reviews, interviews, production details and box-office returns. More closely integrated, and more attuned to the global marketplace than the older blockbusters, the event film, with its attention-grabbing pitch for the status of news, will be one of the most influential media forms of the coming years. These meticulous essays combine with Peter Jackson's remarkable trilogy to form a unique entry to the study of 21st century media.

Harriet Margolis is Senior Lecturer in Film at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Sean Cubitt is Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Barry King is Professor of Communications at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Thierry Jutel is Programme Director and Lecturer in Media Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

List of tablesList of figuresAcknowledgements 1. Outlining central questions and method of analysis2. Political systems with regulations in place in the 1900s: the US, Canada, the EU and Germany3. Political systems with regulations in place in the 2000s: Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Taiwan and Australia4. Analysis of a quantitative index and classifying regulatory regimes5. Examining findings from surveys and elite interviews in the four political systems with the longest history of lobbying regulation6. Examining the opinions of actors in unregulated jurisdictions7. ConclusionBibliographyAppendix A – Sample calculations of CPI scoresAppendix B – Sample of surveys sentIndex

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