Amazing Documentary of Tolkien & Middle-earth

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ม.ค. 2025

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  •  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I saw this documentary several years ago, shortly after it was published so 1992 or soon thereafter. I watched it again this evening, October 2024. This is a wonderful insightful collection of insights and perceptions into the life and stories of JRR Tolkien. Well done! Thank you for sharing this here on TH-cam, it was great to see it again. I read The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and the Silmarillion back in the late 1960s. I've reread them all at least a few times. They all had a huge impact on me. Tolkien's writing and storytelling changed my whole outlook on life. I was a future tripper but learned life is a lot richer if you also look back.

  • @Galadhorn
    @Galadhorn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    This film was produced in 1992. Thank you for uploading it

    • @TallisKeeton
      @TallisKeeton 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Widziałam go w polskiej TV w 96 albo 97 roku :)

  • @factanonverba7547
    @factanonverba7547 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I read the 5 main books every year for over a decade. D&D player during same period. Such a rich world. When I went to Hawaii on a family vacation as a kid, I kept imagining the main volcano as Mount Doom and that an orc patrol might appear at any moment. Thank Eru Illuvatar for the Tolkien family.

  • @damescholar
    @damescholar 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    As a native Finnish speaker (and a scholar of Indo-European philology) Quenya looks and sounds very much like my language. The grammar, however, is different. Having read the Kalevala, I recognize the tale of Turin Turambar. It is a very, very dark and powerful story also in our national epic. The character is exactly the same as that of the Finnish (anti)hero Kullervo, and the fate of his family is quite similar, though there is no Morgoth, only circumstances and power play that make their life a tragedy.

    • @cecaloather8701
      @cecaloather8701 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Turin Turambar is the character I liked least in Tolkien's world. Other than his arrogance in proclaiming himself Turambar, master of fate, he ends up unwittingly killing and harming many of his allies.
      I'd rather the most vicious and powerful of enemies than an ally that stabs me in the back unwittingly or no.
      Then again, that is the point of the original Finnish epic and Tolkien's rendition no?

    • @jeromesullivan4015
      @jeromesullivan4015 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Ok, some of us are finnished now…I’m kidding, don’t get excited..😂

  • @Crowka274
    @Crowka274 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dame Judi Dench's voice is pure gold.

    • @TolkienWonder
      @TolkienWonder  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Indeed it is !!

  • @ashen-one--x
    @ashen-one--x 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    the baby pictures of him wow. remarkable. truly amazing to see all this.

  • @emiliochafer6563
    @emiliochafer6563 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great documentary! Thanks for uploading it 😊

  • @permanent_things
    @permanent_things 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @landoncase3946
    @landoncase3946 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thanks for sharing! What a great treasure to get all those family members and scholars into one production.

    • @TolkienWonder
      @TolkienWonder  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes a rare treat! So glad to share it with others to see for the first time!!

    • @jeromesullivan4015
      @jeromesullivan4015 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The horror for fans is when Bezos et al get at a few heirs

  • @andrewhead1840
    @andrewhead1840 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Many many thanks for uploading this. :-) I stumbled across it in a list of recommended videos after watching a video to do with Harry Potter actually. :-) I am a budding fantasy author who is blind and really enjoyed this jem. :-) it was really cool to be able to hear more of Priscilla's voice and John's who I never heard before. I wonder, are there any recordings of Edith Tolkien? Especially reading the audiobook of the letters of JRR Tolkien and he describes her voice at one point it would be pretty cool. Especially considering he based Luthien off her and singing etc.

  • @antonyreyn
    @antonyreyn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Yhe name Tolkien is contained within the name Thorkelin who was the first translator of Beowulf. Cheers from Mercia

  • @sandyanarayanswami5708
    @sandyanarayanswami5708 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Wonderful!!! Thank you for posting this!!
    I have a copy of the Prose Edda that I bought in 1974 when I was at university. I read it as a teenager and first read The Hobbit at age 8 (I am 69). I noticed at once that the Dwergatal lists the Dwarves (and Gandalf) from The Hobbit. At the time, there was little or no Tolkien analysis or criticism (that I was aware of) and I was baffled at the indifference to my observation.
    Also as a teen, I encountered and loved "Luonnotar" by Sibelius, and read The Kalevala, and so was not surprised to see the echoes of the Finnish language and Finnish mythology in Tolkien. What shocked me was the indifference of the UK literary establishment. But then, the literary establishment of the time dismissed both sci-fi and fantasy as "not literature". I happen to be a scientist by training and both sci-fi and fantasy are my favorite genres. I have little interest in so-called "realistic" fiction and much prefer non-fiction.

  • @lucyosborne9239
    @lucyosborne9239 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've seen this video and read The Trilogy many times cover to cover. I'm also a longtime player of the MMO Lord of the Rugs Online now in its 19th year, a true phenomenon of the gaming world and a testament to the community and loyalty of Tolkien fans. The game is a lot more faithful to the books than the movies though there is content, obviously, added to make it a game. As to my favourite character, it's Samwise Gamgee. His experience during his part of the overall quest sees him become "among the greats" from a simple gentle-hobbit gardener. He was a ring bearer and felt its pull but was able to give it up.- He was intrinsically too good for The Ring to corrupt. He saw his part of the quest, knowing he would probably die, and dared to see it through as Frodo's companion to the end. He lived a long and rich life full of love for his wife and children and of the respect he gained simply by being good. He became Samwise Gardener, Master of Bag End and seven times Mayor of the Shire. In the end, after Mistress Rose died, he saw his firstborn Elanor one last time to give her The Red Book and was granted passage to the Undying Lands to be reunited with Frodo at last. To my mind, that's true heroism. Frodo, in the end, is a tragic hero. He played his part, bearing The One Ring all the way to Orodruin. He was consumed by The One Ring and it tore him apart. He was unable to finish the quest, and had it not been for Samwise's mercy to Gollum, things might not have gone as they did. He wasn't able to come back from either the Morgul knife in his shoulder or from being The Ring's Bearer for 20+ years though he tried to rebuild his life in The Shire. He could find no rest and like so many soldiers who suffered shell shock, what was best was for him to go to Valinor, having accepted Arwen's place in the passage to the Undying Lands. What makes Samwise Gardener so good and pure is that he took one day at a time, one task at a time, one step after another, and in the end carried Frodo on his back on Mount Doom; he returned and made a life for himself. He built a life with Rosie Cotton and lived.

  • @maguffintop2596
    @maguffintop2596 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you!!!!

  • @oliversmith9200
    @oliversmith9200 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Magic is very close to the machine". Oh my.

  • @jeromesullivan4015
    @jeromesullivan4015 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks! I hadn’t seen this in decades.. which Dame narrated? I’ll spare you, it was Judy Dench. I came to Tolkien in the 50’s and 60’s from a librarian that married an American serviceman from world war 2. She saw something in me and suggested I read the man’s books than had been published at that time. I never looked back.

  • @nerdvana101
    @nerdvana101 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Intriguing

  • @Taller.Lyrics
    @Taller.Lyrics 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Have you heard of the high elves?

  • @stefanomagaddino6868
    @stefanomagaddino6868 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who is the Lady/Professor that appears @1:12:13 ?

    • @TolkienWonder
      @TolkienWonder  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Priscilla Tolkien, his daughter.

    • @stefanomagaddino6868
      @stefanomagaddino6868 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TolkienWonder Thank you.

  • @ChristianEdwards-i9r
    @ChristianEdwards-i9r 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The all seeing eye is the bad guy in this fiction. Lets start here.

  • @DavetheNord
    @DavetheNord 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    👍

  • @JussaraAlmeida2912
    @JussaraAlmeida2912 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Ironically, the comment made about bad academic reactions to Tolkien's LotR (1:27:00), when it was released, is exactly the same reaction presented by a lot of self-proclaimed "fans" of Tolkien's work, since 2022, to Amazon Prime show "The Rings of Power". They didn't like it and talk/write as if everyone else in the world hated it (HAD to hate) as much as they did. Kind of funny.

    • @sandyanarayanswami5708
      @sandyanarayanswami5708 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I found the reactions to The Rings of Power rather sad. I have been a Tolkien fan since age 8 (I am 69). I am familiar not only with his books but also everything published by Christopher Tolkien and a good deal of literary analysis. So I know what is "canon". Where Rings of Power is concerned I don't think there's anything wrong with trying to "fill in the gaps". And these efforts are going to reflect the times, the world today-because JRRT's books remain deeply relevant-and thus be very different from something that might have been made 50 years ago. My delight in Middle-Earth is so great that I loved watching The Rings of Power without wasting my time quibbling over every single little deviation from "canon".

    • @RelivingHistory1
      @RelivingHistory1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Tolkien himself would've HATED rings of power, it's an absolute farce and it's very clear that the writers of the show haven't read or understood any part of Tolkiens legendarium. They did not just "fill the gaps". The only thing they got right were the names. Oh wait, Grand-Elf = Gandalf..😂bl what a disgrace

    • @sandyanarayanswami5708
      @sandyanarayanswami5708 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@RelivingHistory1 I thought they were rather creative with a lot of it. Modern TV depends far too much on fight and battle scenes, which I dislike- it's all targeted to young men with testosterone toxemia anyway. I have no idea what Tolkien would have thought. But Tolkien also stated explicitly that he hoped his work would inspire others in a range of media, and while he probably didn't have TV in mind, it has certainly gone that way-art, books, movies, etc. And artistic interpretations are going to change with the times. Example: A lot of people complained about the use of actors of color. But I am Indian-a POC or-if you want to quote the England of MY youth, a "wog"- and I have loved JRRT since age 8 (I am 69). I don't really notice the absence of POC when I read the books, but I enjoyed seeing actors of color in The Rings of Power. Actors are "actors"-skin color should not matter. They are playing "people". Many POC, like me, are Tolkien fans. As ever, nobody asks "us" what we thought. Only White audiences are polled, it would seem, or shout loud enough to get attention..
      I took "Grand-Elf" to be an inside joke, with the speaker getting it wrong as there were no University Depts of Philology then...... Try a little humor. Most ordinary people have no philological knowledge whatsoever-just look at the epidemic of ghastly made-up christian names in the US-Jayden, Kayden, Hayden-the list is endless.... Yes, Gandalf means "Staff-Elf", or rather, it is a good guess- that may or may not be 100% correct. The name is pulled directly from the Prose Edda, which I read before 1974, when I bought my copy. When did you last read the Eddas? I wonder what Snorri Sturluson, who wrote the Prose Edda, would have thought of Tolkien's use of the name Gandalfr, the names of the Dwarves from the Dvergatal (The Tally of the Dwarves), Surt, the precursor of the Balrog, giants=Ents, the "Light Elves" and the "Dark Elves"-they are all there in the Prose Edda, and they enter Tolkien after radical transformation. Sturluson might not have approved-indeed, he might have been deeply insulted-since the Eddas describe the Norse religion of his youth "How DARE you disrespect our religion in your silly fictions!!"
      Adaptations change. I am a lifelong Brontë fan and own DVDs of nearly all adaptations of Jane Eyre. They are all very different from each other and emphasize different things. The best IMHO are the BBC versions of 1973 and 1983, with 2006 a close third. The one I don't have is the one everyone calls "classic"-the Hollywood version with Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles-utter garbage that omits most (2/3) of the book.

    • @Splucked
      @Splucked 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@RelivingHistory1 𝗕𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗼! There's a massive difference between critics not liking an original work and fans of an original work not liking what hack writers did with/to it. Literally no comparison. Rings of Power is a cash grab abomination of the world & characters that Tolkien created.

    • @lapimano2
      @lapimano2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@sandyanarayanswami5708 ROP is only related ro Tolkien by character, and geographical names, which was achieved by purchasing some legal rights for money.
      The names are the same, and want to look like 'as if it was', but the very essence, the underlying message of the show couldnt be further from Tolkiens works.
      It doesnt mean you cant like ROP of curse, but I think it would be unfair to consider this to be part of Tolkiens fantasy.
      Although copyright and such things can be bought, there are things that cannot, and even though you called ROP in relation with Middle-Earth, its only Middle-Earth in name and legal rights, and not to be confused with Tolkiens world in its essence.
      Im presonally not interested in something which is only Tolkien in name, and even find it outrageous, and a disgrace that it devolved into buying his names to do anything they like with them, and maintain the looks so that people would thinkk ROP as part of his world.

  • @PeyoteCoyote97
    @PeyoteCoyote97 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who are all of your favourite artists of Tolkien's work? I wish to be pointed in the right direction.

    • @TolkienWonder
      @TolkienWonder  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      John Howe, Alan Lee, Ted Nasmith, Donato Giancola

    • @PeyoteCoyote97
      @PeyoteCoyote97 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ thank you

  • @ragnes18
    @ragnes18 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    time to reread Hobbit and Lord of the Rings

  • @Mae-nr7wr
    @Mae-nr7wr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    to bad this is AI enhanced which makes the transitions between some scenes look bad

    • @TolkienWonder
      @TolkienWonder  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If it was AI enhanced, it wasn’t from me. I’m pretty sure this is not enhanced at all. Looks like a normal 1992 documentary 👍

    • @Mae-nr7wr
      @Mae-nr7wr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TolkienWonder i worked with AI enhancing, but if nobody else notices it then thats good, its a good documentary

  • @lewiscannon6126
    @lewiscannon6126 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It’s really not that rare