Lord of the Rings (1978 Bakshi)

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Jan 20, 20261:21:17Arts

What happens when Tolkien meets experimental animation? Jeff Haecker, Robert King, Patrick Mason, and Rob Leonardi weigh Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings. Does visual ambition excuse rushed storytelling—or does Gandalf steal t...

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