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The Lord of the Rings: the film or the book?
FILM PURISTS tend to regard any book upon which a film is based as at best an irrelevance, insisting that a film be assessed on its own cinematic merits. Part of this attitude is indicative of an anxiety that film might still be regarded as a derivative medium, always in any comparison a poor imitation of literature. But there is in the case of The Lord of the Rings a strong argument for considering the relationship between the two texts. The film-makers' express intentions and the vigilant interest of a large and loyal readership can hardly be ignored.
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