Ringers: Lord of the Fans
- January 28, 2005
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A new documentary titled Ringers: Lord of the Fans, which talks about the influence J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings mythology has had on popular culture, premiered at a film festival in Utah.
The film traces the history of Tolkien mania, which took off with the original publication of The Lord of the Rings in 1954. The book was quickly adopted by sci-fi fans and by some literati, including W.H. Auden and C.S. Lewis, and by the late 1960s, it had become countercultural gospel (hobbits, elves and Gandalfs were plentiful at Woodstock). Beginning in the 1970s, rock ‘n’ rollers such as Led Zeppelin and Rush immersed themselves in the Middle Earth mythology, and in 1977, publication of Tolkien’s Silmarillion set off a new round of Tolkienism.
It looks pretty interesting. I hope it comes out on DVD or on TV so others can watch it.