The Lord of the Rings trilogy was a multi-year adventure for everyone involved in filmmaking. The journey ended with all three films receiving a cumulative 17 Academy Awards.
Peter Jackson has presided over films throughout New Zealand over nearly ten years of hard work, setting, shooting and editing. Unfortunately for him, he felt left out of the fun.
Jackson almost sewed films by hand. He crafted every scene and plot point to make sure the movies would be the best they could be. But this left him without any joy in the series.
“When we did the Lord of the Rings movies,” Jackson recalled recently. “I’ve always felt like the unlucky person I’ve never seen as a movie coming out of the blue.”
He remembered that by the time the premieres were presented to critics, he had been involved in film production for “five or six years”.
So consider doing something drastic.
“It was a loss for me because I couldn’t see them like everyone else,” Jackson said.
He revealed, “I seriously considered going to a hypnotherapist to do hypnosis to make me forget about the movies and the work I’ve done for the past six or seven years.”
The Oscar-winning director has revealed that he wants to be able to “sit back and enjoy” all three films.
He even sought some outside help from Derren Brown.
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When getting into any Lord of the Rings project, talking to Jackson is a must.
Following JRR Tolkien himself, Jackson has become the knowledge leader when it comes to bringing Middle Earth to the big screen.
The upcoming Amazon Prime video series Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is hitting streaming services next month, but Jackson was not involved in its production.
It was recently revealed:[Amazon] He asked me if I would take care of him. So I said, “Have you got the scripts yet?” Because I know how hard it is to write scripts for movies, and I didn’t know the people writing their scripts.”
Amazon reportedly responded, “Oh no, we haven’t got the scripts yet, but as soon as we do, we’ll send you [them]. “
“So I’ve been waiting for the scenarios to arrive, and they never arrive,” Jackson said.
However, he didn’t seem too bothered by it.
“The only thing I look forward to,” he said. “It is actually viewing it as a completely neutral viewer.”
The Lord of the Rings trilogy is now available to watch.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will arrive on Amazon Prime Video on September 2.
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