John Howe : There and Back Again

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Friday, January 4th, 2013

John Howe, best known for his Lord of the Rings illustrations, discusses the methods and thought processes behind his art in this short film, ‘There and Back Again’.

[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/16177227 w=600&h=480]

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    Dawid Michalczyk on January 4, 2013 at 3:24 pm

    A lovely documentary with great atmosphere. I always thought he was from England… Thanks for sharing this.

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    bill on January 4, 2013 at 3:33 pm

    What year was this?

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    Cory on January 4, 2013 at 3:44 pm

    Bill, I wondered that too; if Frazetta was living it must have been several years ago.

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    Chris Dunn on January 4, 2013 at 8:24 pm

    Wonderful, thanks for posting the video.

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    j.p. on January 4, 2013 at 9:16 pm

    This is actually a part of a longer (52 min) documentary about Howe.

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    Dan on January 5, 2013 at 4:16 am

    Correct. Unfortunately, I can;t seem to find the full length one anywhere, for download or sale.

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    Anonymous on January 5, 2013 at 9:14 am

    I just found it via torrent and i'm downloading it. I know this not very legal but…

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    Anonymous on January 5, 2013 at 10:17 am

    Thanks very much ! It's a pilot for Swiss Tv.
    Strasbourg is a very good place 😉 The rest of document is film betwin France and Swiss.

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    Mario Baert on January 9, 2013 at 12:36 pm

    good find, I have it and it is very interesting to watch. Enjoyed it very much. + it makes me want to visit Switzerland and France. Some great fantasy landscapes in real life!

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    Anna Damage on January 11, 2013 at 12:52 pm

    VÖLKLINGEN 😀 i cant belive that the Völklinger Hütte was an INSPIRATION for LORD OF THE RINGS XD how cool is that XDDDD

    IM FROM THERE :DDDD