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[serai]

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Here's something wonderful:


Pages from a Russian edition of The Hobbit.


The illustrations are great! Certainly far better than that illustrator they've got doing the next LOTR calendar. (Never liked his pictures at all.) These have a very old-world feel to them; they remind me of Pauline Bayles's pics that Tolkien liked so much.

At the bottom of the page is another treat: three scenes from a low-budget Russian TV production of The Hobbit. Now before you screw up your face like you're sucking a lemon, I'll tell you that they're actually pretty good, keeping in mind that they are low-budget. But Bilbo is quite good, given that he's a Russian Bilbo. There's also Gandalf, Thorin and Gollum. Think of it along the lines of what you might see in a traveling wagon version put on for schoolchildren, and you'll get the picture. (I'd love to see what they did with Smaug!)

Comments

[kayrey.livejournal.com]

Those are charming. They look like woodcuts, don't they?

I also like them better than the artist lined up for the calendar.

[jewelsong.livejournal.com]

These are GREAT! Thanks for posting!