It's not The Lord of The Rings that most audiences identify with today, but Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated film was an impressive feat for its time. In creating the film — the first full-length adaptation of Tolkien's classic — Bakshi went with a strategy that combined both traditional cel animation and rotoscoped live action footage. His use of posterization also led to a nice three-dimensional look for several scenes. Critics were split on whether The Lord of The Rings was actually a good movie, but the visual experience was altogether unique compared with other animated works at the time.
If you're a fan, you'll be thrilled to hear that new footage from Bakshi's 1978 film has made its way onto the web. As Boing Boing reveals,...
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