Ralph Bakshi
From Tolkien Gateway
Ralph Bakshi (October 29, 1938) directed The Lord of the Rings animated film in 1978. Despite the fact that the movie was a financial success, United Artists did not let him finish the story.
Quotes
- "I think it's impossible to do. It's impossible to get the brilliance of what he wrote about -- just the medium, the book, the novel gives you other areas of imagination (that) film can't allow. Film has to describe and show. With the brilliance of his words and his scenes, you imagine whatever you want. I'm sure various people imagine different things."
- ― Bakshi in an interview [1]
- "I just gave it the best shot I could, and if I did anything, I think I established some of the character design to look the way Tolkien might have liked them. His daughter certainly loved the way I designed the film. But as far as everything in the book, I can't do it, and this next guy's not going to do it."
- ― Bakshi, same interview
