Tolkien wrote to his son about Faramir that "I am sure I did not invent him, I
did not even want him . . . but there he came walking into the woods of
Ithilien . . ."
If the parallels were conscious, then they were a result of careful revision
after Faramir
appeared.
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Well, we often talk about the 'Big One' in the film industry, as in, "see you on the Big One", the mythical film that never comes. They're always too small, too hurried, too under-budgeted.
Now I can say that in my lifetime I've seen the Big One. And it really was a beautiful thing.
- Filmmaker and critic Costa Botes on LOTR:FOTR
