There’s a bit of Scorsese in The Lord of the Rings! The amazing inspiration of Peter Jackson

At first glance, can’t you see absolutely no connection between Frodo Baggins and Henry Hill? For you, the elven city of Rivendell has nothing to do with Ace Rothstein’s Casino? And would you have a hard time comparing Helm’s depth struggles to Tommy DeVito’s travails?

In short, from your point of view, it is simply impossible to connect Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas? This is completely normal and you are absolutely right. Except, perhaps, if we take into account the staging of two works!

Indeed, no matter how surprising it may seem, and as he himself confided to the microphone Directors Guild of America In 2013, New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson took inspiration from Martin Scorsese’s classics when filming his acclaimed trilogy adapted from the works of JRR Tolkien.

“During 18 months of filming Lord of the Rings, I was really tired and when that happens, your brain stops sparking, your imagination doesn’t fire the way you want it to.”– the director confided.

“It inspired and energized me.”

“At one point, when I had a free day, I’d put on a DVD of Goodfellas or Casino and think, ‘Well, now I know what to try.’ The essence of the work: finding interesting ways to shoot scenes, interesting camera movements, interesting ways to accentuate the performance. I practiced it as therapy when I was tired.”

What scenes in The Lord of the Rings do you think Peter Jackson took inspiration from directly from a Martin Scorsese movie?

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