It is hard to imagine how it would have been The Lord of the Rings without its protagonists or its director Peter Jackson. The cinematographic trilogy based on the work of Jrr Tolkien arrived at the right time to give an impulse to the genre of epic fantasy. But if the premiere of his first installment had occurred a year earlier, perhaps we would not be talking about The two towers And it would be called differently. Or maybe it wouldn’t even exist.
Most likely, would have been delayed in cinemasbut the sequel to the ring community was not oblivious to a tragic event that moved the world. The two towers premiered in 2002, one year after the 11-S attacks In the World Trace Center in New York where hundreds of people died. Despite the time elapsed, different United States groups began a campaign to ask for the change of title for considering it offensive For victims and their relatives.
In fact, They accused Peter Jackson of exploiting the tragedy Even in the official poster of the film, where the two towers of the Middle -earth could be seen to which the title refers. The New Zealand director never intended to do it, since he wanted Respect Tolkien’s original workbut we don’t know what would have happened if it had been released the same year 2001. Possibly everything would have changed with Jackson’s favorite movie.
What are the two towers of The Lord of the Rings?
The two towers is the Second volume of the fantastic novel And its cover is also illustrated with these high buildings. His plans were to put a title to each book, but finally Tolkien himself wrote that “The two towers was the closest to find a Adequate title for two different volumes as are the III and IV, and be as ambiguous as possible “.
At first, the British writer said the towers were Orthhanc y barad-dûrbut the latter barely appears in the king’s return. He was a fairly vague holder and due to this confusion, Tolkien took out an cover illustration in which the MORGUL MINES (BEFORE MINAS ITHIL OR TORRE OF THE MOON) AND ORTHANC which are the true two towers. Is not the only one Error that Tolkien made in the Lord of the Rings.
The lord of the rings was not the only film that suffered the consequences of the attacks of 11-S. Some films that rolled in the city had to delete frames where the World Trade Center towers appeared. Other productions suffered delays In order not to deal with inappropriate issues at a time as vulnerable as it happened with collateral damage that spoke about an attack in New York or Gangs of New York de Martin Scorsese.
