The unusual initiative features nine Italians with a passion for Tolkien. Their fantasy-style walking journey starts from Abruzzo and ends up at Vesuvius. The interview:
Where do you imagine Middle Earth? What do the members of the Fellowship of the Ring look like? An obvious answer is the landscapes of New Zealand and the likenesses of Elijah Wood and Orlando Bloom, among others, that is, the images of the film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings made by Peter Jackson. One of the most profitable sagas in the history of cinema, with almost 900 million dollars in takings, which has given substance to the words of JRR Tolkien for millions of people, whose Lord of the Rings trilogy is in turn one of the most read texts in the history of the world with 150 million copies sold. While the details leaked out with an eyedropper about the new series produced by Amazon Prime, due out in September 2002, also filmed between New Zealand and England…