TE ANAU

B-W. Elijah kneeling / crouching on the ground, looking into the camera. Snow falling.

TECHNICAL DATA:

date:	1999
location:	New Zealand
camera:	Hasselblad
Published in:	Signlanguage
exhibited at:	Signlanguage exhibit at Track 16

TE ANAU 2

B-W. Elijah kneeling / crouching on the ground, looking into the the sky. Snow falling.

TECHNICAL DATA:

date:	1999
location:	New Zealand
camera:	Hasselblad
Published in:	Signlanguage
exhibited at:	Signlanguage at Track 16

TE ANAU 3

B-W. Dominick Monaghan crouching on a bench, barfoot, with a bottle in his arms. Snow falling.

TECHNICAL DATA:

date:	1999
location:	New Zealand
camera:	Hasselblad
Published in:	Signlanguage
exhibited at:	Signlanguage at Track 16

A lake in New Zealand, the biggest on the South Isle. Its surroundings served as the set of Dead Marshes in LOTR movie. More in the Glossary

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FACTS & TIDBITS:

Te Anau and Te Anau 2 show Elija Wood, Te Anau 3 -- Dominic Monaghan, both VM's fellow actors in LOTR.

From: Living Diary (from LOTR Fan Club Magazine) by Jon B. Snyder

"We got snowed out, and it was springtime. It was the only time that production came to a halt. We basically shot no matter what the weather was and just made do, but this time there was too much danger that the trucks would get struck in the muc and the snow in thet remote location. We shot for half a day, and then the blizzard came in, and everybody had to get out of where they were -- we were in a marsh area, and the water was tising pretty fast. It was a big mess. Itas nice, thought, because we had a chance to get to know each other, We hadn't hung out thet much -- it was early in the shoot. That photo was taken in the snow."

From: Lore of the Rings, Flaunt Magazine

"We were forced to stop shooting when the South Island was hit with an unexectedly heavy sprint snowstorm."

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COMMENTS:

EOS: Te Anau 2 was my ignition point in my Viggofan career. After I saw it in the documentaries for Extended Edition of Fellowship of the Ring I had to know if Viggo really made it... It had a strange, alarming and surreal effect on me. I think both pictures are the best portraits of Elijah Wood I've ever seen.

I also like Dominic's absolutely insane face expression. Another surreal picture that remains me of the famous image from Gothic movie which is showing Kiran Shah, who was by chance the stunt / double for Elijah Wood in LOTR. Or it isn't a chance...