J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and Me
- Episode aired Dec 28, 2001
- Not Rated
- 57m
For the first time J.K. Rowling tells in her own words the story of how the bestselling books of Harry Potter came to life.For the first time J.K. Rowling tells in her own words the story of how the bestselling books of Harry Potter came to life.For the first time J.K. Rowling tells in her own words the story of how the bestselling books of Harry Potter came to life.
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- Self - Narrator
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- Self - Narrator
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- Self
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- Self
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- Self
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- Professor Minerva McGonagall
- (archive footage)
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- Self
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Storyline
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(himself): I think what I liked from the first about Harry Potter was that mix of - um - I won't say fantasy, because I think of it as a dirty word, and fantasy doesn't really work unless it's grounded in reality, and it's the reality that appealed to me in a sense. What's woven into them is a true history of the English folkloric tradition of magic. She
[J.K. Rowling]
(himself): hasn't made up a magic world which is simply a great wishlist, a Disney-esque fantasy, 'well if you have a dream it's going to come true,' because Harry Potter doesn't present a world like that. It's connected, and comes out of the whole fabric of English folkloric mythology. And I'm not in any way trying to push her into a high literary genre that she herself I'm sure wouldn't claim to belong to. It's merely that that's why it works, because things don't work if they are a result of feeble-minded fantasy. She's a tough writer; she won't compromise on what she sees as being right just in order to worry about what might frighten children. I think it's a function of literature to give children nightmares, just as it's a function of, you know, the biological world to give them measles. If they don't get their nightmares when they're twelve, if they don't wrestle with the dread of the unknown, then when it comes later in life that's when you're really in for trouble, just as mumps at thirty is a much bigger deal than mumps at eight. So you're kind of
[laughs]
(himself): doing the children a favor.
- ConnectionsFeatures Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
For the Harry Potter fans like me, many of us may have wondered along the way as we read the adventures of Harry and his friends...how on earth did JK Rowling get all the stuff in the books? What are her inspirations?
All these and more are being explained in this documentary where the famous author of the bestselling series let the outside world have a peek into her own world. Given it's understandable that she is a very private person, this is really very insightful and informative especially for the fans. Not only learning about JK's inspirations to the books, there's even an insight to her life, pre-Harry Potter fame.
It's really recommended, especially if you are a Harry Potter fan yourself.
- dy158
- Jun 10, 2006
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- J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter und ich
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- Runtime57 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1