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Description	Gollum-Sméagol shot/reverse shot, in what the film scholar Kristin Thompson calls "perhaps the most celebrated scene in the entire film" of The Two Towers. She describes the scene's portrayal of Gollum's madness as "eerie, even astonishing".Thompson, Kristin (2011). "Gollum Talks to Himself: Problems and Solutions in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings". In Bogstad, Janice M.; Kaveny, Philip E. (eds.). Picturing Tolkien: Essays on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy. McFarland & Company. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0-7864-8473-7.
Author or copyright owner	Peter Jackson / Fran Walsh
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Immediate source: https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/comments/96dukl/in_lord_of_the_rings_the_two_towers_smeagols/?rdt=57467
Date of publication	2002
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Mental illness in Middle-earth
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	Illustrate something of the visual effect of the shot/reverse shot scene discussed in the article, to explain why the cited film scholar found the scene of Gollum's madness so "eerie" and "astonishing".
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	All images from the film are in copyright.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	The image is small, at poor resolution, and used only here. It is the only non-free image in the article.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The film has had major commercial success, and over 20 years have elapsed since its release. Images of this scene are now freely available at much better resolution in many places on the web, including the stated source.
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