Comments on: Brokeback Mountain: Annie Proulx and Ang Lee

By: d11

d11 — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:15:02 +0000

I’m a writer. I read the story but never saw the movie. She’s a fine writer. I avoided the movie the way I avoid seeing certain performers I find distatsteful. Male homosexuality bugs me, and my gay frrined know it and couldn’t care less. Either could I.
I was more curious to see how Proulx composes then about the subject matter. I was particularly interested in seeing how this twenty page short story had the narrative richness, the strength of story, the dialogue to adapt to a full length feature.
Well, now I do. It’s a great story, powerfully told. I wasn’t moved by it though. Maybe I’ve read too much. Maybe I’m just tooo interested in composition and trying to learn a new thing or two to put nto my stuff.
The last time I think I was really moved by content in a movie was King Kong. There were a few central senes developing the love between the girl and the gorilla that moved me a lot. I’m not being facetious. Love is love I guess, no matter how you get there.

By: d11

d11 — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:15:00 +0000

By: Tammy Finwall

Tammy Finwall — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:47:16 +0000

My God,
The theme music plays in the background. I have watched this wonderful work of art two times, once with my husband who thought it was a fine movie and another time by myself, just to soak up the rest (one never gets the details the first time around). I still have tears rolling down my cheeks. The actors/actresses, the director, the screen playwrites, and most importly the woman who put her imagination to paper deserve a lot more gratitude and accolades than any words I can come up with.
Transcendence and metaphyics are key here. Words like this far outweigh and describe the meaning of this story than the singular idea of “gay issues.” This was a true love story. Shakesphere would have loved it, for it is probably the only subject he did not so poignantly address.
You will all go down in history for your fine commitment to art and helping the ingnorant become educated.
With great respect and looking for the short story as we speak.
Always,
T. Finwall
A New New Yorker Subscriber

By: Tammy Finwall

Tammy Finwall — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:47:00 +0000

By: donald crowe

donald crowe — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:10:38 +0000

I read the story years ago when it was first published and it did effect me at that time. But nothing like the movie has effected me now. Heath was fantastic. I know it is fictional, but this movie is haunting me like no other movie. I can’t not stop thinking about it. My partner has been teasing me for watching it over and over but I have only watched it 4 times in the past 3 weeks. Thats not obsessive is it? My heart hurts.

By: donald crowe

donald crowe — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:10:00 +0000

By: Lisbeth

Lisbeth — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:48:23 +0000

Brokeback mountain fever has come to Stuttgart, Germany, and I do not know how many times all of my male and female friends have seen the movie since it first started here on March 9. I have read the book in the meantime which impressed me just the same and both the movie and the book leave me speechless (like Ennis) but emotions run high. Such a sad sad movie with such a sad sad ending. I think prejudice in modern Germany is just as it is everywhere but everyone who saw the movie will think it over and hopefully many many people will correct their opinions on men who love men (or women who love women). I apologize if my English is not so good but I just have to come out with my feelings regarding this film. Ever since I saw it I’m not the same, that’s how deeply it touched me.

By: Lisbeth

Lisbeth — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:48:00 +0000

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:20:05 +0000

Did you guys hear what Vermont is trying to do….name one of their mountains Brokeback. This is friggin great. Wish I had thought of that. It’s at http://www.brokebackmountainvermont.com

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:20:00 +0000

Did you guys hear what Vermont is trying to do….name one of their mountains Brokeback. This is friggin great. Wish I had thought of that. It’s at http://www.brokebackmountainvermont.com