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berberry Inactive Member |
I think this is the first big budget movie ever made on a gay theme; certainly it's the first western (albeit modern-day - 1963) to feature a storyline involving two cowboys who fall in love with each other. The picture will be released tomorrow to LA and New York with wider release to follow. The buzz is fantastic. It's directed by Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger. Here are a few links for anyone interested:
The trailer at Yahoo.
An interview with Ang Lee and Jake Gyllenhaal from ABC's At The Movies. The video features a couple scenes not shown in the trailer.
The original short story Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx, courtesy of The New Yorker.
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roxrkool Member (Idle past 1015 days) Posts: 1497 From: Nevada Joined: |
It will be interesting to see how the movie is received by the general public. It sounds quite ground breaking. I loved the short story (thanks for posting it!), but what a sad ending.
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Nighttrain Member (Idle past 4020 days) Posts: 1512 From: brisbane,australia Joined: |
Hi, Berb,I guess the loneliness of the cowboy life might provide many tales of male love if they were ever preserved. OTOH, it might cause me to re-assess the term 'cow-puncher'.
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roxrkool Member (Idle past 1015 days) Posts: 1497 From: Nevada Joined: |
I'm curious, were they gay, bi-sexual, or hetero? To me, they appeared hetero. Or perhaps the ambiguousness was the point of the story...
This message has been edited by roxrkool, 12-08-2005 08:12 PM
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berberry Inactive Member |
I don't think it really matters, and I think that - more than sexual ambiguity - was at least one of the points to the story. Ennis really loved his wife, as I gathered, but he also loved Jack and didn't know what to do.
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arachnophilia Member (Idle past 1370 days) Posts: 9069 From: god's waiting room Joined: |
http://cityrag.blogs.com/main/2005/11/theres_somethin.html
also, cowboys are totally gay, but something about heath ledger and donnie darko making out disturbs me.
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nator Member (Idle past 2196 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: Would you count Philadelphia with Tom Hanks as a gay-themed movie? What about Mulholland Drive?
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berberry Inactive Member |
Okay, I guess I should have put another qualifier or two in there. Your films have gay themes indeed, but the thriller and surreal mystery elements of Mulholland Drive overshadowed everything else (speaking of which, I never did really understand that movie), and Philadelphia was more courtroom drama than anything else. The AIDS storyline was a first, but the picture dealt more with the disease than the sexuality, at least as I remember it. These are the types of films where one wouldn't be quite so surprised to find gay themes.
Brokeback Mountain is more ironic - or paradoxical - in that one would hardly expect a big-budget western to feature gay male leading characters, even though on reflection one might realize that it isn't so far-fetched given the fact that cowboys do spend lots of time alone with other cowboys out on the range. So yeah, my statement was inaccurate, but I think it's still true that nothing even close to this has been done before.
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coffee_addict Member (Idle past 504 days) Posts: 3645 From: Indianapolis, IN Joined: |
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macaroniandcheese  Suspended Member (Idle past 3954 days) Posts: 4258 Joined: |
haha that's so cute. it's about time there was a gay love story movie. it's not like we didn't already see butt-driving in six feet under. that made me giggle.
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crashfrog Member (Idle past 1493 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: |
I think this is the first big budget movie ever made on a gay theme; certainly it's the first western (albeit modern-day - 1963) to feature a storyline involving two cowboys who fall in love with each other. Are there any westerns that aren't basically about men being in love with each other?
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Nighttrain Member (Idle past 4020 days) Posts: 1512 From: brisbane,australia Joined: |
Boy, Lammy, have I got some re-evaluating to do. All those Westerns with nobody making a move on the token female--------
edited to addEspecially those singing cowboys like Roy Rogers and Gene Autry This message has been edited by Nighttrain, 12-09-2005 06:58 PM
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MangyTiger Member (Idle past 6380 days) Posts: 989 From: Leicester, UK Joined: |
Are there any westerns that aren't basically about men being in love with each other? Two mules for Sister Sara maybe? It's been a long time since I've seen it though... Edit: Thinking about it, isn't every Clint Eastwood This message has been edited by MangyTiger, 12-09-2005 07:20 PM This message has been edited by MangyTiger, 12-09-2005 07:26 PM I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
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berberry Inactive Member |
Well, since you crossed out the word 'western', I'm thinking Play Misty For Me.
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MangyTiger Member (Idle past 6380 days) Posts: 989 From: Leicester, UK Joined: |
Yeah and the two jar starred in as well.
Back to the topic - I just saw a review of Brokeback Mountain on a cultural review over here (it's only just about to be released in the UK). The consensus seemed to be it was a good film, well acted and very sad. It was commented on that the wives had very strong parts despite the movie being based on the relationship between the two men. I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
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