― 'Twan (miccio), Friday, 11 November 2005 06:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― 'Twan (miccio), Friday, 11 November 2005 06:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 11 November 2005 06:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― sonore (sonore), Friday, 11 November 2005 06:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― giboyeux (skowly), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link
I thought Heath Ledger gave the best performance in "Monsters Ball" --I don't care much about accent authenticity, and if only Halle Berry's character had blown her brains out before she did all that caterwauling.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― 'Twan (miccio), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link
but . . .
I am totally stoked to see them make out with each other.
― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Kim (Kim), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Friday, 11 November 2005 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 11 November 2005 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― splates (splates), Friday, 11 November 2005 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link
OW OW OW
― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:12 (eighteen years ago) link
Because it is magnificent. Like George Michael's ass, it will one day rule the world.
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:13 (eighteen years ago) link
I've got a GREAT ASS!! Let's go to the video!
― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:19 (eighteen years ago) link
Except, particularly with movies, the lionized/cherished love stories seldom see the couple together at the end (exempting comedies -- or unless they're ghosts).
"Maurice" is most definitely wish fulfillment.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link
And yes, dramatic film love stories generally don't end happily ever after. I'm sure there's several where the story is about all sorts of horrible shit people do to each other or endure and then everything works out in the end anyway, but I can't remember any of 'em off the top of my head.
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 11 November 2005 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 11 November 2005 22:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 11 November 2005 22:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 11 November 2005 23:04 (eighteen years ago) link
to provide the source texts so that I'm not badly summarizing:
People can tolerate two homosexuals they see leaving together, but if the next day they're smiling, holding hands and tenderly embracing one another, then they can't be forgiven. It is not the departure for pleasure that is intolerable, it is the waking up happy.- Michel Foucault
A happy ending was imperative. I shouldn't have bothered to write otherwise. I was determined that in fiction anyway two men should fall in love and remain in it for the ever and ever that fiction allows, and in this sense Maurice and Alec still roam the greenwood. I dedicated it 'To a Happier Year' and not al together vainly. Happiness is its keynote - which by the way . . . has made the book more difficult to publish. If it ended unhappily, with a lad dangling from a noose or with a suicide pact, all would be well . . . but the lovers get away unpunished and consequently recommend crime. - E. M. Forster
The question is one of what makes a story worth telling; a story of a happy couple who stay together without incident would be boring, and of course no one would make a film about it. But . . . the imperative that gay sex lead to death and punishment in the name of realism reifies the very problem it depicts/memorializes, and this is a strategic, political problem for how we represent gay existence. It's got nothing to do with whether Annie Proulx's story is well written and moving (which it certainly is in my opinion).
― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Friday, 11 November 2005 23:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 12 November 2005 00:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Saturday, 12 November 2005 00:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 12 November 2005 13:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 12 November 2005 17:55 (eighteen years ago) link
Ultimately, Brokeback Mountain is an anachronism. After one furtive night on the mountain, Jake and Heath are able to analyze their nascent relationship through an early 21st century lens, as though they’d had the benefit of six seasons of Will & Grace behind them.
― EComplex (EComplex), Saturday, 12 November 2005 18:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 12 November 2005 20:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― EComplex (EComplex), Saturday, 12 November 2005 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link
A lot of this films are awful, but all of them feature a great Keaton performance.
(And I haven't even mentioned her Kay in The Godfather series)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 12 November 2005 23:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 17 November 2005 09:32 (eighteen years ago) link
http://towleroad.typepad.com/towleroad/2005/11/gyllenhaal_in_d.html
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 November 2005 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link
I got the impression that this wasn't jack twist's first rodeo, so to speak.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 19 June 2010 02:00 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, where wd u get that idea, esp as he goes cruisin in Mexico when Ennis is unavailable.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 19 June 2010 02:06 (thirteen years ago) link
The story makes it clear that Jack's been twistin' before Ennis.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 19 June 2010 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
this movie
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
Seems like Randy Quaid's actin' like mean ol' Joe Aguirre:Randy Quaid Sues Over 'Brokeback'Actor claims producers defrauded him
TMZ obtained a copy of the lawsuit, filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming producers falsely represented the movie to him as "a low-budget, art house film, with no prospect of making any money." Quaid claims the representations were a ruse from the beginning. 'Brokeback' has grossed around $160 million.
Quaid's suit claims that in 2004, he met with director Ang Lee, who offered him the role of Joe Aguirre. The suit alleges that Lee told Quaid: "We can't pay anything, we have very little money, everyone is making a sacrifice to make this film."
The suit does not specifically state how much Quaid made, but it does claim that the defendants "were engaged in a 'movie laundering' scheme designed to obtain the services of talent such as Randy Quaid on economically unfavorable art film terms..."
The suit asks for $10 million in damages as well as punitive damages. It also seeks "restitution for all ill-gotten gains."
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto)
foreshadowing of crazy?
― omar little, Saturday, 25 February 2012 04:05 (twelve years ago) link
Guessing Randy would love to work under economically unfavorable art film terms now
― da croupier, Saturday, 25 February 2012 04:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2005_Brokeback_Mountain/005BBM_Randy_Quaid_005.jpg
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 25 February 2012 04:30 (twelve years ago) link
lol that randy quaid screenshot
it took me a while to see this, but i thought it was a pip
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 26 February 2012 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
i guess the ending was a little 'tragic homo' but i thought it was great anyway
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 26 February 2012 02:58 (twelve years ago) link
Coming to London:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Frqhn7VXgAA4niC?format=jpg&name=900x900
― jaymc, Monday, 20 March 2023 13:09 (one year ago) link
Was just wondering what happened to Lucas Hedges ...
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 20 March 2023 13:31 (one year ago) link
He had himself fitted for Heath Ledger's jacket.
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 March 2023 13:34 (one year ago) link
"A play with music" but definitely NOT a gay-ass musical, heavens no!
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 20 March 2023 13:36 (one year ago) link
I can imagine Faist as Jack Twist more easily than Hedges as Ennis del Mar.
― jaymc, Monday, 20 March 2023 14:43 (one year ago) link
I can definitely imagine them in those roles better than the inverse.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 20 March 2023 14:58 (one year ago) link