Went to see Brokeback Mountain for the second time tonight.It's going to take me a few days to recover (again) and, even then, I'm not sure I'm ever going to be able to articulate a cogent thought about this movie.
I don't think I've been this powerfully affected by a work of fiction since the first time I read To Kill a Mockingbird when I was ten.
I hope Wendy Wasserstein got to see it.
I have to read the book too, the movie took my breath away as well.
ReplyDeleteI am going to see it tonight and looking forward to it after reading your post.
ReplyDeleteSadly, I doubt if Wendy had a chance to see it before she died.
I just saw it today, and I have to say it did not have a profound effect on me -- someone spoiled the movie for me, so what happens with Jack toward the end (cryptically written so I don't spoil it for another) did not have the intended impact.
ReplyDeleteI did enjoy it, thought it was well written, but the views of the wilderness and the realism of the homes -- those weren't hollywood sets. They were very real and I felt they added to the realism of the story.
Planning to see it tonight, thanks to John for cryptically writing about what happens in the end.
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