Annie Proulx discusses " Brokeback MountaIn" (both story and movie)

[Rowdyboy]

and gives a review of the actors....

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/ny-bc-film-brokeback-proulx1215dec15,0,6084785.story?coll=ny-entertainment-headlines

"I thought they were magnificent, both of them. Jake Gyllenhall's Jack Twist ... wasn't the Jack Twist that I had in mind when I wrote this story. The Jack that I saw was jumpier, homely. But Gyllenhall's sensitivity and subtleness in this role is just huge. The scenes he's in have a kind of quicksilver feel to them. Heath Ledger is just almost really beyond description as far as I'm concerned. He got inside the story more deeply than I did. All that thinking about the character of Ennis that was so hard for me to get, Ledger just was there. He did indeed move inside the skin of the character, not just in the shirt but inside the person. It was remarkable."

[ruggerson]

1. That ain't the right cast in the pic, but interesting story

[Rowdyboy]

6. These two are SOOOO not Ennis and Jack physically....

"Ennis, high-arched nose and narrow face, was scruffy and a little cave-chested, balanced a small torso on long, caliper legs, and possessed a muscular and supple body made for the horse and for fighting. His reflexes were uncommonly quick, and he was farsighted enough to dislike reading anything except Hamley’s saddle catalogue."

and

"At first glance Jack seemed fair enough, with his curly hair and quick laugh, but for a small man he carried some weight in the haunch and his smile disclosed buckteeth, not pronounced enough to let him eat popcorn out of the neck of a jug, but noticeable."

Does that sound like Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal? But, what can you say? Its Hollywood. Who would have come to see a cowboy romance starring Lyle Lovett and Randy Quaid?

[writes2000]

2. Thank you for sharing! Loved reading the article.

[Caoimhe]

3. wt heck? totally wrong guys

is someone spoofing?

It's Jake Gyllenhall (sp) and Heath Ledger!!!! BOTH WAY HOTTER THAN josh Hartnet and Colin farrel

[Rowdyboy]

5. Jebus! I was posting while watching a movie and I have no idea where

that promo picture came from. Its bizarre. Thanks for letting me know so I could correct the mistake before the editing period had passed.

[dutchdemocrat]

4. Read the original story online!

It cached.

Brokeback Mountain

The New Yorker reprints her 1997 short story

http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:rrPRBhXdvasJ:www.newyorker.com/archive/content/articles/051212fr_archive01+&hl=en

[swimmernsecretsea]

7. What a wonderful interview. Thank you for posting it.

Two quotes stood out:

"What I had instead were letters from individuals, gay people, some of them absolutely heartbreaking. And over the years, those letters have continued and certainly are continuing now. Some of them are extremely fine, people who write and say, 'This is my story. This is why I left Idaho, Wyoming, Iowa.' Perhaps the most touching ones are from fathers, who say, 'Now I understand the kind of hell my son went through.' It's enormously wonderful to know that you've touched people, that you've truly moved them."

Did you hear that, wherever you are, Dad? And...

Proulx: I think this country is hungry for this story.
AP: Why?
Proulx: Because it's a love story and there's hardly much love around these days. I think people are sick of divisiveness, hate-mongering, disasters, war, loss and need and want a reminder that sometimes love comes along that is strong and permanent, and that it can happen to anyone.

Amen. Thank you for putting it like it is, Annie.