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Why not read the original short story by Annie Proulx?
backtobrokeback:
I'm going to get the DVD for a lot of people in my life, and I think I'll get them the book too. They belong together. The book is Ennis - tight, terse, full of hidden depths and tremendous sorrow. The movie is Jack - with arms open, a big grin, and a "Tell you what, here's what happened on Brokeback".
iristarr:
That's a good idea. I've got a few close people who haven't seen the picture at all, for whatever reason, and a bunch more who have seen it maybe once, and I'm sure would like to have the DVD. Not sure any of them would read the book though, but if the movie hooks them, perhaps they'll be curious enough to do their own research. Iris
Br. Patrick:
I have a question to all of you with ALL of Annie Proulx's Wyoming Stories. Since I loved "Brokeback Mountain" I would consider ordering it if others recommend it. Is it just me or am I the only one who needed a dictionary to get through Annie's prose? I always thought that my vocabulary was above average but Annie uses such expressive words and sentences. I quess that I just don't want to feel 'stupid' because I used a dictionary to get the most out of this story that has literally changed my life.
peace
Suffused:
--- Quote from: Br. Patrick on March 12, 2006, 06:30:30 am --- Is it just me or am I the only one who needed a dictionary to get through Annie's prose?
--- End quote ---
I, on my thirtieth reading of BBM, decided to sit in front of my terminal and google all the words and phrases i was unfamiliar with. It was great !! Resistol, Blue Heeler, species of plants, animals etc. It made the story much more compelling.
iristarr:
I'd say, do whatever you need to do to wring the meaning from the story, without apology. Proulx uses plenty of unfamiliar, local, colloquial terms in her work, most of which I can usually guess at by the context, and some I'm just curious about. (Had to do a bit of research on "stem the rose," for instance.) I do find that every time I dig around with my dictionary or whatever, the new understandings I get keep enriching my experience of this whole BBM thing. It has been a remarkable unfolding. Iris
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