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TOTW 06/07: Should/could there be a sequel?
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: moremojo on September 04, 2007, 11:24:07 am --- I would actually like to see Ennis and Jack portrayed by actors who seem closer to Proulx's original vision--less glamorous and idealized, replete with buck teeth and broken nose.
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Ya mean like them guys?
Those were the actors who played our boys in the play in the Netherlands this spring. The bald one played Jack, the dark one played Ennis.
The play had nothing to do with the movie, it was story only. In fact, large parts of the story were read out on stage. It was a very new, very different Brokeback experience. I needed to get used to it first, but enjoyed it a great deal.
Here's the thread with our reports of the play and the Brokie meeting:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,8306.250.html
It starts with reply #257 on the page I linked. All pages before were the build-up to the event.
Penthesilea:
On the OP: No. I wouldn't want a sequel to BBM. Neither a prequel, a fill in or whatsoever.
I think it would lessen the impact of the short story and movie.
But to be honest: I think I would go and see it anyway. If only out of curiosity.
moremojo:
Yes, Chrissi, these guys come a lot closer to Annie's vision, I think (though Jack would probably be a bit shorter and less thin...not to mention the curly hair). I think the Dutch stage version of Brokeback is a great thing--not that I've seen it, of course, but precisely by its very existence offering a different interpretation/experience of the story and its themes.
Jeff Wrangler:
No. The story and the film both end just where they need to end.
jstephens9:
I would definitely not want to see different actors. Heath and Jake are Ennis and Jack plain and simple. I would not want to see Ennis with some other guy. Ennis belongs to Jack, dead or alive. A prequel would be kind of weird since Ennis and Jack did not know each other before. Expanding upon the scenes in the movie may work somewhat. I would say my answer would be no sequel unless somehow Jack was actually still alive and Ennis somehow found him. That would be the only way.
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