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TOTW 11/07: How will moviegoers view BBM 30 years from now?
Oregondoggie:
30 years from now....
It will be interesting to see what Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger will say about the film as the years pass.
I must admit that I'm NOT against a remake (or two or three or four) down the centuries... This story ranks among the finest and most important ever written. If Romeo and Juliet get endlessly pawed over, why not Brokeback Mountain? A new generation of actors. Different nuances emphasized from the book. And why not a great stage play that school drama departments can mount... endlessly bringing the story to life?
"As long as we can ride it..."
loneleeb3:
--- Quote from: Oregondoggie on October 18, 2007, 04:00:36 pm ---30 years from now....
It will be interesting to see what Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger will say about the film as the years pass.
I must admit that I'm NOT against a remake (or two or three or four) down the centuries... This story ranks among the finest and most important ever written. If Romeo and Juliet get endlessly pawed over, why not Brokeback Mountain? A new generation of actors. Different nuances emphasized from the book. And why not a great stage play that school drama departments can mount... endlessly bringing the story to life?
"As long as we can ride it..."
--- End quote ---
What a great perspective! I never thought of it like that!
Artiste:
Thanks Oregondoggie, and thanks loneleeb3!!
Surely this effort of making a somewhat male romeo and juliette, will continue, and BETTER ones can be made, as you say!!
WE, gay men, need better films than even the BM one!!
30 years from now... and NOW too!! Any ideas?
Hugs!!
moremojo:
I don't care (at least not at the moment) to speculate on how this great film will be remembered or valued thirty years hence, but here is an article I just found online, in which the author, Gary Tooze of DVDBeaver, argues that Brokeback Mountain is one of the relatively few contemporary films likely to be cherished as works of art for the foreseeable future:
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/articles/sifting.htm
Artiste:
Thanks moremojo!
He does detail the BM movie, to chart it as great and for a future!!
In the Mood for Love?? Is that same love between two men?
Hugs!
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