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Penthesilea:
 :(

I've been waiting for so long to see BBM again in the theatre. I've always been hoping one of those little art house cinemas will show it again.
Now they do.  :(
Couldn't those *$&#* play it three weeks ago? Or anytime last year? They didn't even play it at the lesbian-gay film festival last year. But now it's not in one of the small art house cinemas, it's in one big multiplex cinema and in one 'normal', traditional theatre.

Yes, I'm angry. And I even don't know if it's right to be angry. It may be an attempt to exploit the situation. But it may as well be an honest tribute. And after all, a cinema is not a non-profit organization.

I just checked the website of the 'normal' theatre. The do have a tribute to Heath on their homepage, twice even. One time in the category "News", and one time on the site with the description of BBM.

From their news page:
"Dear visitor,
due to the unexpected and tragic passing of Heath Ledger we show again the poignant masterpiece of Ang Lee: Brokeback Mountain."

and from their BBM page:
"In remembrance of the unexpected and much too early deceased Heath Ledger we show the moving masterpiece of Taiwanese Ang Lee once again."

The latter pointed out in red letters.

Ok, the tributes on their site placated me.

belbbmfan:
Well Chrissi, over here, there's nothing in the theatres nearby. Not even on their website... :-\  >:(

It's like the world has put op a sign 'He's dead. Get over it.'  :(

Mikaela:
Hm, well, Fabienne, I think you're probably better off than us people up here. Heath's been on the front page of the major paper (a tabloid), and he's been mentioned in news follow-ups both on TV and in most of the major papers, several times, and it's invariably been syndicated versions about "found naked" and "pills" and "battling addiciton" and development in those stories over the week, directly based on US media. To be fair they have also kept referring to one or more of the films he's known for,- usually it's Brokeback. Plus "I'm not there", which is currently in its ordinary run in theatres here.


I'd be of two minds about the theatres showing Brokeback, just like you Chrissi - but when all is said and done, if people who didn't know much about Heath before are curious and so get to know him and his work better through Ennis, that's a very good thing. So I think it's good they are given that possibility, - time so much more well spent than reading the latest on Heath in the papers!  ::) ::)

MaineWriter:
I haven't seen any notices that they are playing it in theaters around here. Interesting thought--could I watch it in a theater again? I don't know. I don't think I've watched it all the way through since our Boston Brokie get together in Sept 2006.

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belbbmfan:
Well after I replied to Chrissi's post, I asked myself whether I would go to see it in the cinema if it had been on screen here currently. I think I would...

So, then I thought, what am I waiting for? It's not in the cinema, but I have the dvd. So, I put in the dvd and watched it again, this afternoon. I had the afternoon off, so I was all by myself.

And now, I'm glad I did. To be honest, I was dreading it a bit. But it was ok. I really got into the story as soon as Ennis got off of that truck in Signal. I hadn't seen it since we've been to Alberta last summer, so it was special to see the places we'd visited. I felt peace and warmth at the Dozy Embrace scene, just like I did when I stood there in July.

I cried at scenes I didn't cry about before. Hearing Ennis say 'Well, I guess I'll see you around then, huh' and Jack say 'Sometimes I miss you so much I can hardly stand it' was very emotional. It was tough watching the Alma and Ennis scenes...

But it wasn't very different that watching it all the other times. It was certainly intens, but I felt an even greater sense of appreciation for what a true masterpiece this movie really is. Because, this movie and Heath's Ennis, that's 'how come me end up here'. I owe you Heath.

 :)

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