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TOTW 18/08: The lines from the trailer
Penthesilea:
Howdy BetterMostians,
another week, another topic :)
Just like the tagline of the movie (Love is a force of nature), I think the lines in the theatrical trailer encapsulate the movie pretty good. They'd better, after all trailers are made to describe a movie's basics and make people curious to watch it.
To recapitulate, here they are:
1 It was a friendship
that became a secret
2 There are places
we can't return
3 There are lies
we have to tell
4 There are truths
we can't deny
I find especially # 2 and #4 intersting:
There are places we can't return. In the short story, Annie Proulx makes it clear that they never return to Brokeback Mountain. In the movie, it's more ambigious. Do you think it's valid to take the trailer as a hint that it was the same for the movie (meaning never returning)? Or do you think it's too far-fetched? After all, we don't know who made the trailer, whether Ang Lee had any say in it or if it was completely made by marketing experts (though somehow I doubt the latter).
There are truths we can't deny. That's exactly what Ennis tries to do for twenty years, isn't it? But IMO not very successful, so the trailer is „right“ somehow. He can't deny. Alma knows, Aguirre knows, Junior and most important, I think he knows, too (yep, I know not everybody shares this take on Ennis).
And what come out from all this trying to deny? (rhetorical question here ;D). So I'd say the lines in the trailer are pretty accurate.
What's your take on the issue?
southendmd:
Just to refresh our memories, here's the trailer:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xuugq7fito[/youtube]
Shasta542:
2 There are places
we can't return
That first summer together. That was so wonderful for them (until it was cut short). It's hard to return to the first thrilling throes of love and passion. The reunion was great, but not even close to what they had on Brokeback Mountain. That's one way I see that quote -- they couldn't go back to the way it was before descending the mountain.
Good topic, Chrissi. Very sad, sad, sad trailer.
optom3:
I interpret there are places we can't return,to mean that you can never recapture the innocence and sheer heady delight of the first few weeks of falling in love.
You play the will he wont he,does he doesn't he dance.The sly glances trying to measure up how they feel.Then wow when everything is right,it just happens, almost sometimes against your will, i.e love is a force of nature.You may pretend or hide, but deep down where it matters,where only you can see,it cannot be denied.
In the case of Jack and Ennis they can never return,because as soon as they come down their lives become more complex.others are now involved.
So Brokeback almost becomes a shrine to what they once had.It will never be the same again,no matter how hard they try to recapture it.They still love each other,even if the words are never said.
But it is no longer simple,they have to lie,to others as well as denying the love to themselves,at least on the part of Ennis.
No matter what was said on Brokeback,at least for that time it was just them,the force of nature,no lies involving other people,even if they were lying to themselves.
So no, they can never return.
Just like we can never turn back the clock, much a we may wish too.
Fran:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on May 19, 2008, 01:42:35 pm ---1 It was a friendship
that became a secret
2 There are places
we can't return
3 There are lies
we have to tell
4 There are truths
we can't deny
--- End quote ---
I especially like the "we" in Nos. 2, 3, and 4. The lines could have been, "There are places they can't return," "There are lies they have to tell," etc. To me, the "we" emphasizes the universal message of the film. It speaks to everyone -- well, everyone who's open to the message.
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