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Another book with an iconic image from Brokeback Mountain
Kd5000:
I ordered it a week ago off Amazon.com from one of their secondary suppliers. I think it said "like new." So it was a bit cheaper. I hope the text isn't too dry. If you ordered directly from amazon.com, you might get it before me. These "other bookstores" like to charge you standard shipping fees but then use the cheapest mail service, i.e. media mail or something like that.
Brown Eyes:
:D
I received my copy of this book from Amazon today! It's definitely a text book... which, again, I think is soooooooooo cool for Brokeback. LOL, in grad school I was a TA for two different film history/theory courses and so this book is giving me warm fuzzies for both BBM reasons and nostalgia for student days.
Anyway, I thought I'd report that discussions of BBM are sprinkled throughout the text (it looks like, based on the index). And, then at the end there is a series of "case studies" where specific films are discussed in some depth. Brokeback is "case study" 11. The first sentence from the BBM essay is: "The release of Brokeback Mountain, possibly one of the most important American films of recent years, was an unprecedented cultural event."
:D
The essay about BBM is accompanied by a very rare outtake photo of Jack and Ennis grilling steaks outside a tent, not from the 63 summer... but from the blue parka post-reunion camping trip. I don't remember if I've seen this exact photo before. I feel like I've seen outtakes from the blue parka scene... but, in any case, it is fairly rare. I wish I had a scanner here so I could post the pic.
I'm somewhat sorry to report that Crash also has a "case study" essay, and Crash's is number 9. The first sentence of the Crash essay is not as illustrious as the BBM opener. "Crash is a well-intentioned social problem film about the racism and sexism of everyday life." LOL, I enjoy the phrase "social problem film."
Anyway, in general, this book looks very interesting. There's a whole section, with many subsections, about the representation of disabilities on film called "Ability and American Film: Cinematic Images of (Dis)Ability", which seems like a particulary interesting topic. Most of the sections are about race, gender and sexuality (as the book's title and subtitles suggest).
Front-Ranger:
Thanks for posting this very interesting information!
Brown Eyes:
:) Yep, I definitely recommend this book as a BBM collectible at least!
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: atz75 on February 24, 2009, 08:18:46 pm ---The essay about BBM is accompanied by a very rare outtake photo of Jack and Ennis grilling steaks outside a tent, not from the 63 summer... but from the blue parka post-reunion camping trip. I don't remember if I've seen this exact photo before. I feel like I've seen outtakes from the blue parka scene... but, in any case, it is fairly rare. I wish I had a scanner here so I could post the pic.
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