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The short story
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: BBM-Cat2006 on December 14, 2006, 02:24:26 am ---Hello, BBM newbie here - just glad to be here one year later... After seeing the movie for the first time, which version of the short story would you (or anyone else) recommend reading first? Thank you.
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Hi BBM-Cat,
welcome to BetterMost. Make yourself at home. Have a cup of coffee, piece of cherry cake?
There's only one version of the short story (except for The New Yorker, where the prologue is missing). It's only in different books.
You can either buy the book Close Range- Wyoming stories by Annie Proulx. It conatains a collection of diffferent short stories, all from Wyoming. BBM is the last one in the collection.
Or you can buy the story-to-screenplay book. It contains the original short story (same as it is included in Close Range, too), the screenplay for the movie and three essays fom Annie Proulx, Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry. And some pics of the movie.
I'd recommend the story-to-screenplay book first. I liked reading the screenplay too. The essay from Annie Proulx is very informative and a great read. I also liked Ossana's essay, McMurtry's not so much.
This is how the story-to-screenplay book looks:
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743298152.01._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_SCLZZZZZZZ_V65787542_.jpg
I have also the Close Range collection and can recommend this, too. The other Wyoming stories are a good read too (but they don't have to do anything with BBM, mind you). But at first I'd buy the STS book.
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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: BBM-Cat2006 on December 14, 2006, 02:24:26 am ---Hello, BBM newbie here - just glad to be here one year later... After seeing the movie for the first time, which version of the short story would you (or anyone else) recommend reading first? Thank you.
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I'll add my vote to recommending you get a copy of Story to Screenplay. It's an invaluable resource. No Brokie home should be without it. ;D (And, if you can find and/or want to spring for the hardback version, the pictures from the movie in the hardback version are in color!)
Of course, it's also nice to have a copy of just the story--handy to carry with you in purse, briefcase, or backpack! ;D
BBM-Cat:
Thank you - you guys are awesome!! I appreciate being pointed in right direction and cannot wait to read both the short story and the story to screenplay versions. Having seen the movie first, are there many significant differences between the text and movie versions? I realize this is probably addressed in another forum - but if you have a nutshell opinion...
Thanks for the hospitality - I'd better hold off on the coffe and piece of cherry cake for now, as I have a couple of books to order!
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on December 14, 2006, 07:28:23 am ---Hi BBM-Cat,
welcome to BetterMost. Make yourself at home. Have a cup of coffee, piece of cherry cake?
There's only one version of the short story (except for The New Yorker, where the prologue is missing). It's only in different books.
You can either buy the book Close Range- Wyoming stories by Annie Proulx. It conatains a collection of diffferent short stories, all from Wyoming. BBM is the last one in the collection.
Or you can buy the story-to-screenplay book. It contains the original short story (same as it is included in Close Range, too), the screenplay for the movie and three essays fom Annie Proulx, Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry. And some pics of the movie.
I'd recommend the story-to-screenplay book first. I liked reading the screenplay too. The essay from Annie Proulx is very informative and a great read. I also liked Ossana's essay, McMurtry's not so much.
This is how the story-to-screenplay book looks:
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743298152.01._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_SCLZZZZZZZ_V65787542_.jpg
I have also the Close Range collection and can recommend this, too. The other Wyoming stories are a good read too (but they don't have to do anything with BBM, mind you). But at first I'd buy the STS book.
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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: BBM-Cat2006 on December 14, 2006, 05:04:22 pm ---Thank you - you guys are awesome!! I appreciate being pointed in right direction and cannot wait to read both the short story and the story to screenplay versions. Having seen the movie first, are there many significant differences between the text and movie versions? I realize this is probably addressed in another forum - but if you have a nutshell opinion...
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My hasty nutshell view is that you will rarely find a film as close to its literary source as Brokeback Mountain--and yet the film adds astonishing depth to an already very deeply moving story.
Read the essays in Story to Screenplay by Annie Proulx and Diana Ossana. They greatly reward the effort.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: BBM-Cat2006 on December 14, 2006, 05:04:22 pm ---Having seen the movie first, are there many significant differences between the text and movie versions? I realize this is probably addressed in another forum - but if you have a nutshell opinion...
Thanks for the hospitality - I'd better hold off on the coffe and piece of cherry cake for now, as I have a couple of books to order!
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You're welcome. It's always a pleasure to see people who have just newly discovered BBM and are now going through similar experiences like I have/we have. And don't be afraid to ask questions that (might) have been asked before. You'll find someone who is willing to share his opinion once more or to point you into the right direction, where you can find answers.
Are there many significant differences between story and movie?
Yes and no. Or maybe I'd better say no and yes ;) because my first impression was that movie and story are very similar; that the movie is very true to the story (and it indeed is!).
But the deeper you dig in it, the more differences you will find.
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