The Basque is interviewed on FindingBrokeback

[tamarack]

I don't know how many of you regularly go to FindingBrokeback.com to see what's new (check the Announcements) but there is a new interview with David Trimble, the Basque.

I really love that character, maybe because whenever he's on screen Ennis is there, too. My favorite line from the movie has always been, "We're supposed to guard the sheep, not eat 'em" and the Basque is in the scenes that lead up to that, from "Don't let 'em stray. Joe will have your ass if you do" in the shots at Buffalo Paddock, to "Too early in the summer to be sick of beans" at the Basque Bridge.

David worked with both Heath and Jake, although the scenes with Jake were cut for some reason.

Also, there is a new album with pictures of the climb of Jack Ascending last July. Click on Albums in the menu on the left side of the page.

[Penthesilea]

Thanks for posting the info here. We appreciate it.

I've already seen the great photos of the climb of Jack Ascending and will definitively check out the interview  .

[Brown Eyes]

That's great!  The Basque really is an awesome character.

[southendmd]

Lauren, how wonderful!  I love the photo of you with David and his wife.

Is it OK to quote a little bit here?  If not, I'll remove it:



Lauren:  What was your reaction to the film overall?

David:  It’s amazing. It was a great film.

We went with a group of about twenty people when we went to the theater to see it the first time—paid to get in—and I was sitting next to my oldest friend, Shane Miller. We tree-planted together and we were super close; as super close as two guys can be without being gay. And it was our story. We both said “Yeah, that’s us.” We get it. We understand that connection.

When you’re working in the middle of the woods tree-planting it gets really primal, it’s all stripped away and then here you are. So we actually understood the primacy, the primal connection that these people felt for each other, and Shane and I love each other and that’s the way it is, right? The movie meant a lot to me.

It was a love story, plain and simple, and a tragic one at that, but the story is so simple. And to me that’s the best part of it.

It’s amazing what we can convey just through simplicity. We don’t need complex themes, or complex plot lines, or this and that. It’s a simple love story. Star-crossed lovers who for whatever reasons aren’t allowed to…It’s Romeo and Juliet, you know, but simpler. The Montagues and the Capulets.

I have a lot of friends of mine, homophobic friends of mine, who won’t go to see the movie because they know it’s a “gay cowboy movie.” They’re missing out on so much, living their lives in that fear, that fear that I don’t understand but I feel bad for them.

http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Interviews/_Interview_Frame.html

[Front-Ranger]

How could anybody object to that quote? How awesome!! 

[Penthesilea]

I've just read the interview! It's awesome Lauren, thanks again for doing all you findingbrokeback folks do and for sharing 

Quote from Findingbrokeback:

"Rare is the Brokeback Mountain fan who doesn’t have a special fondness for the endearing character of the Basque, portrayed in the film by Calgary actor David Trimble."

So true

[Artiste]

More please...

[Shakesthecoffecan]

We went with a group of about twenty people when we went to the theater to see it the first time—paid to get in—and I was sitting next to my oldest friend, Shane Miller. We tree-planted together and we were super close; as super close as two guys can be without being gay. And it was our story. We both said “Yeah, that’s us.” We get it. We understand that connection.

Ohhhhh.......I used to hear people say "when will the tears stop?"

This is my reminder today, they don't.

[Artiste]

More secrets by him or others about the film?

[Ellemeno]

Lauren, that was so great!  As I told you, I could SEE you were a Finding Brokebacker when I saw you standing with them guys.


Poor Rodrigo, wanting to speak his native language with someone, shit that's hard.

(And Jake was in Las Vegas with Kirsten Dunst 8 months ago??  Hmm...)

[Penthesilea]

(And Jake was in Las Vegas with Kirsten Dunst 8 months ago??  Hmm...)

In the first moment, I stumbled about that, too. 
But the interview took place in July 2007 and David Trimble spoke of "August last year" - that would be August 2006.

[Ellemeno]

In the first moment, I stumbled about that, too. 
But the interview took place in July 2007 and David Trimble spoke of "August last year" - that would be August 2006.

Oh, I thought it was brand new.  Thanks Chrissi. 

[tamarack]

In the first moment, I stumbled about that, too. 
But the interview took place in July 2007 and David Trimble spoke of "August last year" - that would be August 2006.

I went "hmmmm" about that remark as well, but you're right; it isn't as recent as it seems at first reading.

It takes a while to get these interviews ready to use. It's a lot of words to transcribe from the tape recordings and we like to stretch it out and not dump all the new stuff on FB at one time!

(Thank you, to those of you who have been quoting bits and pieces of this elsewhere, for putting the link to FB when you did.)

[Meryl]

Lauren, that's a superb interview.  Thanks so much for the link.  I didn't realize you had seen our Basque during the Pilgrimage last summer!  I wish we could have had him come to a dinner.  We could have mobbed him! 

I certainly would have had difficulty recognizing him as the Basque if I'd just met him on the street.  The mustache and the tanning make a big difference.

[tamarack]

Lauren, that's a superb interview.  Thanks so much for the link.  I didn't realize you had seen our Basque during the Pilgrimage last summer!  I wish we could have had him come to a dinner.  We could have mobbed him! 

I certainly would have had difficulty recognizing him as the Basque if I'd just met him on the street.  The mustache and the tanning make a big difference.

I'm happy that everyone is enjoying the interview. I've let Jim and Barry know.

I wish that I had had everything set up last summer before the July trip, but we were still trying to make contact with all of the people we interviewed until just before we left or, in a couple of cases, after we got up there. That is one of the biggest reasons that I didn't say anything when the discussion started about trying to meet someone who had been involved in the movie. I had nothing definite to go on for anyone at that time.

[Artiste]

Where does he live?

Is he still an actor?

[tamarack]

He lives in Calgary, Artiste. And yes, he acts in movies when there is a part that suits him. He also does live theater.

[Artiste]

Merci tamarack!

Pray that he is a member of Bettermost !


Au revoir,
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