The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[Fran]

Ang Lee Brings Chinese Style to "Brokeback"

TAIPEI, Mar 3 (AP) -- He's spent most of his adult life in the West, where he's now one of Hollywood's top directors -- and a favorite to win an Academy Award on Sunday.

But Ang Lee still has his gentle smile and shy, modest demeanor -- the classic traits of a Chinese gentleman.

His Chineseness also shows through in his movies, especially in "Brokeback Mountain," which might win him the best director award at the Oscars. The Taiwan-born Lee would be the first Asian to get the honor.

In many ways, the movie seems distinctly un-Chinese, focusing on the gay relationship between two cowboys in the rugged American West. But the film also has themes popular in Chinese cinema, like the repression of the true self in a conservative society.

=reply= Sandy

[memento]

The morning after TS1, Ennis knew something was wrong when heard the barking of a blue healer, only to find him whimpering beside the carcass of a dead ewe.

[memento]

  Round 818!
It's Another

Round!

Each post will include an unplayed word
as well as the word "me".
The "me" may be part of a longer word.
 Words containing "me"
 

[southendmd]

Brokeback Mountain won an Oscar for Ang Lee for best achievement in directing.

[Fran]

"Usually I deal in obedient characters who do what they are told, but Jack and Ennis soon seemed more vivid than many of the flesh-and-blood people around me and there emerged an antiphonal back-and-forth relationship between writer and character."

-- Annie Proulx, "Getting Movied"   

[memento]

Alma confirmed her suspicions about Ennis's fishing trips after tying a note to his fishing line.

=aside= players
I'm going to be seeing Pat Metheny and Gurton Burton tonight.

[southendmd]

Despite being rejected, Jack was a bit of a daydreamer.

=aside= Sandy
Did the show merit much praise?

[Meryl]

"Proulx’s tale is hardly the most promising material for a motion picture; with the spare prose and lack of dialogue among a number of potential stumbling blocks, but the finished screenplay is a marvel. It fills in the gaps which Proulx left in her story - such as cause of Jack’s black eye or his trip to Mexico, which are only alluded to - and beefs up Jack’s personal life and relationships in order to add a sense of balance to a tale which was initially heavily weighted towards Ennis’ point of view. Fortunately these additions are seamlessly blended into a narrative which flows beautifully and effortlessly builds to its moving climax."
                                                                                                                                                       Phil on Film

[Fran]

"Usually I deal in obedient characters who do what they are told, but Jack and Ennis soon seemed more vivid than many of the flesh-and-blood people around me and there emerged an antiphonal back-and-forth relationship between writer and character."

-- Annie Proulx, "Getting Movied"    

[memento]

Alma used a washboard to get the grime and grease out of the dirty laundry.

=aside= Paul
Yes it merited a lot of praise, except that it was about 100 degrees in there, since Pat likes it hot.