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

[Fran]

eath Ledger on Ang Lee's setup for the scene when Ennis and Jack are waiting for Joe Aguirre to arrive:

"It's an interesting example because the way Ang directs, I have separated the experience of the two. Like when he's in preproduction, he's very thorough and voices his opinion and observations to you that he has on your character and the story and loads you up with all this information. You go away and digest it and process it and come out with your character; and during that process we don't sit around as a cast in a room roundtable and openly discuss everyone's plan. His plan as a director is very private. He'll take us to the side and give me little bits of information and then take Jake aside and do the same thing. Essentially, when we are outside the office and our characters are looking at each other and thinking, "Who's he?" and "What's he been told?" -- that's when our character meet on film. Ang set it up as situations that capture as oppose[d] to recreate."

Inteview:  Heath Ledger for "Brokeback Mountain"

[Sason]

aving seen the way her husband greeted his old friend, Alma found Jack's presence in their lives quite freaky.

[Meryl]

eath Ledger was sometimes accused of garbling his text in "Brokeback Mountain," but playing the clenched-jaw Ennis del Mar seemed to actually require it.

[Fran]

omophobia led to the hellishly brutal death of Earl and, if Ennis's worst fears are realities, to the equally brutal death of Jack.

[memento]

aving been influenced by lots of alcohol and an invitation to join his future lover in a warm bedroll, Ennis crawled into the tent.

[southendmd]

is languid manner made Aguirre's entrance appear to be in slow motion.

[Fran]

eath Ledger on the different feelings Ennis had with Jake's character, Michelle's character, and even Linda Cardinelli's character:

"...I think most of the emotions or love within Ennis is purely potential. It's within him and he never really expresses. That's the tragedy of this story, and that's the tragedy of each one of those love affairs. I think the only time you get to see this potential or slither of how he could express is when he's with his children; because his children are the one area where he feels safe and allowed to love the way he naturally feels he can love them. With his wife, his love is slightly manufactured. It's more traditional and it's him conforming, but it's not true love. His love for Jack is true in a passionate love, but he hates the way he loves and it's forbidden. Essentially, he's like a homophobic male in love with another man. He's very fixed in his ways and he's left lingering in between the role."

Inteview:  Heath Ledger for "Brokeback Mountain"

[Meryl]

eath Ledger's best performances were the subject of a Vanity Fair poll resulting in Ennis del Mar winning a neck-and-neck competition with The Joker.

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/06/ledger-poll

[southendmd]

earing Ennis speak about their good time together at Don Wroe's, Jack replied with his oft-quoted phrase:  "There ain't never enough time, never enough". 

=aside= Meryl
Great "N"!

[Sason]

eath Ledger's best performances were the subject of a Vanity Fair poll resulting in Ennis del Mar winning a neck-and-neck competition with The Joker.

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/06/ledger-poll



=aside=
Thanks Meryl!