Wikipedia!

[gattaca]

There's a very good thread (I don't think it's been mentioned here on BetterMost, but I admittedly did not check thoroughly) on Brokeback Mountain - a cinematic analysis, and some beautiful photographs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain_cinematic_analysis

"Some people commented that they felt even more disturbed several hours or days after viewing the movie; the impact was described in phrases similar to: emotional touchstone; ability to inculcate itself into the unconsciousness of almost everyone who sees it; or, sneaks up on a person later. The delayed reaction was described in various ways, such as: not crying when the movie ended (despite some other people sobbing), but running errands for hours, then becoming physically ill and going home to weep."

[Lynne]

Gattica,
I will try to get over there and check this out..I'm sure you could cross-post it here, that we would be interested.
I am one of those whose initial reaction just deepend and widened as the days passed until i was compelled to get back to the theatre the next week.  The complete emotional breakdown was 3-4 viewings in.  And I keep reeling from that, though for a long time it seemed  better.  Lately, though, it's more often two steps forward and three back.  I'm  not making the progress I really want but there's still hope.

[gattaca]

Lynne -

I never saw the theatre release (circumstances, etc) but have experienced much the same reaction once the DVD was released. The first time I saw it I was left pretty breathless (in a 'sweeping epic' kind of way), but I hadn't yet processed the film's message emotionally. (I think I said in my bio somewhere that I identify most closely with Ennis, who plays his feelings close to the vest also).
One it did 'hit' I was an emotional wreck for three or four days.
I found many clear parallels to the film in my own life. Indeed, I was the Ennis character in a relationship, but I didn't wear a Stetson hat.

About the Wikipedia entry - we might be well-advised to check it out sooner rather than later - there's a small 'sour-grapes' faction that is trying to get the entry in Wikipedia deleted, citing that movie reviews are not research topics (yet analyses of other movies in Wikipedia are allowed to stand).

[Phillip Dampier]

Yeah, I figured that was going to happen.  I mentioned in a week or so ago.  There are power freaks on Wikipedia who have made themselves de facto editors supreme and they quickly undo others' hard work if they don't think it meets with Wikipedia's "standards," which they seem to define themselves.  The idea of open source editing was a good one, until the power players moved in.  Now all it is going to take is one massive lawsuit against the principals (someone has to run the server) over something and that will be the end of that.

[gattaca]

Yep, you're right. It got deleted. Someone named "Flowerparty" (an admin) takes the credit.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Brokeback_Mountain_cinematic_analysis

"I went looking for other critically-acclaimed films that have had similar treatment in Wikipedia, and could find none. Admittedly, my search was hardly exhaustive, but I looked at: It Happened One Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film), Gone with the Wind (film), and a couple of others. None have this sort of subjective discussion of their content."

[Giancarlo]

And this is why wikipedia is not credible in my eyes. 

[slayers_creek_oth]

I've added a lot to the Brokeback page on Wikipedia...but SOMEONE has been editing it all...its now a big mess!

[Lynne]

I saved a copy of it the day gattaca posted about it if anyone is interested in putting it in an archive or something.  I'm sure links are hosed up, etc...
-Lynne

[Kd5000]

Hey Gattaca,

Is this from the movie, Gattaca. I'd had my "home email account" start with Gattaca (if you check my profile) since 1997, the year the movie came out. When I saw the film, I knew there was some significance with that wordchoice, 9th grade biology memories. I wasn't any good at genetics so we learned that g.a.t.t. was a clue to remember the bases of DNA.

From: IMBD.com
"The name "Gattaca" is composed entirely of the letters used to label the nucleotide bases of DNA. The four nucleotode bases of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) are adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine."