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Phillip Dampier:
--- Quote from: Denyys on February 28, 2006, 01:09:48 am ---G'day Phillip and Chris and Aussie Wannabes,
For truly something "Different" outside the city, I recommend a "rugged" Camel ride (short hauls ONLY!) and a swag for a camping safari to the Outback in the Nortern Territory. There take time to learn about the "Dream Time" from the Aboriginal National Park Rangers and visit Uluru (Ayers Rock)-Kata Tjuta National Park ( but Please Don't Climb The Rock" its a Aboriginal Spiritiual site) trek around The Olgas, and DO CLIMB Kings Canyon.AWESOME comes to mind.
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I guess the equivalent film for Brokeback would have been Priscilla Queen of the Desert which we saw at the local art house several years ago. Straight actors playing gay characters confronting conservative rural society. It's definitely closer than Torch Song Trilogy, that's for sure. I am always prowling around looking for music for BBM Radio so I'll have to see if I can hunt down the soundtrack. It's actually been very difficult to find good instrumental music that fits the mood of Gustavo's score. Finding vocal country and western music that speaks to lost love is like finding snow here in western NY. It's never a problem.
Aussie Chris:
--- Quote from: Phillip on February 28, 2006, 10:43:58 pm ---I guess the equivalent film for Brokeback would have been Priscilla Queen of the Desert...
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Ehem, I'd just like to say NOOOooo! BBM cannot be compared to PQotD on any scale! *shudders* Don't get me wrong, I loved Priscilla. It had a lot of charm and Aussie qwerkiness, and ultimately a nice message about love and acceptance, but really, you might as well suggested Crocodile Dundee!!! And as for the soundtrack, as much fun as it was, I just can't see "I've never been to me" and "I Love The Nightlife" mixing well with "He's a friend of mine" or "The Maker Makes". I'm Aussie and very proud of it, but... *shudders again*
Phillip Dampier:
--- Quote ---Ehem, I'd just like to say NOOOooo! BBM cannot be compared to PQotD on any scale! *shudders* Don't get me wrong, I loved Priscilla. It had a lot of charm and Aussie qwerkiness, and ultimately a nice message about love and acceptance, but really, you might as well suggested Crocodile Dundee!!!
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Trust me, I am referring only to the general setting for the film in the rural conservative sense. Obviously gay drag performers dancing to disco tunes has no comparison to BBM whatsoever. I promise not to discuss Adam Sandler or Pauly Shore on here if you promise never to mention Crocodile Dundee again. :D
The soundtrack I was referring to in my post was that of "The Man From Snowy River."
Aussie Chris:
--- Quote from: Phillip on February 28, 2006, 11:26:43 pm ---Trust me, I am referring only to the general setting for the film in the rural conservative sense. Obviously gay drag performers dancing to disco tunes has no comparison to BBM whatsoever. I promise not to discuss Adam Sandler or Pauly Shore on here if you promise never to mention Crocodile Dundee again. :D
The soundtrack I was referring to in my post was that of "The Man From Snowy River."
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ROTFL: Absolutely, I promise! ;D
And TMFSR may just fit in quite nicely. Hopefully The Man's strings and piano theme combine well with BBM's lonesome guitar solos. Actually I've actually been on a horse-trek into the area where they filmed TMFSR - the cabin (known as Craig's Hut) is still there from 1982, virtually untouched, and the scenery remains so beautiful that it brings tears to your eyes. While there, it was not difficult to hear The Man's theme filling the air, but now when I try to think back all I get is the BBM theme. I'm suddenly feeling strangely compelled to get my butt over to Wyoming (and/or Alberta, Canada) and go for a horse ride with my mp3 player and a Brokaholic or two...
iristarr:
I posted this on the Welcome Board, but thought I'd move it over here. So happy to see the recent posts and that the "community" is growing. This is just an introduction, and I look forward to reading your posts in more depth.[font=Verdana
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Nancy, thanks for your welcoming words, and the sweet pic of "our boys." I'm so totally jazzed that there are people like you, and a place like this, to make my home. I'm a woman of 75 years, born and raised in Berkeley. Right across the Bay! I grew up shy and solitary in some ways, never dated in high school (until a stroke of luck just before graduation, when I was asked to the senior prom.) The first boys in my life were a couple of years before that. I used to travel on the F train to SF several times a week to take ballet lessons at the SF Ballet School when it was on Van Ness, right across from the Opera House. I discovered that one could sometimes usher there (at the OH) , so I signed on for that and it was there that I met my first boy friends. Three boys, 17 years old, from Castlemont High school in Oakland, who loved the ballet, the symphony, the opera. From then on I practically lived over there every chance I got. We had so much fun together, walking all over SF, taking the train back late at night (my blessed mother coming to pick me up at the end of the line). Of course these boys were "gay" although that word had no homosexual connotations in 1946. They were just my first sweet loves, and I understood on some level their sexual preferences, it was never spoken of and didn't make any difference whatsoever. I had found my "circle."
Well, years passed, my hormones finally kicked in, men came, I married once, divorced, married again. No children. By 1960 I was alone to explore the SF jazz scene, inter-racial affairs, many men, much unhappiness and confusion. No idea what I was doing with my life.
I'm not going to try to bring this life story all up to date just now, but Brokeback Mountain -- oh my God, how it has released a lifetime of tears, memories, connections, understandings, dreams, moments of transformation. I have been working (on some depression issues) with a therapist for about six months. She's very enthusiastic and supportive of the process I seem to be undergoing with BBM. All the addictive behaviors, the obsession, the listening to the CD over and over, seeing "the movie" once a week, living on the IMDb boards, neglecting my laundry and housekeeping, coming to understand the incredible depth of that masterpiece. I've got so much more to spill out, but maybe this is a good start.
I know I'm in good company here, and look forward to hearing more of your process, and sharing mine.
Peace, Elaine (aka Iristarr)
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