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twistedude:
anybody posting here who thinks they have never been a fan of Annie Proulx is A blasted idiot!

There are those (me)who saw the movie many, many times, but never cried till they heard the story read aloud.

By the way, "Tits Up in a Ditch" is a great story, too.

And, technically, we could all be sued--those of us who have written fanfiction--because as soon as you set pen to paper (or type a key) what you say is copyrighted.

retropian:

--- Quote from: Katie77 on May 04, 2009, 11:32:22 pm ---Well, I have never been an admirer of Annie Proulx.........in fact I would never have ever heard of her if it wasn't for BBM.

I agree that she has written one of the most poignant stories ever written, which in turn was transformed into one of the most fascinating and mind renching films ever produced.

She underestimates the feelings and intelligence of the people who are still mesmerised by her story. She underestimates people have changed their lives because of it.

Sure.....she wrote the words of BBM, but she did not write the words of all the stories of the people affected by it.

I wonder if she has ever looked past her own ego or her own publicity, to really take a look at what that story has done for people.

Whether she likes it or not, Jack and Ennis have become real people to some of us. Its a bit like Santa Clause, it makes us feel good to believe in them.

Whether she likes it or not, she is always going to be questioned and asked about BBM.

Whether she likes it or not, she is always going to be known more for BBM than any other book she writes.



I have no doubt she must get sick of fan fiction being sent to her, but she must have a rubbish bin,she should use it.
Expressing her views about it publicly will do nothing for her career or her popularity.

Her interview is initially about the shit that is sent to her, but it also seems to be condemning all of us who have taken the characters into our hearts.

She says she "owns those characters".....I think she lost that right of ownership when she gave it to Ang Lee, McMurtry,Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal who put the face and emotions to the characters.

To say that "people think it is about two cowboys", also shows her lack of knowledge of those of us who obsess over the movie, or even write fan fiction about the story.....I am sure we are all fully aware of what the story is about.

Somebody should tell her not to bite the hand that feeds her, and if she is gonna do it, do it privately.

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She doesn't enjoy the attention BBM the film has received that's for sure. I wonder if it is in part because BBM has eclipsed the rest of her oeuvre. I wouldn't be surprised to find out she receives voluminous amounts of fan mail, questions and fan-fic's in regards to BBM, but comparatively precious little for the rest of her works. I think sometimes an artist creates something, the cultural impact of which, the artist could not have anticipated. She created a Classical Tragedy in modern form at the right time. As a Tragedy, it produced the experience of Catharsis, which for those who have never gone through it, is bewildering. BBM became a cultural phenomenon which no one could have foreseen. She has moved on emotionally from the story and characters, but so many others have not, and that must get pretty tiresome for her.

Katie77:
Just think how we would feel if Heath or Jake had said something similar about BBM.

That interview was more than about copyright, and Im sure if she could take legal action against fan fic writers, she would have done it by now.

The movie, in my opinion was a long way off the original story, with things added and things changed, and really, lets face it, the movie is far far bigger than her written story......we didn't see forums started like this one, about the story in the paper, how many of us would be Brokies because of the story alone? How many of us, only bought the book, because of the movie?

I think Annie Proloux has a higher opinion of herself than a lot of others do.

Monika:

--- Quote from: Katie77 on May 05, 2009, 03:51:30 am ---

The movie, in my opinion was a long way off the original story, with things added and things changed, and really, lets face it, the movie is far far bigger than her written story......we didn't see forums started like this one, about the story in the paper, how many of us would be Brokies because of the story alone?


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I think that has to do more with the medium than quality. One is a short story, and the other a movie that received a lot of attention from press etc. Movies most often get more attention than the novels they are based on.

Kelda:
I'm defintely in the middle camp here - I can see why people think she has a right to moan about it, but also I feel annoyed for her for being so horrible & whiney in the way she has come across in this interview. Like folk have said - what did she expect? And she can easily throw those stories out and have nothing to do with them. Noone makes her read them.

Like Paul said whatever happened to Annie's statement about "finishing the story..."?

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