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Annie Proulx's still pissed...
louisev:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on May 05, 2009, 01:31:06 pm ---Money's a point, I would guess. Literary writers, even some good and well-known ones, often aren't rich. Unless they're Stephen King or his ilk, they generally have day jobs, teaching or whatever. As far as I know (and I may be wrong), Proulx doesn't teach. Her work is loved by her fans, but it's not to everybody's taste (including mine, to be honest). So it's possible that despite misgivings, she's willing to let her work get movied for the sake of the film rights and increased sales.
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yep, most of them are. Although I think she made her pile before Brokeback was movied, but yes, publication usually entails buying and optioning the movie rights so she probably had little or no say in how "Shipping News" was filmed. She got a say in "Brokeback" because that's how it was negotiated and the screenwriters and producers actively sought her approval of the script.
That does happen sometimes, but it usually is something the owners of the options do as a consideration to the author, because they want the cooperation and the endorsement.
Kelda:
--- Quote from: Fran on May 05, 2009, 12:53:26 pm ---I think Annie Proulx is a very private person who's worried about her losing her privacy.
She says, "And one of the reasons we keep the gates locked here is that a lot of men have decided that the story should have a happy ending. They can't bear the way it ends...." Maybe some people have shown up in her town looking for her. Maybe some have even learned her exact address and shown up on her doorstep or left things for her, and she's found that too close for comfort. Most likely, these people's intentions are good and they just want to compliment her for her story and tell her how much it moved them and how they wish it could have had a happier ending and that they wish they could know that Ennis did find happiness after Jack's death, but to her, these people are still intruding on her privacy and, let's face it, her time. Maybe (because of what happened to the character in Stephen King's Misery) she's worried about her personal safety. Maybe she's crabby and just wants to be left alone.
While she does come off as a little mean and hurtful in this interview and in the "pornish rewrites" one, I think she's shown us that she's not one to sugar-coat her words to spare anyone's feelings, whoever they are, even at the risk of disappointing some of her devoted fans. While we can wish she'd be more respectful to Brokies, that's not how it's going to be. She's obviously moved on and doesn't want to keep revisiting Brokeback Mountain. But she does have the right to make that choice, as disappointing as it is.
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I think you've probably hit the nail on the head there, but still its a bit.. ??? isn't it?
Front-Ranger:
A couple of points. AP may have "moved on" from Brokeback Mountain but recently she revisited it and wrote the libretto for the opera that will debut in Spain in 2013, something I'm looking forward to very much.
In her audio interview with the BBC (I've been trying to find the link to it without luck) AP said how disappointed she was with The Shipping News...with the movie and also with the book, even though it won the pullet surprise. She was influenced by public feedback on her work to add a happy ending which she did grudgingly and she added "if you can define happiness as an absence of pain." A very complex and inscrutable person! With my training and degree in journalism, I respect her need to tell stories about rural life as it is and was. There's a need for entertainment, but there's also a need for what she gives us, like it or not.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Fran on May 05, 2009, 12:53:26 pm ---She says, "And one of the reasons we keep the gates locked here is that a lot of men have decided that the story should have a happy ending. They can't bear the way it ends...." Maybe some people have shown up in her town looking for her. Maybe some have even learned her exact address and shown up on her doorstep or left things for her, and she's found that too close for comfort. Most likely, these people's intentions are good and they just want to compliment her for her story and tell her how much it moved them and how they wish it could have had a happier ending and that they wish they could know that Ennis did find happiness after Jack's death, but to her, these people are still intruding on her privacy and, let's face it, her time. Maybe (because of what happened to the character in Stephen King's Misery) she's worried about her personal safety. Maybe she's crabby and just wants to be left alone.
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She very well could be, at least at some level. She herself admits that she's not popular in Wyoming. Or she could be speaking figuratively. :-\
That, too. ;D
--- Quote ---While she does come off as a little mean and hurtful in this interview and in the "pornish rewrites" one, I think she's shown us that she's not one to sugar-coat her words to spare anyone's feelings, whoever they are, even at the risk of disappointing some of her devoted fans. While we can wish she'd be more respectful to Brokies, that's not how it's going to be. She's obviously moved on and doesn't want to keep revisiting Brokeback Mountain. But she does have the right to make that choice, as disappointing as it is.
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You can say that twice and mean it!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 05, 2009, 01:40:43 pm ---A couple of points. AP may have "moved on" from Brokeback Mountain but recently she revisited it and wrote the libretto for the opera that will debut in Spain in 2013, something I'm looking forward to very much.
In her audio interview with the BBC (I've been trying to find the link to it without luck) AP said how disappointed she was with The Shipping News...with the movie and also with the book, even though it won the pullet surprise. She was influenced by public feedback on her work to add a happy ending which she did grudgingly and she added "if you can define happiness as an absence of pain." A very complex and inscrutable person! With my training and degree in journalism, I respect her need to tell stories about rural life as it is and was. There's a need for entertainment, but there's also a need for what she gives us, like it or not.
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Bravo, FRiend Lee! :D
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