Interview with Sam Elliott!

[EnnisDelMar]

I have no clue what he meant..I was wondering that too.

[TJ]

The whole homosexual thing was interesting—they stepped over the line—but Katharine and I both looked at it and thought, 'what's the big deal?

But, the homosexual thing and the main characters attitude toward it was the reason behind the original short story in the first place.

Just because Sam Elliott has played cowboys in the movies does not mean that he can be an expert of cowboys, ranchboys, shepherd boys or rural boys from Wyoming.

There have been lots of jokes about John Wayne turning over in his grave because of Brokeback Mountain. Well, Marion Morrision, his birth name, was not even a real cowboy. He was an actor who played one in the movies.

[Front-Ranger]

Annie Proulx uses that language in her story. Stepped over the line, trespassing on unknown territory. Just means going outside of the box. I interpret his reaction as being positive.

[TJ]

Annie Proulx uses that language in her story. Stepped over the line, trespassing on unknown territory. Just means going outside of the box. I interpret his reaction as being positive.

That could have been exactly what Elliott meant; but, he used the conjunction "but" immediately after the dash after "line." That's why I responded the way that I did.

When it comes to telling the truth, we do have to step over the line: but, we need to make sure that there is an actual line drawn to do so.

Ennis stepped over the line when he misunderstood why Jack mentioned Mexico. IMO, Jack claimed that he had been there because Ennis seemed to have threatened to kill him if he found out that Jack had been doing certain things.

I just feel that Jack felt like he belonged with Ennis; but, he did not like the idea of Ennis owning him, that was what Jack was referring to about the "short lease you keep me on."

OT here; but, I allowed. Rick, the boyfriend of Richard to live with me and stay in my extra bedroom in 1988 (Rick did help with rent) because Richard was not supposed to have a room mate in his government owned apartment. Richard did not want me to have sexual contact with Rick; but, Richard had sex with guys when Rick was not around. Rick himself really wanted his relationship with Richard to be monogamous. But, Rick was sexually attracted to me. It was also as if Rick did not know what was going on behind his back. But, Richard actually bragged to his other friends about the guys he picked up in the park and elsewhere and took back to his place.

[rtprod]

I interviewed Sam Elliott recently and I chickened out of asking him about this.  But he was one of the most gracious, warm people, just an all around terrific and down to earth guy.  I don't think that he considers himself an expert on all things cowboy anymore than he considers himself an expert on all things motorcycle, another genre for which he has been pegged. 

I think sometimes these spontaneous answers come when journalists ambush subjects into talking about gay subjects, and people are not always eloquent when they express themselves.  My favorite example of this would be Jake' cringe-worthy waffling about the sexuality of the BBM characters, the "difficulty" and "homophobia" related to his love scenes, etc. 

rt