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I suspect....backstories
nakymaton:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on December 13, 2006, 04:30:14 pm ---I know I have hit this subject many times before, about the writing abilities of Annie Proulx......my opinion is, and has always been, that she failed.....all she could manage to accomplish was a "draft" of a story, not a complete story....I wish she had given that "draft" to a real author to be completed as it deserved to be completed.........
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Sometimes less is more.
Sometimes it is the things that are left unsaid that bring characters to life in our imaginations.
Katie77:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 13, 2006, 04:41:31 pm ---Thanks for opining that. What I was actually asking was for readers of the book to imagine what might have happened to other characters besides Ennis and Jack. Care to venture a scenario on just one of the questions asked above? I'm sure with your far superior intellect we will soon be breathlessly reading pullet-surprise worthy material.
Oh, and also, over on Anything Goes we are discussing one of Annie Proulx's book-length works, Postcards, that goes into great detail on the five members of the Blood family. I am sure you will want to delve into this work and critique it to prove what a second-rate author she is! Your participation is welcome.
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Never ever have I made any claim to having a "far superior intellect"....that, seems to be something, Annie has laughed all the the way to the bank with, not me......
And there are far better writers than me, who have written scenarios of some of the questions asked, but unfortunately, they are not able to bask in the same good fortune that Annie has been able to.....
Honestly, if the piddly 20 page story she wrote, hadnt been made into a movie with the help of two excellent screen writers, a brilliant director, and an overwhelming believable cast, Brokeback Mountain would not have had the impact that it has had on most of the peope in this and other forums......as I said before.....Annie made a "draft", it was Larry, Ang, Jake and Heath, that made it what it turned out to be.......
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on December 13, 2006, 05:02:01 pm ---...Brokeback Mountain would not have had the impact that it has had on most of the peope in this and other forums
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Yes, I certainly agree with you on that. Peope would never have even known about the story if it hadn't been made into a movie.
nakymaton:
The movie is wonderful.
But the short story is still a perfectly valid art form, and BBM is one hell of a powerful short story.
If you can't see that, well, it's your loss. *shrugs*
Katie77:
--- Quote from: nakymaton on December 13, 2006, 04:53:44 pm --- ::)
Sometimes less is more.
Sometimes it is the things that are left unsaid that bring characters to life in our imaginations.
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Thank goodness most other authors dont think that "less is more", or we would have librabries filled with 20 page "drafts"......
--- Quote from: nakymaton on December 13, 2006, 05:25:13 pm ---The movie is wonderful.
But the short story is still a perfectly valid art form, and BBM is one hell of a powerful short story.
If you can't see that, well, it's your loss. *shrugs*
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Hey I didnt "lose" at all.......I got to feel the power of this wonderful movie and enjoy the journey that has come with it.......I never "lost" at all......
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