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luigival:
Further to most of my threads on IMDB having gone lost, courtesy of some damned troll, I found it necessary to recreate part of my lost thoughts on the peaceful pages here at Bettermost.
So, if you don't mind, I'll try to recreate how my passion for this story began.
Part 1
For me it all started on the evening of Saturday, Sep. 17, 2005. I was having dinner at some friends, and while chatting over a nice meal our landlady very briefly mentioned the fact that, quite surprisingly, the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival had gone to an unknown “gay cowboy” movie. Sign of the times: these days all the good family values have gone lost, was the subliminal text that I read in her speech and eyes! I didn’t say much on the subject, not knowing anything on Brokeback Mountain nor Annie Proulx, but somehow – and I can’t understand why – the following day I found myself actively browsing the internet in order to gather the most information on what was now becoming a rather inexplicable form of obsession. Soon I had located some info on the plot, the short story, the director and the actors. Jake Gyllenhaal: how do you spell that name? Heath Ledger: who’s ever seen that one? Really: I had never heard about them as their movies, so far, hadn’t been that much well received in Italy in order to grant their names “household” status.
I subscribed to IMDB on the following monday, Sep. 19, and soon tried to locate more and more information on this story which was becoming more and more intriguing as time passed: I had the feeling that somehow, and in more than one sense, this story had similarities with my own life experience, and I felt a strong feeling of relationship with those two souls.
Within one week, through Amazon, I had ordered Close Range, the book which contains Brokeback Mountain as the final short story, and as soon as it had arrived, it had been devoured. What I read was so painstakingly beautiful that I felt the need to re-read it over and over at least three times in only a few days, each time better understanding the passages and the hidden feelings that Annie Proulx had so beautifully been able to put on paper through her sharp and focused writing.
A number of passages had simply blown me awa. In particular I loved the closing phrase: There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can’t fix it you’ve got to stand it. Now that I knew the book, and in my mind I had already created my own characters, based upon Annie’s depictions, I was definitely ready for the next thing: seeing something closer to reality.
But the movie was still a long way to go, at least for my needs.
Browsing thouroughly through the net, I was able to notice that BBM was coming to Italy towards the end of January, 2006. Too much waiting and I simply couldn’t waste all that time. Solutions? Well, I just happend to be planning a short vacation in NYC and ChiTown at the beginning of December, and by chance BBM was going to be officially released in the Big Apple on Dec. 9.
Great, then: my vacation would have been highlighted by the vision of BBM, right on its first day of going public. That morning it was snowing a lot in NYC, and I remember walking Broadway from the Penn Station all the way up until reaching the Loews Theatre at Lincoln Square. I was there at around 10.15am and yes, BBM was there. All the tickets for the evening viewings had already been sold, but there were still places available for the 11.15am viewing, the first “commercial release”. Even better! I could be among the privileged earlybirds to see it...
- end of part one (to be continued, if you liked it)

sparkle_motion:

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I like.

luigival:

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I like.

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Thanks a lot: I greatly appreciated that. Just give me sometimes - it's quite late here and I'm tired - and come back in a few days for the second part of my BBM story. Buona notte!
Luigi

fernly:
luigival,

Liked it too...more please.

vkm91941:

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I like.

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Thanks a lot: I greatly appreciated that. Just give me sometimes - it's quite late here and I'm tired - and come back in a few days for the second part of my BBM story. Buona notte!
Luigi

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Sweet Dreams my friend we'll be looking forward to the next installment in your story.

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