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Special BBM issue of 'Film Quarterly'
belbbmfan:
--- Quote from: tamarack on April 18, 2007, 05:45:57 am ---Fabienne - Rather than pay for the shipping why not let me (or someone) get one for you and you can take it home with you from Alberta? Just say some little word about this and I'll order another one.
I just ordered mine last night. I misread what I saw on the website a few days ago and thought that each issue was $40.00 instead of $10.00. The $40.00 was for a year's subscription.
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Oh yes please! That would be wonderful Lauren, thanks. :)
I'll have something to read on the long flight home...
Sheriff Roland:
--- Quote from: moremojo on April 17, 2007, 08:57:51 pm ---Howdy, gang--
I've had a chance to peruse this issue more fully, and I was struck by an apparent omission of possibly up to six pages of text in the special section devoted to Brokeback Mountain! I've not yet had occasion to seek out any other copies for comparison, but it does look like these pages were omitted from the printing altogether and were not, say, torn out of this particular copy by some avid reader.
Firstly, Ara Osterweil's article 'Ang Lee's Lonesome Cowboys' (the fifth item in the special section) begins on page 38, and continues onto page 40, which is faced by an unnumbered page containing an ad pertaining to reprints and copyright permission regarding University of California Press materials. On the verso of this advertisement page, the page is numbered 44, and here begins B. Ruby Rich's article 'Brokering Brokeback: Jokes, Backlashes, and Other Anxieties'! What happened to pages 41 through 43, and the assumed ending of Osterweil's piece?
There is a second similar incongruency with D.A. Miller's article 'On the Universality of Brokeback Mountain' (the seventh item in the special section), which begins on page 50, and is cut off in media res on page 58, which is faced by an unnumbered page containing an ad for the University of Texas Press. On the verso of this advertisement page, we see the beginning of of Joshua Clover and Christopher Nealon's article 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell Me', which begins on page 62!
Just a heads up for anyone thinking of purchasing their own copy of this issue. You might want to check for these anomalies first before investing in the product.
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Bryan tells me (over the phone, this morning) that the same problem exists with copies on Toronto bookshelves. Guess we need to complain to the publishers(?)
Ellemeno:
My copy looks intact. I have all the numbered pages I should. Interestingly - and surely coincidentally(?) - page 59 has a black and white photo of two nekkid young fellas tumbling together in the grass. Your copies couldn't have been censored for that, could they?
Fabienne, there is an entire article that would probably be worth it to you by itself - it's about the phenomenon of love stories about young gay men, written by women for women. Apparently much more common in parts of Asia, and theorized to have influenced Ang. The article suggests looking up the word "yaoi" on Amazon.
oilgun:
--- Quote from: Sheriff Roland on April 18, 2007, 07:13:20 am ---Bryan tells me (over the phone, this morning) that the same problem exists with copies on Toronto bookshelves. Guess we need to complain to the publishers(?)
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I can confirm that, I just bought my copy, which was sealed, and the pages mentioned are indeed missing! What a bummer, I really had to search to find a copy. I guess I'll have to get my money back from Indigo, pronto!
Edit: Damn, I don't have the receipt so I may have trouble getting a refund.
Could someone who has the missing pages scan and post them, I'd really appreciate it.
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: oilgun on April 19, 2007, 07:01:53 pm ---I can confirm that, I just bought my copy, which was sealed, and the pages mentioned are indeed missing! What a bummer, I really had to search to find a copy. I guess I'll have to get my money back from Indigo, pronto!
Edit: Damn, I don't have the receipt so I may have trouble getting a refund.
Could someone who has the missing pages scan and post them, I'd really appreciate it.
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No can scan, but LOVE your avatar, oilgun. :)
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