1. If you could go to dinner with one of the main people from Brokeback Mountain...
Ang Lee, Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway Diana Ossana, Randy Quaid, Annie Proulx. Who would you choose,?
It would be between Annie Proulx and Heath Ledger. I would like to talk to Annie to try to get some clues to the answers to the questions and mysteries that I still have about Ennis and Jack. I would like to talk to Heath, even though I would be so nervous, because Ennis is so real I am convinced that he really does exist way down deep within Heath.
2. You can ask them one question. What would it be.?
Gosh, this is a real hard one. I am really not sure what the one question would be. There are so many. I guess I would ask Annie what did Ennis know and what did he try to believe? I would ask Heath what he was thinking of when the Dozy Embrace was filmed to be able to give Ennis that incredible expression on his face expressing so many different emotions at once.
3. Which person in the film do you most identify with.?
I identify so much with Ennis, more than any character ever, but I do also identify a lot with Cassie too. I just have to choose both of them. Ennis, because I do also tend to pull away and withdraw from people. I understand what it is like to be afraid to get close to people, and to be a loner of sorts.
I also identify with Cassie because even though my personality is nothing like hers I know what it is like to dream of and long for both people and 'a sweet life'. But with all the dreaming I know what it is like to never be able to ever really get close to those people, or have those people really care about you, or to achieve that life that one is really dreaming of, but the ache and the desire for it is always there.
I also do know why girls don’t fall in love with fun and what they or at least this girl does fall in love with.
4. Who other than Heath and Jake do you see being able to play Jack and Ennis now.?
I don't think anyone else could possibly play Ennis but Heath. I think that others could play Jack but I can't really think of anyone now.
5. Do you wish they had made the movie in Wyoming, instead of in Canada?
I have never been to Wyoming, so I don't know how different it is, but to me the filming of the scenery and landscape is perfect as it is.
6. Do you think you could have convinced them to stay together, if you had been a
a confidant they trusted?
I don't know, but I would have tried to get Jack to understand much how much Ennis loved him and how much he lived for him. I really don't think Jack ever understood this or was able to see it, going way back to the last day on the mountain and continuing until "its because of you I'm like this.." I would try to get him to understand.
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7. Do you think the way the story was written that Jack had to die, in order to make the story credible.?
I don't think Jack had to die, but it would be a different story if he didn't.
8. Do you wish there was a way to make a prequel or sequel ?
I do so wish for a sequel because I just need to know if Ennis is okay. I do so want him to be alright and be able to find some happiness and meaning in his life. I can't stand the thought of him spending the rest of his life all alone in the trailer.
9. Have you started to lose your enthusiasm for the entire thing?
I don't watch the whole movie anymore, and I also am starting not to really need to write about it, but I don’t think I will ever lose all the emotions and feelings it brought up in me. In fact, sometimes just hearing the music in my head brings it all back.
10. Do you then think you are in it for the long haul? Like trekies,, will forever be
a Brokie?
I think that it will always be something very important to me. Even though I have not met any Brokies in person, yet, though I sure hope to, I think that this film has brought together a wonderful group of open minded, intelligent, thoughtful and creative people. But honestly I am very worried how long it can go on, because without anything new to sustain it, I just am not sure how the cult of Brokies will continue. I hope it does, but I unfortunately, am not sure if it will.
But I think in some way I will always be a Brokie, and I hope others will be too.
(Great questions, Janice!!!)