On Brokeback Mountain: Meditations about Masculinity, Fear, and Love in the Story and the Film
by Eric Patterson
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Author: Eric PattersonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-17
ISBN: 0739121650
Number of pages: 370
Publisher: Lexington Books
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Book Review: Very interesting book re a truly great film/story
Summary: 4 Stars
I get emotional about BBM. 1st, I LOVE the film. Oh, I like Ms. Proulx's story too, but I LOVE the film. It had such an effect on me; I can't forget it. Theauthor's book is very insightful in its meditations as they are stated on the cover. BBM is a love story, plain and simple. But also a very tragic love story that hits you in the heart, with such a wallop.
The author delves into western history of the plains, farm boys, bleak towns, the lives of total, complete unhappiness of Ennis and Jack by just not being together, and the ever-present homophobia existing then. He gives deserved credit to the superb acting of Heath & Jake, beautiful direction, screenplay, score, etc., and of course to the original story too.
Well, I could go on and say what I think about that so-called
rotten, hostile "academy" and what they (and many others) did to BBM (I hope you know what I mean). But that would take up too much space!!
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Summary of On Brokeback Mountain: Meditations about Masculinity, Fear, and Love in the Story and the Film
On Brokeback Mountain: Meditations About Masculinity, Fear, and Love in the Story and the Film provides a close, detailed, comparative discussion of the short story and the film in relation to ways of understanding masculinity and love between men in American culture. It uses analytical ideas from gay and lesbian/queer studies, American studies, social history, film history, and literary history, but avoids specialized theoretical language in order to be accessible to the many people interested in the story and the film. Original, interdisciplinary, and engaging, On Brokeback Mountain is intended to be not only useful to academic specialists but also accessible and readable for any interested, educated reader. The two versions of Brokeback Mountain are significant for taking readers and audiences inside the perspectives of men who love men, showing what physical and emotional passion, and hostility toward that passion, may be like for them. The story and the film help in understanding the many men who love men and who don't fit stereotypes of gay men or participate in the gay/queer worlds of urban/academic communities, especially men in rural areas and in working class contexts. This book examines the presentation of friendship, sex, and love between men in Brokeback Mountain, as well as the depiction of homophobia and its effects on men who love men and their families. It relates the story and the film to the literary tradition of the homoerotic pastoral, the literary/movie tradition of the Western, and the tradition of the tragic romantic love story.Movies Books
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