It is interesting that you copied my quote from the LA Times. The point I was making to the reporter is that it is not the content of Brokeback Mountain that might cause people in the Midwest not to see it, but rather that it is a film that appeals to narrower audiences than escapist, entertainment films such as King Kong, which is aimed at the broadest possible market. Brokeback Mountain is not intended for the same audiences that flock to theatres to see Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia and other blockbuster type films. Indeed, Ang Lee's films such as Sense and Sensibility and The Ice Storm have a lot more to do with what he was trying to express in Brokeback Mountain than with his attempt to create a blockbuster with The Hulk. People approach viewing films in different ways. Some people may want to sit back and simply be entertained while others look at film as a way to be challenged, intellectually stimulated, informed, have their horizons expended and perhaps to be moved by the power of a great story. It is the magic of film that continues to amaze audiences.
Well guess what the Heartland have turned out in droves to see Brokeback Mountain and its got the highest number of awards - including Oscar nominations - of any film released this year.
I guess crow is being served to the few outraged conservatives who haven't yet seen it in the lobby.
Brokeback Mountain tells the story of two men, Jack Twist (Gyllenhaal) and Ennis Del Mar (Ledger), who meet in the summer of 1963 as sheepherders in Wyoming and are surprised ...more
Carlo PetrickDec 29th, 2005 - 17:37:19
It is interesting that you copied my quote from the LA Times. The point I was making to the reporter is that it is not the content of Brokeback Mountain that might cause people in the Midwest not to see it, but rather that it is a film that appeals to narrower audiences than escapist, entertainment films such as King Kong, which is aimed at the broadest possible market. Brokeback Mountain is not intended for the same audiences that flock to theatres to see Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia and other blockbuster type films. Indeed, Ang Lee's films such as Sense and Sensibility and The Ice Storm have a lot more to do with what he was trying to express in Brokeback Mountain than with his attempt to create a blockbuster with The Hulk. People approach viewing films in different ways. Some people may want to sit back and simply be entertained while others look at film as a way to be challenged, intellectually stimulated, informed, have their horizons expended and perhaps to be moved by the power of a great story. It is the magic of film that continues to amaze audiences.
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