Buckeye Road

On the Mountain

Saw Brokeback tonight. Need to process it a bit more before posting in more detail.

I will say that I had read the Annie Proulx short story over a year ago, right after I first heard they were making it into a movie. The filmmakers managed to keep the story's hardscrabble texture while expanding it to feature length. They also managed to retain many of the small, wonderful moments. I had forgotten the story's ending -- the bit with the shirts -- which was one of the moments where this spare and lyrical film was suddenly overwhelming -- right up from the depths.

My first reaction is that this is an extraordinary film, and quite a radical one, in its own quiet, everyday way -- more about that later.

(And yes, Kyle, the Shinnian reference is for you!)

posted by BT @ 11:49 PM