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Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee 2005)

Posted on March 31 at 10.03, 2006 by Eric Mahleb

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mountainThere is a peaceful and serene tragic beauty to this film. From the very beginning, while we partake in the happiness of the characters as they fall in love with each other, we do so with the suspicion that such love can not and will not last, and this knowledge brings us closer to the story and its characters
We watch and observe with serene sadness as the tragedy of two humans beings whose love can not be comsummated, unfolds. Their gender, while helping us to place the impossibility of their love, becomes quickly irrelevant and secondary to their love and to their search for happiness. The acting is splendid, the cinematography ravishing in its majesty but also in its ability to convey the irony of homosexuals finding love in an environment normally associated with traditional male conservatism.
There is absolutely no way Crash (2004) should have won best film at the Oscars, not only because Crash is not a very good film, but also because Brokeback Mountain is quite close to as good as it can get.

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One Response to “Brokeback Mountain”

  1. The Dark Knight - Quiet Please - Cinema Futures by Eric Mahleb Says:
    October 24, 2008 at 13.47

    [...] With The Dark Knight, Nolan delivers a very accomplished film that epitomizes the high quality entertainment film. Most aspects of the movie are solid and the result is a non-stop thrill ride. Unfortunately, this focus on pace means that occasionally, the scenes flow from one to the next in a somewhat abrupt and not always logical way, leaving the viewer with some unanswered questions. Like a comic book that has a limited capacity for background information, The Dark Knight jumps from major scene to major scene, leaving out many things in between. As a closing note, it is worth mentioning the performance of Heath Ledger. His death prompted a wave of calls for an Oscar nomination, with people stating that his performance had been no less than magnificent. I initially took this with high dose of skepticism. However, having now watched the movie, I can say that Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker is indeed spectacular and when considered together with his performance in Brokeback Mountain (2005), hints at what could have become a very very fine actor. [...]

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