A column on "Brokeback From The Pulpit"

A good column from a British Columbia newspaper, quoting a United Church of Canada pastor on Brokeback Mountain:

"The overriding image is that Brokeback Mountain is a holy mountain, where brothers live in harmony, but at a cost. For one character at least it is heaven on Earth, a place for which he offers a heart-rending prayer of thanksgiving."

Oh Those Germans...

Sometimes it sounds way cool in another language, too. The German site for Brokeback Mountain has some great stuff (although the dubbed trailer is a little disconcerting for one, such as myself, who has seen the movie in English on the big screen 28 times). Quoted from a review in Berliner Zeitung (see under "Presse"):

"Eine der schoensten Liebesgeschichten der Filmhistorie."

I couldn't have said it better myself.

Brokeback postcard rejoins The Shirts

The collector who bought the bloody shirts from Brokeback Mountain was able to get the postcard also. They were to be mounted on wood as in the movie and have their public debut at the GLAAD awards in L.A.

Brokeback Mountain in the context of New Western History

It turns out the history of the American West is much more diverse and complex, and less individualistic than the version we've always been fed. And of course, Brokeback Mountain shows that "Western individualism" only applies to heteros.

Brokeback Mountain, thus, suggests that the West is hardly a region where the individual is free from the constraints of social
expectations and mob violence employed to enforce social norms.

Essay by Ron Briley, posted on George Mason University's History News Network.

My sartorial homage to Brokeback Mountain

On the left, your intrepid correspondent's sartorial homage to Ennis Del Mar on Brokeback Mountain, worn to opening day in Sacramento. (Hey, I never dressed up for midnight shows of Rocky Horror, or wore a Starfleet uniform to Trek conventions! This is the first movie I really wanted to pay homage to, costume-wise. And it's the utilitarian ranchhand look, not some fancy-schmancy Saturday night line-dancing pseudo-cowboy drag!)

Epiphany on Brokeback Mountain

Belatedly, an Epiphany sermon on Brokeback Mountain from David Jenkins, PhD, of Candler School of Theology, Emory University (Atlanta, GA, USA). He correctly points out that the homophobic pronouncements of the churches are themselves "tire irons" killing GLBTQ folk.

"Real Men" fall in love (with each other)

The wonderful reviews keep on coming as Brokeback Mountain continues to open around the world - this one's from India.

Brokeback to rural libraries

The folks from the Ultimate Brokeback Forum are continuing their mission of bringing Brokeback Mountain to the masses and letting the world know that it remains the BEST MOVIE OF 2005!

Brokeback Mountain: the DVD! Part 2

So the Widescreen DVD edition of Brokeback Mountain has remained the #1 selling DVD on Amazon.com for all or most of the last two weeks. And the Fullscreen edition has moved up to #8 (as of post time). You can still buy it from the link above and a portion of the sale supports Dave Cullen's Ultimate Brokeback Forum (the true home of Brokebackers, Brokeaholics, Brokeback Mountaineers and others passionate about the Best Movie of 2005).

It'll be interesting to see if it becomes the bestselling DVD of the week nationally when it finally comes out tomorrow.

Jack's Truck

So a Canadian teenager bought Jack's old truck (from the early part of the movie) after the filming of Brokeback Mountain was finished, and recently put it on eBay. He's hoping to finance his college education with the proceeds.

US$60,000 will pay for a fair amount of college/university....