Brokeback Mountain -- Love is a force of nature
Overview About the director -- Ang Lee About the movie The influence of the Brokeback Mountain Its influence on language
Ang Lee Films: 1992 Pushing Hands 1993 The Wedding Banquet 1994 Eat Drink Man Woman 1995 Sense and Sensibility 1997 The Ice Storm 1999 Ride with the Devil 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2002 The Hire 2003 Hulk 2005 Brokeback Mountain 2007 Lust, Caution
Awards for Brokeback Mountain Academy Award for Best Director National Board of Review Award for Best Director BCFA Critics’ Choice Award for Best Director Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director BAFTA Award for Best Direction Golden Globe Award for Best Director – Motion Picture Director Guild for America Award
Brokeback Mountain A from the short story “Brokeback Mountain” by Annie Proulx A romantic story between two men in America West from 1963 to 1983 Main characters: Ennis (Heath Ledger) Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal)
Influences of Brokeback Mountain Cowboy has a new image The growth of gay acceptance : Inspires legislators to propose gay-friendly legal A cultural phenomenon Offered up 38 million Google hits in 2006 At the top list of Hollywood Words at Google Brokeback-inspired story in talkshows Controversy Elements in Movies : Scary Movie 4, Night at the Museum
Cowboys’ Images - -- >
Influences on Language Brokeback : Something that has questionable masculinity Cowboy Climb Mountain “X-back Mountain” : Buckback Mountain, Heart-Broke-Back Mountain I wish I know how to quit you. I ain’t queer.
References Ang Lee. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang_Lee#Wuxia_and_the_ superhero_genre Brokeback Mountain. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain Brokeback Mountain. Retrieved March 25, 2008 from http://publish.gio.gov.tw/FCJ/past/06033122.html Ang Lee. Retrieved March 25, 2008 from http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/gay%20gro up%20endorses%20brokeback%20mountain Cultural Phenomenon of Brokeback Mountain. Retrieved March 22, 2008 from http://newsinfo.iu.edu/tips/page/normal/2929.html http://www.glaad.org/eye/brokeback_mountain.php
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