Sunday, February 19, 2006
ang lee wins big at baftas
The British film award gave many of it's top honors to "Brokeback Mountain".
Ang Lee is an great director, who has made some amazing films. Check out "The Ice Storm". I just do not know anyone, personelly, who has seen this film. Are people throwing themselves behind it because it's a gay themed film? If one says any line from the preview, laughter is evoked. If you add "Brokeback" to anything you have another instant joke.
This is a film targeted at a very marginilized audience and has to seem "normal" to get enough viewers to be significant. Thus everyone is programed to say,"it's a great love story". It remains to be seen whether this will start a trend in gay films.
"Brokeback Mountain," already a hot favorite for next month's Hollywood Oscars, was the big star of the night at the British Film Academy awards on Sunday, scooping four BAFTAs.
The gay cowboy love story won the coveted Best Film Award, Ang Lee was picked as Best Director, Jake Gyllenhaal was chosen as Best Supporting Actor and it also won the Best Adapted Screenplay statuette.
Ang Lee is an great director, who has made some amazing films. Check out "The Ice Storm". I just do not know anyone, personelly, who has seen this film. Are people throwing themselves behind it because it's a gay themed film? If one says any line from the preview, laughter is evoked. If you add "Brokeback" to anything you have another instant joke.
This is a film targeted at a very marginilized audience and has to seem "normal" to get enough viewers to be significant. Thus everyone is programed to say,"it's a great love story". It remains to be seen whether this will start a trend in gay films.
