[lbo-talk] David Ehrenstein On Ang Lee's BM

Michael Hoover hooverm at scc-fl.edu
Thu Feb 2 15:57:44 PST 2006



>>> mpollak at panix.com 02/01/06 6:33 PM >>>
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary <quote>"Brokeback" is a shrewdly crafted "prestige" picture aimed like a heat-seeking missile at the same female viewers who made "Queer as Folk" a cable hit. The movie is not daring, or edgy, or even particularly controversial. It's not about "gay liberation" or the radical politics that would transform self and society. What it is is a well-closeted romance, replete with studly leads smooching and muttering about "feelings" in ways sure to set aflutter those feminine hearts longing for a soft-core version of hot man-to-man action. <end excerpt> Michael <<<<<>>>>>

ang lee has a distinctive visual style and he pays meticulous attention to detail, his films - and the characters in them - explore love, fear, hope, loss and regret (sometimes pretty effectively, sometimes not), in general, they question burdens of tradition and social obligation set against individual freedom (again, fairly well at times, less successfully at others)... mh



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