Joel writes:
> I agree with the observation that the events were isolated,
but that is part of the film's irony and tragedy: imagine all of
that space and being completely alone, cut off from any LGBT
community . . .
But Ennis is only cut off because Ang Lee wants him to be. He never explains why he is cut off. Ennis' agony arises from the fact that he feels he is doing something unnatural, which in the universe lee sets up he is.
> . . . so full of self-loathing you can't even link your personal
feelings and actions to some movement somewhere that wants
to help you liberate yourself.
But in Lee's world self-loathing is appropriate.
> So profoundly sad and emblematic.
It is neither. Lee's world is a fatalistic one, not a tragic one.
Brian Dauth Queer Buddhist Resister