criminal matter of seeking 'Brokeback Mountain' to break taboos in USA
SAN FRANCISCO, , EU, DICIEMBRE 16, 2005 (DPA) .- El público en las ciudades cosmopolitas de Estados Unidos como Nueva York, Los Angeles y San Francisco se conmovió hasta las lágrimas en las primeras proyecciones de la película "Brokeback Mountain".
Pero Hollywood espera expectante lo que ocurrirá a medida que la cinta del director taiwanés Ang Lee ("Tigre y dragón"), una de las grandes favoritas a los Oscar, se estrene también en los cines del interior más conservador.
¿Conectará también con los estadounidenses que votaron por el presidente George W. Bush el año pasado?
La pregunta se relaciona con el hecho de que "Brokeback Mountain" no es un western común. De hecho, toma las convenciones esenciales del género and turns.
The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger as two rugged cowboys who fall in love while tending cattle in the middle of the mountain in 1963.
After his first approach, one returns to his village and married his girlfriend of a lifetime, but his friend contacted years later and meet in secret under the guise of a fishing trip.
Thereafter, they begin to meet once a year, while living with their wives and seek to lead a normal life.
The sight of two men kissing on the big screen should not shock anyone in late 2005, but some conservative critics already qualified the film is another example of Hollywood away from the traditional American values.
"I really do not think America is ready for a homosexual love story like this," said Peter Sprigg of the conservative Council for Family Research at the "Los Angeles Times." "I'm sure very interested in the Hollywood community itself, which is already committed to a pro-gay ideology, but I can not imagine that will become a blockbuster."
Dave Bossie, who heads the conservative organization Citizens United (Citizens United), said: "'Brokeback' is not only run into resistance, but also empty cinemas. My wife and I watched the movie trailer in a few days ago and we see a clear disgust when the two men embraced and kissed passionately on the big screen.
"workers working class and predominantly heterosexual women are not going to see mass is history. The conservative groups that became a hit 'The Passion' will be the death knell of 'Brokeback Mountain' "he added.
Ang Lee said he wants the film to be seen as a classic love story more than an allegation in favor of gay rights. Some are already talking about a "Gone with the Wind" gay.
The críticos, en tanto, se mostraron mayoritariamente elogiosos.
La película ganó el León de Oro del Festival de Venecia, y esta semana fue elegida la mejor del año por las asociaciones de críticos de Los Angeles y Boston. Además, está nominada en siete categorías de los Golden Globe y es considerada una gran favorita a los Oscar.
La guionista Diana Ossana, que adaptó un relato de Annie Proulx junto con Larry McMurty, confía en que el largometraje llegue a todos los públicos. "La gente llega con ideas preconcebidas sobre la película, pero después de verla no pueden dejar de pensar en ella", asegura.
"Me dicen: '¿Sabes? Realmente nunca había thought gay men and their lives. I really felt sorry for these guys. I did not know who felt this way. "
Beyond that, the cinema owners across the country hope that the film will connect with the audience. And given its low budget of $ 12.5 million and rave reviews seems guaranteed to be at least a moderate financial success.
rights activists gay and lesbian hope that like "Philadelphia" with Tom Hanks in the role of ill with AIDS, ten years ago helped to spread problem of this epidemic, "Brokeback Mountain" will serve to eliminate prejudice.
But any expectation for the film is the liberal response at the box office success of "The Passion of the Christ" sure looks disappointed.
"I think 'Brokeback' will work best in cities where the public is more diverse and more interested in seeing a movie with a different view," said Carlo Petrick, communications director Marcus Theatre Corp., Headquartered in Milwaukee.
"But if it comes to choosing between 'King Kong' and 'Brokeback', people who go to movies to entertain probably choose the first," he said.
's journal "Rolling Stone", which called the film "milestone" sees many obstacles to become a massive success, given the resistance of the Church and the State of homosexual unions.
should not forget that Bush made clear he is against same-sex unions that are treated as married heterosexuals and would seek to amend the Constitution to prevent it.
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