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Just as "Brokeback Mountain" launched waves of revolution in the American cultural field with a terrifying situation. The arrival of the awards season also made "Brokeback Mountain" worthy of becoming the number one contestant of this year's awards season.
As we all know, Oscars are the most reflective of social problems in Hollywood. People with keen political thoughts always hope to express something through the Oscar stage, such as race, such as war. Oscar choices are always inseparable from politics, culture, and current affairs. Above the 75th Oscar, "Chicago" won the Oscar Best Picture, which is the most direct proof. At the 77th Oscar, "Crashing" can defeat the "Million Dollar Baby" and win the best picture in an upset way, which is actually one of the manifestations of the political correctness of the racial issue over the An Le. Death issue.
Therefore, whether Brokeback Mountain can achieve something in awards season - and even Oscars depends on whether the Hollywood film industry is ready to accept homosexual films into the mainstream. In the current form, all magazines have reported it in a large way with beautiful words. Cinemas in many states have made a lot of money on it. Late-night talk show hosts are willing to joke about it, but it is still not easy to accurately grasp the pulse of the US film industry. This is not only a problem of a movie, but also a problem of ideological revolution.
In response, Time magazine published an article about "Conquer the West", pushing "Brokeback Mountain" to the position of the number one contestant in the awards season, officially announcing that the time for the change of Hollywood ideology has arrived.
"This is a love story - alas, the protagonist is two men - Oh my God, it's also a western film - boring. Then why are everyone talking about Brokeback Mountain?" This is the opening sentence of "Time Magazine".
In some events that affect pop culture, there is always an outbreak point, and it seems that everyone is talking about the same thing in an instant. This phenomenon can be called the "Bennifer" storm (Ben Affleck had a year and a half relationship with Jennifer Lopez, and was widely reported by the media. The name was put together by the media and became Bennifer. In the end, although he was engaged, he broke up before getting married), or the Jennifer Jackson episode (When he was performing at the NFL halftime, Justin Timberlake pulled down Jennifer Jackson's corset, causing the point to be exposed). Americans watched a lot of major news and could not bear the torture, so they focused their attention on the relationship between two movie stars, or a Super Cup accident. Tabby titles and talk show hosts used it to hype the fleeting enthusiasm of the people.
The situation is similar but in a more benign and constructive way, the United States is now experiencing the breakthrough of "Brokeback Mountain".
"Brokeback Mountain" is a western film with the protagonists of two cowboys, Ennis and Jack. And the upside-down relationship they have endured for twenty years. This movie has become the favorite topic of discussion for every late-night talk show host.
The host of the "Tonight" talk show imagines Clint Eastwood and John Wayne as two gay cowboys. The host of the "Smile and Watch the News of the Week" show showed a modified "Brokeback Mountain" poster, which was replaced with two Senate, Ted Stevens and Robert Baird (the former is the Republican Party and the latter is the Democratic Party. They are good friends and are regarded as two old stubborn people in the Senate who are unclear. They have been controversial in recent years due to differences in political positions).
"David Letterman's Late Night Show" invited supporters to propose "Top Ten Brokeback Mountain missed titles". This show often put forward various "Top Ten..." lists to make fun of it and invite audiences to participate. The final winners included "Oklahomo" - a classic Broadway musical "Oklahoma". Travi Nahn once invited Evan Bell to star, but in the end it was Payne Lecce who became the male lead. The name here was changed to the ending of "homo" to suggest homosexuality; and "The Little Bathhouse on the Prairie (.)" - "Prairie (.)" is a classic fairy tale, which was made into movies and TV many times, and changed to "Bathhouse" was a place where comrades in San Francisco gathered for tryst in the 1970s.
It seemed that overnight, the whole of the United States was surrounded by homosexual topics. "Brokeback Mountain" was this explosion point. After the awards season began, "Brokeback Mountain" led the heroes with a superior formation, and it was impossible to even see who was the second place. "Brokeback Mountain" had already absorbed all the helium in the balloon.
The next step is to turn the topic into money and reputation into cash. Brokeback Mountain is doing this. Brokeback Mountain was released in just eight theaters on December 9, and has expanded its territory every week. It has accumulated 900 last week (Note: This article was released before the Golden Globes Awards ceremony) - still less than one-third of the "Road of Glory" produced by Jerry Brookheimer, but the box office of "Brokeback Mountain" is on par with being able to be with "Road of Glory". As of last weekend, Brokeback Mountain's cumulative box office has reached 70 million US dollars. After the Oscar nomination and Oscar Night end, $100 million is not a difficult task for it.
Now, theater owners across the United States can't wait, "They want us to promote it immediately to two thousand rooms." Thomas Lansing, the leader of the 11th issue, spoke like a family restaurant chef who just won a four-star award in a national newspaper. Of course, this is indeed a huge victory for the 11th issue, which has only released two works less than half a year ago. What's more, who would have thought that almost no one was willing to publish this work two months ago?
This film is one of the few Hollywood movies who dare to confess to homosexuality. It successfully put on the halo of courage and started a head-on confrontation with the conservatives. The end result is that the conservatives retreat to Utah, while other places have melted into the love of Brokeback Mountain. Now, conservatives are still clamoring to protest the film. The conservative radio host of CNN Channel said in the "Larry King Live", "Larry, we are witnessing the homosexualization of the United States." There are also many liberal heterosexuals.
Like Larry David, a co-creator of the "Happy Bachelor Party", he wrote a naughty article in the New York Times title review edition, admitting that "the cowboy had to use a lasso to stroll me to the cinema and tie me to the seat" before he could watch the film. However, most people who do not agree with Brokeback Mountain—or people who think they would not agree with it—depress their anger. They think it is a serious, emotional film. Even the Momen church members cannot change this fact.
And this is a gay western art film - three completely unfamiliar genres combined. "Brokeback Mountain" is slow and meticulous. Jack and Ennis met on the ranch on a cold night in 1963. These two were neither heroes nor villains - and they had never been able to control their own destiny. They felt love and desire, and they could not tell them clearly to themselves or the other. The way they expressed their enthusiasm was gentle, invasion, and there was also fighting. "I am not a pervert", Ennis insisted,
And he married Emma, who was as gentle as a female deer. "I'm not," Jack insisted that he also married Lulin, a Texas girl who likes to be the master of the family. However, in the 1960s and 1970s, two men had secretly met and betrayed their wives and children. The movie did not evaluate this, but was just observing with sympathy. It was precisely because it could gain audiences from all walks of life and political positions. This movie was heartbreaking because it presented a long heartbreaking process between two strong men - and their women.
Evan Bell's joining is undoubtedly a huge turning point for "Brokeback Mountain", because Evan Bell is not only a screenwriter, but also a producer of the film, and is also responsible for the release of the film. This made "Brokeback Mountain" gain double attention while facing double pressure. After being rejected by Cannes, the Golden Lion Award in Venice and the applause from Toronto made the crew of "Brokeback Mountain" begin to smell the fragrance of roses.
Studio 11 does not hide the homosexual theme of this film - like Miramax's company deals with "a life in troubled times", but interestingly, the actors in the film are all heterosexual. Jack Gyllenhaal and Christen Dunst are dating, and Evan Bell is a famous playboy. He seems to have a close relationship with Anne Hathaway recently.
What is the cultural change? "Brokeback Mountain" represents? "This is the first gay movie from a red state (the result of the US presidential election. If the electoral college votes in a state are won by the conservative Republicans, the state will be marked as red; if it is won by the enlightened Democrats, it will be blue. The so-called red state is a state with mostly Republican parties, with a relatively conservative position and many people oppose homosexuality). "This is a gay movie from "movie reviews", "The film has a manly, manly, and a straight-sex man riding on a horse, but it turns out to be a homosexual love story."
This movie has not only been recognized in Red and Blue states, but even in Little Rock City, Birmingham, and Fort Worth in Texas, all have amazing box offices. In fact, Americans are Americans. Perhaps in some places, the overall political stance is biased. However, if you cross the state, you will still be Americans and will not become another species. Americans will talk to each other and listen to others. "Brokeback Mountain" proves this.
It is shocking, curious, and the protagonist's performance is amazing, a work that makes you think and cry. No wonder "Brokeback Mountain" made a breakthrough. In the following awards season, "Brokeback Mountain" is undoubtedly the number one contestant.
This comment from Time magazine has been recognized by the entire public opinion community. More than two-thirds of the media believe that "Brokeback Mountain" will inevitably sweep the entire Oscar with an irresistible momentum because of its ideological revolutionary wave and political correctness.
In the last life, what "Broken Arm Mountain" could not do, can this time change?
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