Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay
by Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana
Book Summary Information
Author: Annie Proulx, Diana Ossana, Larry McMurtryEdition: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2005-12-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Scribner
Book Reviews of Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay
Book Review: SO INFORMATIVE HOW THIS SHORT STORY WAS TURNED INTO SUCH A GREAT SCREENPLAY (AND FILM)
Summary: 5 Stars
First, I must say how much I loved BBM-the film. It effected me so much, I can't stop thinking of it. Powerful, heartbreaking love story. Direction, acting, etc., etc. superb. So very sad.
Now - the short story. I did find Ms. Proulx's original story just a tiny bit disappointing. It's so short!! And because I always had the images of the film before me and, of course, the images of the young and handsome Heath and Jake. But I am not denigrating the short story at all; I say this only because I found the descriptions of Ennis & Jack in the short story not as "handsome" as I thought they might have been. (Hope I made this clear)! But Ms. Proulx's essay at the end of the book gave me a much greater understanding of her sparse and concise writing.
Now - the screenplay. It is just great. For Mr. McMurtry and Ms. Ossana to take this short story, words off pages, flesh it all out, and turn it into such a great screenplay for film is just amazing. I weep at the fates of both Jack and Ennis; the fact of their not being together effects their entire lives and the other characters in their lives. So awfully sad.
And - Mr. McMurtry's and Ms. Ossana's essays at the end of the book are just as informative and satisfying.
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