Film vs. Book -- Which was better?

[cinimini]

HI This vid is made by my friend oldwifemountain. I really enjoy it.

Reunion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkKJlmtHK4Y

[andy]

Damn, that was good, Steffi.

[Desecra]

Thank you - I hadn't heard the audiobook yet.  Is the music from the audiobook or added to the video?   It worked well.

[cinimini]

The music is added and I think it sounds great and fits to the story. oldwifemountain did a very good job in my opinion.

she did more vids but only available in German yet. But she will add the English audio soon.

[Cally]

I've never heard the audio either.  It was really interesting hearing/seeing it fitted in with the film.  lovely music too.

[andy]

I've never heard the audio either.  It was really interesting hearing/seeing it fitted in with the film.  lovely music too.

I have it Sara. Maybe we can put aside half an hour to listen on the 7th?

[Ellen (tellyouwhat)]

This is not really a question of "which is better" -- but it's a long article about the process of taking the written story and turning it into a film.  Brokeback Mountain, specifically.


http://hig.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:200890/FULLTEXT01


Thanks to Bay City John for finding this.

[suelyblu]

The film was visually breath taking. The scenery, the two drop dead gorgeous guys and everything else that goes with it. The book give a better impressionof how dirt poor the guys are "(Ennis).....pulling off his boots and jeans..no drawers,no socks. Everything in the film always seemed that bit too organised for two young guys living on their own in camp.In the book one line says "....thinking of the dirty spoons sticking out of the cans of cold beans balanced on logs ". That sounds more lifelike to me. The short story has a " grubbiness " about it that doesn't come across in the film.  There were some nice touches in the book that were never put in the film Like the one night sitting around the camp fire "Ennis put his arm around Jack,pulled him close.......Jack slidhis cold hands between Ennis's legs. What a great scene that would have made.There were other tiny bits and pieces I would have liked to have seen included in the film but there you go. Other than those few ideas the film was the most beautiful, life changing thing I have ever seen.  I kid you not.

[suelyblu]

This is an addition to the post above : I always thought when I watched the film they always went back to Brokeback Mountain on their meetings but in the book it states they never went back there,  everywhere but there.  This is not mentioned in the film.   O.K. ?  I'll go now !!!!

[Ministering angel]

In the film you see them returning to Brokeback, or at least somewhere close to it. It's something which is entirely different between the two.

And as Desecra has detailed on other threads, the things which are left out of the film tend to directly link to how much awareness Ennis had about himself. In the film he is aware right from FNIT whereas in the SS he seems to drift along in a haze of denial. Denial in the SS, shame in the film.

[Ellen (tellyouwhat)]

This is an addition to the post above : I always thought when I watched the film they always went back to Brokeback Mountain on their meetings but in the book it states they never went back there,  everywhere but there.  This is not mentioned in the film.   O.K. ?  I'll go now !!!!

Ang Lee said in an interview on Charlie Rose (late night show in the U.S.) "They went back to Brokeback Mountain" -- he was talking about the on-going fishing trips.

This struck me as a wrong interpretation but I was a purist in those days. 


So you were right sueley, if you got the impression they went back to Brokeback.  Ang Lee might have missed that little line in the SS, and in the screenplay it wasn't really specified.

[Goby]

Eventhough I like the book and the film, I need to say that the film wins for me.
The film hit me emotionally very hard and I felt more connected to the characters in the movie than those in de book. When you add de magnificent shots and the gorgeous soundtrack, I say the film is better (for me!)

[BayCityJohn]

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[Ellen (tellyouwhat)]

Are you going John?

That looks really interesting!

[BayCityJohn]

Are you going John?

That looks really interesting!

I don't know yet.

I'm supposed to be in Portland on the 26th and I was gonna drive, but if I can get an early flight on Friday I'll probably make it to the discussion.

I'm not sure if they're discussing the film or book, or both.

But either way I think I'll be prepared