BBM General Discussion 2

[fritzkep]

Here's an article about the shirts in the museum, Kim:

http://theautry.org/press/iconic-shirts-from-brokeback-mountain-on-display-in-autrys-imagination-gallery

And about the reading in 2010:

http://theautry.org/press/5th-anniversary-screening-of-landmark-film-brokeback-mountain

[fritzkep]

Fritz is the most traveling pilgrim for Brokeback I know!

I went to Wyoming to see Annie Proulx at a book fair.  Back then she was surprised somebody would travel that far.  Now I don't think anything we do would surprise her.
 

Not quite! There's Chuck! (CellarDweller)

[CellarDweller115]

Not quite! There's Chuck! (CellarDweller)

Kim, since 2006, I've been to about 15 states, and 5 different countries, all the trips were related to Brokeback.

[AustinGirl]

You guys are amazing! 15 states! I don't have a lot of time to travel right now but someday I would love to go to Canada to see where the movie was actually filmed. Has anyone been there?

[fritzkep]

You guys are amazing! 15 states! I don't have a lot of time to travel right now but someday I would love to go to Canada to see where the movie was actually filmed. Has anyone been there?

Yep, and I've got vids of my trip up there in 2007 too, you're welcome to see them if you'd like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFoSrS-YQhs&list=UUlmtQF-GwR7A_-AGjbA00Ug&index=89&feature=plcp

(They start here and go in reverse order)

Or you can start here, at the laundry apartment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGEASmSbaXY&feature=BFa&list=UUlmtQF-GwR7A_-AGjbA00Ug&lf=plcp

[AustinGirl]

OMG! Thank you so much Fritz. This is great! Looks like I won't be going to bed early tonight like I had planned. Thanks!

[fritzkep]

Well, I don't think you'll be able to watch them all in one sitting!

Back then on YouTube there was a ten-minute limit per vid, which is why there are so many of them.

[CellarDweller115]

Kim, if you click this link below, you'll see my pics.

http://www.davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=22685.msg1638284#msg1638284

I went to Canada with Brokies in August of 2009  and we visited a number of the filming sites.  The way I went about posting pics in the thread is like this:

The forum asks that we only place one image in each post, so the first image you'll see is a still from the movie.  The next is the location as it looks now, and then the 3rd will be me at that location.

[fritzkep]

Hadn't seen those in a very long time, Chuck! Thanks for bringing them back!

I'd love to go back there with other Brokies. Kim, I was alone at the time because we had just had a gathering in Colorado, and I took advantage of being out West to go to the movie sites. Several Brokies visited the sites later that summer, but I couldn't wait till then.

[fritzkep]

The pictures starting here are of the opening sequence, from sunset to shortly afterwards.

http://www.davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=22685.msg918770#msg918770

[BayCityJohn]

You guys are amazing! 15 states! I don't have a lot of time to travel right now but someday I would love to go to Canada to see where the movie was actually filmed. Has anyone been there?

In early 2006, as the Brokeback Mountain phenomenon swept the world, some remarkable things happened. One of these was the emergence of Dave Cullen’s Ultimate Brokeback Forum [1], an online resource for Brokeback aficionados to exchange experiences, ideas, and perspectives. The Brokeback Forum grew to more than 6,000 individuals who busily discussed topics ranging from Buddhist symbolism to exposed microphone cords, although most discussions dealt with the deep human side of the film and the remarkable feelings of pain, passion, fear, love, sadness, and hope it has engendered in us all.

One of these online conversations concerned travel to the film’s shooting locations in Alberta, Canada. Though a few news and Internet accounts provided some tantalizing clues to where some of the film’s scenes were shot (many of these reports later proved to be incorrect), there existed no reliable resource to guide Brokeback pilgrims to the Laundry Apartment, the Twist Ranch, the Childress Dance Hall, or even the Dozy Embrace site. This was plainly, as Jack would say, “a goddamn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation.”

Enter die hard Brokeback fans Jim Bond (born traveler), Rob Freeman (owner of Jack’s truck), Barry Gilligan (web guru), Steve Gin (Brokeback actor), Lauren Gurney (intrepid explorer), and Bob Sohomuch (map buff). Over the course of many emails, the notion emerged of a non-commercial website dedicated to helping Brokeback fans find these special places.

Finding the sites was an adventure. The producers of the film and the Alberta Tourism folks had provided a few general locations, but we wanted to go deeper, much deeper. The film has approximately 80 sites, of which we have now identified all of the major ones and all but one of the minor ones. We have also located the sites for 10 deleted scenes. We wrote to small town mayors, geologists, cliff diving enthusiasts, geographers, tractor authorities, and everyone else who might know where these places were. We even cultivated a “mole” or two. Then, in a series of phenomenal trips spanning four years and totaling more than 15,000 km, we drove throughout southern Alberta, movie stills in hand, asking anyone who would talk with us, “Have you seen this place?” The cooperation we received was astounding. Most of the photographs you see here came from these trips.

Meanwhile, Barry tirelessly assembled the framework for the website you are now using. Because of the nature of the material, the maps, the text, and the large number of photographs, no “standard” site format would work. Barry designed every element of this site from the ground up and then processed and integrated photographs, text, and links into the coherent form in which you see them now.

Use FindingBrokeback.com as a resource. It is free, our simple tribute to the committed and creative people who gave their talents to writing and telling the Brokeback story. Please let us know what sites you enjoy and share suggestions you may have for others who will follow you.

 
http://findingbrokeback.com/

[Desecra]

Welcome, AustinGirl!  It's great that you found this forum.  I was so glad to have somewhere to talk about the story when I first arrived.  I had no idea that I'd still be here years later!    I don't think it matters if things have already been discussed, as it's always good to get new views. 

I would highly recommend having a look at "Finding Brokeback".  It's an amazing site. 

[chapeaugris]

Welcome AustinGirl from... another Kim. Can't believe I'm still here after 6 years. Once you're over the initial fever, visiting this forum can become a habit that's hard to break.

May I recommend a thread that's one of my favorites, in The Juicy Bits, "Ignorant Straight Girl Wants Some Answers from Gay Men". It's very educational and enlightening. However, you may want to work your way up to that one by discussing the story/movie for a while until you start wondering about some things. 

[Sason]

And there will be many more meetings, Jess (Janjo)

Sara

Indeed there will!!!!

Can't wait to plan my next Brokie trip.

[Sason]

I know! My friends think I have lost my mind completely.

That's what most of our friends think.

But don't worry, you're among friends here, and we all know how you feel, because we've all been there.