2021.03.14 NC. BJBD-1301
Watching movie today, Brokeback Mountain. Brokeback Mountain (US, 2005, my rating is 9.5)
In the twilight, thick rolling hills. Two headlights follow the curved mountain road. The melodious acoustic guitar plays a mournful tune. This is the tone of the film Brokeback Mountain.
Intense and constricted, wounded and continuous. This clip begins at the beginning of the film and reappears at the end of the film. I was impressed that, for more than a decade since I first watched the film (2005 or 2006), it was this set of shots that I was guessing at the emotions that Ang Lee wanted to express through it.
Sometimes I wonder if the high-scoring films I played more than a decade ago, such as "The English Patient", "Dr. Zivag", "Blue Sea and Blue Sky", etc., will I still have the same viewing experience when I revisit it now? Some films, turned over and watched again, found that the state of mind has passed, and even can't bear to experience the original joy and emotion. Nowadays, the excessive amount of information and the ease of freshness have numbed people's minds and visual taste buds, and the spirit and mind seem to be more inclined to accept short and intense stimuli. In addition, the pace of work has accelerated, the pressure has gradually emerged, and it is difficult to have leisure and mood to spend an afternoon in a slow literary film. On the contrary, it is a compact and tense American drama with a novel plot, which once made people fall in love.
Fortunately, today's re-watching of "Brokeback Mountain" allowed me to avoid this worry. Busy with the work at hand in the morning, I saw friends from afar at noon, and came back in the afternoon in a relaxed mood, many days of continuous spring rain, in exchange for the weekend sunshine and clouds, the daughter bathed Teddy in the courtyard, and the mother took care of the housework in the kitchen. I want to take a break. Open the theater and click on this classic movie that was downloaded without traffic a few days ago. Enter Ang Lee's emotional world.
The plot does not need to be said much, just briefly described. It is nothing more than telling the story of the "broken back" love affair of two ranch youths in the western United States in the sixties, from youth to jack's accidental death, leaving Ennis alone in life. The unique is Ang Lee's film approach, as well as the excellent performances of the two male protagonists in the film, one is Heath, who plays Ennis. Ledger, one is Jack Gyllenhill who plays Jack, the two are young and prosperous at the time (but in the film until middle age, not obtrusive), dedicated a wonderful interpretation; the performance of the two female partners is also amazing, one plays Jack's wife Lu lin, it is the beautiful and compelling Annie. Hathaway, a wife who plays Ennis, Alma, turns out to be heath in later real life. Ledger's wife, Michelle Williams. When I watched the uncut version of the film, I was really happy to have a sneak peek at the two people who had naked mirrors.
Director Ang Lee is good at mobilizing the strength and potential of actors, which is really a stunt. Jack and Ennis have been alone many times, there are sweet words, there are also unspeakable conflicts, emotional transformations are convincingly handled, and subtleties can be understood. At the end, Ennis goes to Jack's parents' house to obtain his ashes and bring them back to Brokeback Mountain to fulfill Jack's last wishes, and after being coldly rejected by his father, under the leadership of Jack's mother, he finds in Jack's room two pieces of clothing left over from the time of the ranch separation, which have been hidden in the compartment of Jack's closet, and even have the imprint of wiping nosebleeds at that time. As a result, Ennis no longer believed the rumors that Jack still had a male companion and an unhealthy life, and believed that Jack had always loved himself in his heart, although he was humble, poor, and silent, but Jack was always waiting for himself, respecting himself, and loving himself. Perhaps Ennis had doubts and reservations before, but this time, in the face of his beloved companion's own clothes that had been cherished, he finally understood that Jack's previous affectionate waiting was not perfunctory, not a drama, but the same as the past, sincere, and also faced with many difficulties. Holding the clothes, burying his head in the smell of the two people who had once been, Ennis turned around, and it was difficult to suppress, Heath. Ledger's performance at this moment is moving, soul-stirring, and tearful.
In addition to the dedication of the actors, the film's performance of the environment scene of Brokeback Mountain has also become a proof of director Ang Lee's profound skill. Lush Rocky Mountains, summer trees, grass, docile sheep surging in the valley, this time brokeback mountain is a good time for shepherding ah, high mountains green water, blue sky and white clouds, pleasant wind, long artistic conception. Under such a beautiful clear sky and embraced by the mountains, two young people are so "broken" that it seems to have come to fruition. Watching the film this time, I especially felt that Ang Lee's picture sense was too good, and the camera was breathtakingly beautiful: Jack and Ennis sometimes sat side by side on the hillside, looking at the sheep in the distance; the two people stood staggered on the grass, talking with their backs, and the scenery next to them was bright and transparent; not to mention the leisurely lights in the twilight mountain road mentioned earlier. Paired with guitar blues throughout the film, it is enchanting.
Good films, constant not outdated, the rating will not be low. I still give my high score: Brokeback Mountain, 9.5.