Chapter 756： great challenge

"This short story takes place in a place called the Brokeback Mountains in Wyoming." Hearing Michelle... Hathaway's first sentence, Evan Bell frowned and was stunned, "Brokeback Mountains?" Repeating the term, Michelle Hathaway nodded, "Yes, Prox said, this is a real mountain in Wyoming."

"This story is called... Closed Farm,?" Evan Bell asked again.

"Yes, it is made up of eleven short stories. The story I am talking about is one of them. It is very short." Michelle Hathaway explained casually. Then he continued, "Actually, this story is very simple. It tells the story of two American western cowboys who have been entangled in their love for life and the joys and sorrows in their lives. Do you need me to tell the story in detail? Or do you like to watch it yourself?"

"Reading" is actually a very delicate thing. The same story, listening to others tell it quietly, the speed, rhythm, expression, and tone of others' speech will inevitably bring their own outlook on life and world; if you want to understand the story without being influenced by others, it is best to read it yourself. way. Michelle Hathaway obviously knows this truth, that's why she asks this question.

Evan Yibel smiled, "Since it's a short story, you can tell me. I also want to hear what it's like to read this story from your standpoint."

"Brokeback Mountain"... Why does this story need to be told by Michelle Hathaway, and how can Evan and Bell not know. Just one thing is enough to make countless Chinese remember this film: one of the prides of the Chinese film industry, director Ang Lee, brought back the first Oscar in history for China with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". After the foreign language film Golden Man, he won the first Best Director Golden Man in Chinese history with this film. What's more, "Brokeback Mountain" also lost to "Crash" back then, regretting missing the Best Picture Award... It also caused a discussion among the factory.

"Crash"? Isn't this the movie that Studio Eleven is planning to release this year... It's a coincidence.

Historically, "Crash" was indeed released in 2004... But at that time, due to the negligence of the distribution company, the film was only released in Canada, not in the United States, and did not meet the Oscar selection criteria, so "Crash" missed 2005. The 77th Oscar held in March can only participate in the selection of the 78th Oscar in 2006 after the release in 2005, and finally formed a head-to-head confrontation with "Brokeback Mountain".

However, this time, because of the addition of Evan Bell, "Crash" was also released in ~~~, and the distribution company Fox Searchlight naturally premiered the film in the United States. Therefore, "Crash" will not miss the 77th Oscars... Well, history has changed, and the outcome is unpredictable. Before that, whether it is the commercialization of digital music, or "American Idol" Worth mentioning... In fact, they are still in line with the historical development trajectory, including the establishment of "Facebook" by Mark Leikerberg. Now, the small probability time of "the negligence of the crash distributor caused it to fail to be released in the United States..." has been changed... Then the seventy-seventh Oscar, or even the seventy-eighth Oscar, as Evan Bell originally knew And how much the awards ceremonies in the future will deviate from the track of the facts he knew in his previous life...it becomes unknown.

This is the first time, the first time that Bell, the dog, has truly felt the existence of the so-called "butterfly effect"!

Going back to "Brokeback Mountain Xiaolai, Belle the dog never imagined that after "Mysterious Skin", Michelle... Hathaway found herself and actually brought over the adaptation rights of "Brokeback Mountain". Moreover, Michelle Hathaway not only hopes Eleven Studios will invest in this script, but also hopes to be a screenwriter, actor, and even a director. This huge challenge immediately made Evan Bell's blood boil!

However, as a "director", Evan Bell did not have many ideas, not because he was not confident enough in himself, but because his qualifications were indeed too shallow. "Brokeback Mountain" shot by the previous generation Ang Lee can be called a masterpiece, whether it is the picture, editing, or the subtlety that is unique to the Orientals in the plot, including Ang Ang's personal style. It can be said that Ang Lee made the movie "Brokeback Mountain". Evan Bell is just a newcomer who has directed two movies. He does not think that he has such a profound background and can reach the height of Ang Lee. This is a fact.

Evan...Bell is confident, but not arrogant. Even if it is to adapt the script of "Brokeback Mountain", Evan Bell is not fully sure, because he does not have a deep understanding of the history of Western cowboys, and he only knows the skin of the pressure of being in a relationship. Under such circumstances, How was he able to write the essence of this... story? So, if you want to adapt the story of "Brokeback Mountain", Evan Bell has a lot of preparations to do.

When it comes to appearing in "Brokeback Mountain", this is definitely not inferior to the challenge of Captain Jack Sparrow...because no matter which role you play...you need to be restrained but not explosive, delicate but not lose control. . This should become another experience for Evan Bell to challenge his own limits after the "adaptation of the script". Just thinking about it makes my blood boil.

Challenges can make people lose their courage, but they can also make people motivated.

The story of "Brokeback Mountain" takes place in western Wyoming in the 1960s. This is an open and barren land, and the wind and sand are all over the sky. This and the broadness have created the myth of the western cowboy, and it has also formed a closed and self-sufficient small circle. To survive here, you must be forbidden and guarded.

Young cowboys Jack Drizzt and Ennis Del Mar met by working together as rancher Joe-Aguirre. Jack is more talkative and has excellent riding skills. Ennis lost his parents when he was a child, and he is introverted and reticent. The inaccessible Brokeback Mountain stretches out, and the work of herding sheep in the alpine pasture is monotonous and arduous. There is a possibility of being attacked by wild animals at any time. Someone has to guard the sheep and sleep with the sheep. At first, one of the two...hered the sheep, and the other watched the camp, and there was little communication. Knowing that one day, the two of them drank too much at dinner, and it was extremely cold in the middle of the night, so Jack and Ennis were slept together in a tent. what should happen". The emptiness and loneliness made the two nineteen-year-olds fall in love with each other, and the pure and true love between them accompanied them to spend the best summer time in their lives.

After the season xìng grazing work ended, under the pressure of the world, Jack and Ennis reluctantly embarked on their own life journeys. Jack became a rodeo cowboy in Texas with his superb riding skills. With support, his career is prosperous; Ennis, who stayed on the ranch, married Alma, whom he had known since childhood, and lived an ordinary and miserable life for his daughter who was waiting to be fed every day.

Four years later, Jack, who passed by Wyoming because of an unexpected accident, met Ennis again. The two...they embraced wěn affectionately, and the passage of time did not dilute the emotions in their hearts. For the next dozen years, Jack and Ennis were regular fishing dates. The marriage on the surface made Alma's heart miserable. She knew the real reason why her husband disappeared every year in Brokeback Mountain to fish with his old friend Jack, while Jack and Ennis also experienced huge prejudice and worldly pressure caused by their love affair.

Eventually, Jack's **** identity is discovered and murdered by the brutal cowboy. The two couldn't stay together in the end.

It can be said that the story of "Brokeback Mountain" is very depressing, especially in the 1960s, people didn't even know what words to use to describe the era of "same love", plus Xiaoshi Omingzhou's time. The special circumstances brought this bitter love to a bleak end. The four corners in the movie are all very challenging. It can be said that all of them require superb acting skills and careful carving. This is definitely the biggest challenge that Evan Bell has encountered after "adapting the script". Compared with Jack Even better for Captain Sparrow.

"Broken back..." was called "hot potato" by Michelle Hathaway for no reason, not only because of the sensitive subject matter of homosexuality, but also because it involves people's homophobia, including under the pressure of the world This vulnerable person talks about the stress of life. No director is willing to accept the thankless job, no actor is willing to play a role that will be rejected by the mainstream media, no distributor is willing to accept the film at the risk of losing money, and no producer is even willing to take part in this work. Spend energy.

But Evan Bell is different. He has always been used to being free and loose He doesn't care what the "mainstream media" thinks, and he won't worry about being scolded by all the audience because of this movie. For a rebellious Ehuo Bell, the only thing he cares about is whether the script is worth it, whether the character is worth it. No wonder Michelle Hathaway found Evan Bell.

Michelle Hathaway was born in the 1970s. She did not experience the terrifying wave of resistance and homosexuality in the 1960s and 1970s. It is absolutely unheard of for someone to torture a homosexual for five days to death. But even so, when Michelle Hathaway came out, she still faced enormous pressure from society, even from her family. He was fortunate to have the support of his family, and in order to support him, the Hathaways even broke away from Catholicism. But for Michelle Hathaway, the mental journey and emotional experience of Jack and Ennis in "Brokeback Mountain" are all empathetic. Even in the 21st century, homosexuality still has no place in mainstream society. Too much has changed.

Evan Bell understands why Michelle Hathaway is so emotionally invested in this novel that he even went to Wyoming desperately for it, just to impress the original author of the novel, Anne Prox. Even though he knew that this was a hot potato and a huge challenge, he still found Evan... Bell, just hoping to catch this life-saving straw.

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