#AnnieProulx

[andreabadgley]

Time for a winter favorite. “But the idea of the north was taking him. He needed something to brace against.” #annieproulx #theshippingnews #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CKm4tdYpvef/?igshid=sksnc0m2ws4b

[maggieavatartitan]

Annie Proulx short collection of stories, Close Range.

The Bunchgrass Edge of the World.

𝒪𝓉𝓉𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒

Video inspo.

A run-down, abandoned tractor starts talking to Ottaline Touhey, a lonely Wyoming rancher’s daughter. She has started to fix it up when she meets and marries the cattle buyer’s son, and her father, landing a small plane in his field, catches the plane’s wheel on the tractor’s iron frame and is killed. The ranch was started by Ottaline’s grandfather, old Red, who raised first sheep then cattle. When his youngest child, Aladdin, came back from Vietnam, where he flew defoliating planes, he married Wauneta Hipsag and took over the ranch. Their younger daughter and son move to Las Vegas, and Ottaline, with reddish-pink hair, crystal-crack blue eyes, and the physique of a propane tank, helps her father on the ranch. When the work slacks off, there’s nothing to do but stare at the hard landscape and listen to cell-phone conversations on the scanner. Ottaline is walking around the defunct gravel quarry where her father drags worn-out equipment when she hears a hoarse, whispered voice coming from the John Deere 4030: “Sweetheart, lady-girl.”She suspects she is crazy, then that someone is making fun of her, but returns to the quarry several times. The tractor complains about its condition, and the way it’s been treated. Ottaline’s father, the tractor said, had once poured warm beer in its master-brake-cylinder reservoir, ruining it. “If your daddy was a get up here today I would hurt him for what he done a my brake system.” It says that people often fall in love with tractors. Ottaline tells her father that she wants to fix up the John Deere, but before they can dismantle the motor, Aladdin gets sick. He asks Ottaline to meet the cattle buyer in his place. After Ottaline has shown him the cattle and Flyby has offered a fair price, he says, “You are a knowledgeable girl, and a damn good-lookin one, though upholstered. Care for a beer?” Ottaline and Flyby marry, and move into the ranch house. Aladdin is landing his 1948 Aeronca Sedan in his pasture when the left wheel catches the iron frame of the abandoned tractor and the plane crashes, breaking Aladdin’s neck. Old Red, watching from the porch, knows everything that will happen next: They’d plant Aladdin. Ottaline and her husband would run the ranch. Wauneta would pack her suitcase and steer for the slot machines. He intended to move out of the pantry and back upstairs. The main thing in life was staying power. That was it: stand around long enough you’d get to sit down.

[reflections-in-t]

. . 映画の原作本を読んだことはほとんどない。 . 映像化されたものと原作本は別の表現物だと捉えているから。 . けれども例外はあって、アニー・プルーの「ブロークバック・マウンテン」とテッド・チャンの「メッセージ/Arrival」は読んだ。 . なので正確には、意志的に映画を観はじめた中学生の頃からいままでに観た数千本のうちの2本だけは読んだことになる。 . そこに今回、三冊目が加わった。 . トーマス・サヴェージの『パワー・オブ・ザ・ドッグ』だ。 . 人物造形、心理描写、割愛された細かなエピソードの数々、不安と静かなる狂気、そしてサイコスリラー的な側面まで、重層的なレイヤーで形作られたこの傑作の深奥に近づきより咀嚼し味わいたい、という思いから手にとった。 . まだ読みはじめたばかりだけれど文学としてもとても質が高く、その思いは次々と満たされつつある。 . . #ThePowerOfTheDog #パワーオブザドッグ #ThomasSavage #トーマスサヴェージ #波多野理彩子訳 #角川文庫 #BrokebackMountain #ブロークバックマウンテン #AnnieProulx #集英社文庫 #Arrival #メッセージ #StoryofYourLife #あなたの人生の物語 #TedChiang #テッドチャン #早川書房 #電子書籍版 . . https://www.instagram.com/p/CYQUT_OFX0m/?utm_medium=tumblr

[netflixcenter]

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[little-leporello]

Nie czytałam wcześniej „Kronik portowych” i nie oglądałam filmu. I teraz, kiedy deszcz tłucze o szyby i światlo lampki drży w przedwieczornej burzy, zanurzam się po raz pierwszy w tę fascynującą, butną, mroczną i pełną nadziei opowieść. Literacka przygoda! Tyle szczegółów, smaków, informacji, barwne ludzkie portrety. I język, specyficzny, mnóstwo równoważników zdań, myśl urywa się i zawisa na chwilę w powietrzu, jakby chciała nasycić się własnym brzmienien nim zastąpi ją nowa. @wydawnictwo_poznanskie #annieproulx #książki #okładka #bookcover #books #literatura #coczytam #czytambolubie #czytam #blogksiążkowy #bookstagram #bookblogger #morze #shippingnews

[describenda]

Non so quanta gente conosco a cui si addice la stessa descrizione. . . #avvisoainaviganti #annieproulx #proulx #libro #libri #libridaleggere #citazione #diavolo #disagio #leggere #lettura https://www.instagram.com/p/CBs5b1ADvWD/?igshid=l4o9a3oz0sax

[thegirlwithabookblog]

'There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it.' I would like to thank my university for letting me read this, I'm still crying. What a masterpiece. #annieproulx #closerangebrokebackmountainandotherstories 📖🤠🏳️‍🌈❤ (presso Finchley Road) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btai4HlAz-2hH0Jkjfr8_-6P5wUk4-ElS1jENg0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kxzodf5bfmma

[notanotherdisneyprincess]

#GutunZuria #autograph #AlbertoManguel #AnnieProulx (en Azkuna Zentroa)

[cmapfilm]

This week on "Building fly rods with Books." #books #annieproulx #flyrods #flyfishing (at Chimney Swift Farms)

[yes-svetlana-world]

Comparative analysis of Brokeback Mountain and Call Me By Your Name, by D. A. Miller. Preface by Franco Moretti, our friend at the Crema Pro Loco. #HeathLedger #JakeGyllenhaal #AnnieProulx #brokebackmountain

@RealChalamet

@armiehammer

@aaciman

#cmbyn

by Tom Pe

@AlwaysWouldBe

[adamwatchesmovies]

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

If you only know Brokeback Mountain as "that gay cowboy movie", you have no idea. This is one of the most genuine and complex love stories of recent memory. It just happens to star two men.

In 1963, cowboys Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) are hired to herd sheep for the summer near the titular Brokeback Mountain. After several weeks of bonding, they shed their inhibitions and begin a love affair. Their relationship will last for years but always remains hobbled by their feelings and society's expectations.

Whoever you are, whichever way you swing, you'll connect with the emotions of this story. In particular, men - who generally have more difficulty opening their hearts - will benefit a great deal from the frank discussions about the importance of being honest about emotions. Though they are clearly in love, Ennis and Jack never really get to fulfill their emotional needs, and never completely allow themselves to express their love for each other because of the (at the time) taboo nature of their relationship. They are so intimate with each other but leave so much unsaid. You can sense a hint of sadness in each of their interactions because they never reach that final stage in their relationship where you get comfortable enough with your partner to open up completely and feel like you can tell them anything.

The picture is filled with three-dimensional characters. Every time you think you’ve got something figured out and are ready to brand them as a hero or villain, you learn something new and are forced to reconsider. You know this movie is going to make you shed tears, that things are not going to go swimmingly. You figure it's the period that will be to blame. Things are much more complicated. Jack and Ennis can’t be together because it will take the United States over fifty years to allow gay marriages in all of its states. Mostly, they are held back by the other relationships they form. The tragedy eventually extends to their wives: Alma (Michelle Williams) and Lureen (Anne Hathaway). The women are in relationships with men who will never fully commit to them and kept wondering what is wrong with their relationships. These people forever yearn for more, must hide who they really are, or both.

It’s a great-looking film with breathtaking shots of the Canadian Rockies (which fill in just fine for Wyoming), superbly directed by Ang Lee. The script is tight, the story moving. Everything about it feels genuine. The performances are universally flawless, and in a way you're not used to seeing. Many of the characters are reserved or forever caught in the swirling mists of their own emotions. They don't get big scenes where they scream and let the whole world know they're getting ready for the big award. They're simply delivering their dialogue and bringing their characters to life in the most realistic way possible.

You would have to be the most stone-hearted, cynical, scaly human being not to be affected by the story. Not turned on by two men undressing each other? I'm not either but there's a difference between romance and pornography. What makes Brokeback Mountain relatable is that you're watching real human beings who have a connection. There are hardly any passionate scenes between Jack and Ennis. Like in real life, the way you know they're in love is through the dialogue, but even more by body language and glances that could easily be missed. The absence of the "big scenes" reinforces the drama, the tragedy.

If you heard that Brokeback Mountain is great but haven't gotten around to it, there's no better time than right now. It’s poignant storytelling that will help you realize what you want and need. The whole thing can be seen as a cautionary tale of how damaging unfulfilled love can be to someone - regardless of what kind of relationship they are in, or what their preference might be. Seeing all of these missed opportunities made me reflect on my behavior profoundly. On the off-chance it doesn't affect you this way, there's still loads here for you to enjoy, from the cinematography to the performances and the direction. I sat down to watch Brokeback Mountain merely so I could check it off my list. I wound up falling in love. (Full-screen version on DVD, July 25, 2015)

[quintessenceofwords-blog]

Writing Tip Day 262👇👇 "You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write." --Annie Proulx . . . . . . . . . #writingtipday262 #writingadvice #writingtools #writingtip  #writinglessons #novelist  #novelhelp #writingnovels #writingstories #yaauther #annieproulx #readtowrite #writerlife #quotes #inspirationalquotes  #writersofinstagram #writersofig  #amwriting #amediting #authorlife #indieauthors  #nanowrimo #ilovewriting  #writerscorner #writersofinsta #writerscommunity #poetry #yalit #yabooks #poetofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn8dV5GhqN5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pb5hpaeaijs4

[kollkertavy-blog]

"Writing comes from reading and reading is the finest teacher of how to write" - 

[mukaokrika]

Morning hike through Melbourne Botanic gardens - one highlight was finally seeing a Kauri Tree from Annie Proulx's novel. Also recognising plants from my homes in #Enugu and #losangeles made me a little homesick for both continents #monochromebirdseverywhere #kauritree #barkskins #annieproulx #botanicgardens #botanicalgardens (at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria)

[allieymichelleposts]

#TipTuesday wisdom courtesy of Annie Proulx. • #AnnieProulx #tipsforwriters #writingtips #amwriting #writenow #writing #writer #writers #writerslife #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #writersofinsta #writersofig #screenplay #screenwriter #screenwriters #screenwriting #screenwritersofinstagram #screenwriterslife #film #filmmaking #qotd #progressnotperfection #passion #becreative #dreambig #aimhigh #workhard

[clemble]

When you live a long way out you make your own fun.

Annie Proulx, Close Range