Re: Q: The Meaning of "Brokeback"
- From: trio@xxxxxxxxxx (Donna Richoux)
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:35:32 +0100
qquito <qquito@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Recently, the newly released movie, "Brokeback Mountain" , is a hot
> topic.
>
> I am wondering the meaning of the word "brokeback". It is just a
> meaningless name of a place? Or is it derived from the verb "break" and
> "back" (the behind of the human torso) implying some difficult
> situation, such as the mountain being difficult to climb? If the
> latter, why not "Breaking-Back Mountain", or "Back-Breaking Mountain"?
> Why the past of "break" ?
The writer Annie Proulx, on whose short story the film is based, said in
an interview:
[Is it a real place? How did you find the name?]
AP: Brokeback is not a real place. There is, on a
map I once saw, a Break Back Mountain in Wyoming
which I have never seen, but the name worked on
several levels and replaced half a dozen more
pedestrian names I had been trying out.
--
Best -- Donna Richoux
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