ベネチア映画祭金獅子賞、ゲイのカウボーイが主人公のアン・リー作品

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第62回ベネチア国際映画祭は10日、コンペティション部門の最高賞である金獅子賞に、台湾出身のアン・リー監督が同性愛を扱った「ブロークバック・マウンテン」を選び、幕を閉じた。
　この革新的な作品は、E・アニー・プルーの同名短編小説に基づくもので、ヒース・レジャーとジェイク・ギレンホールが主演。

リー監督には「ハルク」（2003年）「グリーン・デスティニー」（2000年、アカデミー外国語映画賞）「いつか晴れた日に」（1995年、ゴールデングローブ作品賞）などがある。

Brokeback Mountain (imdb)

Ang Lee takes Venice Golden Lion [BBC NEWS]

The film is adapted from a story by E Annie Proulx and stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger as love-struck cowboys who have a 20-year affair.

Lee beat off competition from 18 other films, such as George Clooney's favoured Good Night and Good Luck.

Lee, maker of Oscar-winner Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon has won a global reputation as an eclectic film-maker.

The Taiwanese director's other films include the comic book blockbuster The Hulk, released last year, and Sense and Sensibility, an adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel.

Gay cowboy film rides into Venice [BBC NEWS]

"With Ang as director, I knew the theme of sexuality would be secondary to the primary theme of love," said co-star Gyllenhaal.

In Brokeback Mountain the actors play ranch-hands in '60s Wyoming
"To me that's what is lacking in most love stories I've seen," he said, adding that Brokeback Mountain confronts "a real idea of love, not just a cliché".

The actors share on-screen sex scenes that are depicted with a refreshing frankness - though it has been suggested some of their more explicit moments did not make it into the final cut.

At Thursday's press conference Lee paid tribute to Proulx's "epic short story - a story that moved all of us".

"The difficulties of their circumstances make it more romantic," he said.