The stolen Brokeback kiss and 'If you have the voice you gotta use it'

Over the last few days, we've been talking about Bravo Brokeback, its quivering tents, its unusual angles and its glaring omissions - a big one of which was the Second Night's kiss, which was nowhere to be seen. Not surprisingly, this butchery was not greeted kindly. In fact, so many people complained that Bravo has released a statement, which, courtesy of After Elton, reads: 'This was an unfortunate mistake. While editing the film for cable broadcast, the kissing scene in question was removed. The scene will appear in all future airings of Brokeback Mountain on Bravo, as it should have been included in its cable premiere.'


A mistake! How does one accidentally remove such a kiss? I can only imagine that someone stole it. Hopefully, by the next time Bravo shows Brokeback Mountain, this most beautiful of kisses will be restored and it will be back where it belongs, in that tent on the side of Brokeback.


'I'm a masochist'

Hollywood has spoofed The Day After Tomorrow... With the headline 'Al Gore was right', Disaster Movie reaches theatres at the end of August. It tells the tale of the 'comic misadventures of a group of ridiculously attractive twenty-somethings during one fateful night as they try to make their way to safety while every known natural disaster and catastrophic event - asteroids, twisters, earthquakes, the works – hits the city and their path as they try to solve a series of mysteries to end the rampant destruction.' TDAT is not alone in being targeted - Iron Man, Indiana Jones, Juno, the Hulk, Deep Impact and Amy Winehouse are all victims of the onslaught. Be afraid, be very afraid....


But, it turns out, that Al Gore was involved in the promotion for the original disaster movie - The Day After Tomorrow - saying: “Millions of people will be coming out of movie theatres asking the question, ’Could this really happen?’.”' However, a 'Bush spokesman said: “People know what they’re watching is entertainment, and not grounded in basic scientific fact.”' The Scottish Daily Record, back in 2004, reported: 'The actor is pals with former US president Bill Clinton and his family after they met at the playground of the rich, Martha's Vineyard, when he was younger. A source said: 'They were blown away by the film's special effects. Bill called Jake to say how much he had enjoyed it.'


Jake Gyllenhaal looked instead at how making the film, and its issues, affected him as an actor and as a human being: 'If you have the voice you gotta use it, to a certain extent at which you don't fake it. And the environment is an important thing. It's the most bi-partisan political movement that you can join. You can walk up to anyone in the street and say, 'Do you think we're treating the environment well?' and most people will say no. Except most of our government leaders. But then, if you ask them, 'Do you recycle?' most of them will say no. I mean, I don't. I try to, but I don't all the time. Even after making the movie about it, I still keep f***ing up.'


As for filming a film with giant waves, CGI wolves and library lost clothing: ''It got pretty bad," he says, while insisting that he had a good time. "I'm a masochist. They smacked me in the face with a wave and I couldn't see anything in the pouring rain. We had special effects guys standing at the edge in front of a blue screen making waves in the water with huge pieces of wood. Those were the only waves I saw."'


The 'snow' itself was a nuisance: 'Falling snow was made of little bits of shredded paper that "gets in your nose, eyes and eyelashes," he [Jake] says. "It constantly takes going inside for a guy to wipe your face off, and outside again. They also put ice on your face, little rubber plastic crystals that you find in every crevice, like your eyes. Even weeks later you're taking them out of your ears and nose."'


'Fallen snow was ultra-absorbent diaper filling that expands with water. "It slips through your hands," says Gyllenhaal, "and it's impossible to walk on. You slip and fall over. It looks and feels like real snow, but when the FX guy blew it into Dennis's face in large amounts, he threw up.".. "I knew what I was getting myself into," insists Gyllenhaal. "I didn't know I would be bombarded with baby diaper filling."' I can understand that. I wonder how environmentally friendly baby diaper filling is.


Includes pictures from IHJ and links.