2006 Sunset Cinema Series – Brokeback Mountain (USA)

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Brokeback Mountain (USA, 2005)
Ang Lee’s drama is in the classic tradition of Hollywood romance: a thwarted romance which spans a lifetime. Here, it’s two men (played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal) whose hidden passion disrupts their lives and the lives of those around them.


Workshop Instructor: Daryl Chin
Workshop Coordinator: Antony Wong

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Daryl Chin, is Associate Editor of PAJ: A Journal of Performance & Art. He has contributed articles to M/E/A/N/I/N/G: An Anthology of Artists' Writings, Theory and Criticism (edited by Susan Bee and Mira Schor; Duke University Press, 2001), Asia in New York City: A Cultural Travel Guide (Asia Society & Avalon Travel Press, 2001), Tokens: The NYC Asian American Experience on Stage (edited by Alvin Eng; Asian American Writers Workshop & Temple University Press, 2001), among other anthologies. In a series of four lectures held at AAARI entitled “Asian American Cinema Workshop: The Moving Images of the Asian-American”, he examined some of the issues relating to the representation of Asian identity in American media. Currently, he is completing a monograph on the video artist Shigeko Kubota.