The film Brokeback Mountain, a love story about two gay cowboys, will be shown in Cayman next month, said Douglas Graham, owner of the company that manages the Marquee Cinema.
Mr. Graham said the decision to show Brokeback Mounting in Cayman was made after he viewed the film.
‘I never come to a judgement until I have seen the picture,’ he said. ‘Now I have seen the picture.’
Brokeback Mountain is the favourite to win several Oscars at the American Academy Award ceremonies next month. The film has already won four Golden Globe awards and was also the big winner at the British Film Academy awards ceremony held this week.
‘It’s an excellent film,’ said Mr. Graham. ‘The acting is superb. The photography is superb.’
Mr. Graham also said Brokeback Mountain was a very strong story.
‘Film is art and art is life,’ he said. ‘It’s a very delicate treatment of the subject. It’s not crude in any way.’
The film opened at two cinemas in Jamaica Wednesday after it was approved, uncut, by that country’s cinematographic authority.
However, the film has been banned in China and the United Arab Emirates.
Although there was some opposition by religious organisations in Jamaica, Mr. Graham said the film opened there with no problems.
Mr. Graham said Cayman audiences could be seeing the film within two weeks.
‘We have a rough date in mind, right after the [Academy] awards. We’re thinking 8 March,’ he said, noting the Academy Awards ceremony is on 5 March.’
Cayman’s own Cinematographic Authority will not rule on the film.
Although the Cinematographic Law was passed in 1995 and the Government website lists the board members of the Authority, Cabinet Minister Arden McLean said the board had not been reconstituted this year.
Mr. McLean said changes to law are being drafted and will be presented to the Legislative Assembly in May.
One proposed change to the law would alter the members of the Cinematographic Authority board. In the past, the board has been made up of members of the Legislative Assembly along with the government ministry staff.
‘I don’t think members of the Legislative Assembly should be on the board,’ Mr. McLean said. ‘It should be made up of members of the community.’
Mr. McLean said members would include those who knew of the moral needs of the society. He also said representatives form the arts would be included.
Pastor Garrett Haylock of the Church of God at West Bay, who was very outspoken in his opposition of the recent visit here by a self-promoted gay cruise, said he had not heard anything about Brokeback Mountain and it was therefore difficult for him comment on something he knew nothing about.
‘But anything that promotes homosexuality in any way, I’m against it,’ he said. ‘I’ve seen so much deterioration already. I know how quickly these things take over.’
Related Videos
