Literature is a single-track medium, relying on "uncorrected" images, that is, many specific details are provided by the drive. On the other hand, film is a five-track medium of fixed, specific images and sounds. Invariably, this fixed experience does not exactly reflect that evoked by the literary source. Therefore, we cannot consider an adaptation as a literal transposition, but rather should consider it as a kind of translation. Yet even a simple "translation" of "the short story of Brokeback Mountain" would not produce the expanded Brokeback Mountain. as any adaptation of a short story into a feature film will require additional material to bring it up to the required length (Novels into Film 1957). We can truly say that adapted works are less “original” than their source. He points out that many revered and respected works by authors such as Shakespeare, Copula, Kubrick, and Disney are based on earlier materials, while remaining distinctly their own unique works. Additionally, works in all media build on the collective agreements established by their previous works. Bluestone points out that we rarely adapt just one text at a time and that even source texts are themselves intertexts. This intertextuality in Brokeback Mountain is most evident when considering Western cinematic elements. The challenge of adapting the short story to the feature film (What is the challenge of adapting the short story to the film?) The element of change most likely to hit the The reader of the short story while watching the film expands, Brokeback Mountain is a complete feature film adaptation of Annie Proulx's story. Its story encapsulates much of the life and relationships of ...... middle of paper ...... Director Ang Lee is a romantic, and his realizations of the high country where cowboys herd sheep and fall lovers a transformative effect on the story. It makes you believe that maybe these rough and tumble guys could achieve passion and tenderness in these breathtaking locations. -movie-brokeback-mountain-a130981Film adaptation, Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_adaptationRalph Roughton, Psychology of Self Online, the importance of Brokeback Mountainhttp://www.psychologyoftheself.com/newsletter/2007/ roughton.htmSuite101. From book to film - Brokeback Mountain (Adaptation of Annie Proulx's short story to screenplay)http://www.suite101.com/content/book-to-movie-brokeback-mountain-a130981