Here’s another Dargis riff (from the same column) that got to me, this time about why she likes Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain: “I’ve almost always liked Ledger, but I didn’t think he had anything going on as an actor until Monster’s Ball. But while he was amazing for the 10 seconds he was in that film, I wasn’t prepared for Brokeback, where he creates a world of pain with a tight mouth and a body so terribly self-contained it’s a wonder he can wrap his arms around another person. But here’s the thing — and this is the part that’s hard to explain √¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢√É‚Äû√ɬ¨- I don’t just admire the performance on the level of craft, I am also deeply moved by it, just as I am by the film.”
