Lee shocked by 'quiet' response to Brokeback

01/02/2006 - 09:07:18
Director Ang Lee is shocked by the silence from religious groups following the release of his gay cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain.

The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon film-maker is convinced religious protestors have kept their outrage quiet because they don't want to give the Oscar-nominated movie even more exposure.

He says: "I didn't know they would take a position of deliberate quietness, so that they wouldn't (inadvertently) promote the movie."