Brokeback Mountain
(2005)
Directed by Ang Lee
this film based on the short story of the same name stars Heath
Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway. In 1963
two cowboys working an isolated mountain in Wyoming fall in love.
The most unusual part
about this film is not that it features a same sex romance but that
Hollywood actually manages to tell a romance subtly and with nuance.
There is really a lot to enjoy about this film especially how the
bigotry that keeps the characters apart is always there but is rarely
shown allowing the story to focus on the characters much more
closely. As you would want from any western the scenery provides a
stunning back drop for the story and it is excellently shot by Ang
Lee.
5/5
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