In this episode, I talk about Ang Lee's 2005 film, "Brokeback Mountain." It's a grand love story about two cowboys--Ennis and Jack--who fall in love in 1960s Wyoming. Their romance spans decades but, because of homophobia, they're never able to fully be together. I consider this a modern classic and one of the greatest love stories of all time. I talk about how the film was made, why it moves me so deeply, and much more.

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Full Show Notes

• My episode on Kelly Reichardt's WENDY AND LUCY
• Casting By
• A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit
• Life Itself
• Douglas Sirk
• Far From Heaven
• Sweetgrass
• Leviathan
• Bovines
• Microcosmos
• Winged Migration
• The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
• My episode on James Ivory's MAURICE
• All That Heaven Allows
• Imitation of Life
• Raymond Carver

Sources

• "Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx (The New Yorker)
• Ang Lee: Interviews (edited by Karla Rae Fuller)
• The Cinema of Ang Lee: The Other Side of the Screen  by Whitney Crothers Dilley
• Roger Ebert's review
• 15 Things You May Not Know about Brokeback Mountain, 10 Years Later (People Magazine)
• Some Like Her Hot (GQ Magazine)
• Brokeback Mountain: 10 Years On (Out Magazine)
• Brokeback Mountain, 10 Years On (Huffington Post)
• Gus Van Sant Remembers His Plan for Brokeback Mountain (IndieWire)
• 10 Years After Brokeback, Jake Gyllenhaal Remembers Heath Ledger (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Brokeback Mountain DVD with extras
• Film Buffs Forecast: Heath Ledger on the Responsibility of an Actor