Superb but Misunderstood Film

Rating: 10/10 (8 March 2006)

A great film, but one that is typically mislabeled as being about closeted homosexuals. It would be more accurate to say the two male characters are bisexuals in terms of their sexual orientation. But what is most significant is that after a while they lose interest in labels altogether and perhaps we would all be better off if we did the same because such labels can prevent people from responding naturally to unexpected and anomalous but ultimately rewarding encounters with our fellow humans. Some, but not all, people might recognize that they could be attracted to at least one member of a gender that they could not imagine was possible having any desire for. I have a fuller discussion of the above themes at www.differentdrummer.typepad.com and the post "Brokeback Mountain and Sexual Orientation."