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Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2007)

It has been a year since I first saw Brokeback. I have not had the emotional courage to embrace it again before now. I knew straight away it was a masterpiece but was so devastated (how many movies do that to you?) that as good as it is I would allow some space, my head to clear, before a second viewing. And.. you guessed it.. I am as affected now as I was back then. The many postings before me have said all there is to say. I thought this time, knowing the narrative, I could distance myself from the drama and appreciate the great acting, screenplay, editing, indeed nearly everything about this production. But I can't stand back. It won't let me. And for me that is its greatest achievement. I want to visit you again Brokeback and I will, every now and then, but boy, you are a hard mountain to climb off!