Painful truth and Understanding

Rating: 9/10 (21 January 2006)

I have read most of your comments and tend to agree with all the points made; the film is very profound and hits home on so many different levels. I attended the showing of the movie in a town not too far from NYC in which more than 99% of the audience was Straight ( Hetero-breeder) and I was blown away by their reaction! Aside from a lesbian couple and myself, there were no other Gay people there, so, I braced myself for the reaction thinking it would be negative--it was not !! The married men and women, of many different ages, were all crying their eyes out and clearly moved by what they just saw. Later, I overheard their comments--"wonderfully made" "very moving" and " heartbreaking' Clearly, the film had struck the right chord ! If the film does manage to illicit such compassion and understanding from a this crowd, it has done its job! It does not need to win awards or be singled out, it speaks for itself. Every aspect of the film works--the silences, the visuals, the performances, and the direction are all restrained, it was not preaching, just presenting to the audience the tale of these two cowboys and all those around them. The audience left the theater in tears of sadness, I left with tears of joy knowing how important the film had already become. I thank everyone involved in the film and encourage them to go forth and make similar films in the future which will enrich us all.