The Umpteenth Time

Rating: 10/10 (1 October 2007)

I'm sitting here at half-past five in the morning-darkness of the arctic circle in mid-winter; the only light coming from the television set and a shaded lamp. I'm watching: yes you've got it right. 'Brokeback Mountain' for the umpteenth time. I don't think that any other film has had such an influence on me before. When I saw it for the first time on the silver screen I was slightly confused as what to think of it. If anything I was sort of numb but in a good way, and very,very,happy,and at the same time very sad because of the ending. The film was like a dream come true except for Jake's tragic death. And why kill one of the protagonists? Is that what gay life is all about, not existing anywhere in real life, but just a nice idea? I wonder. However, thank you all for a great film.