Brokeback Mountain

I saw that on wednes­day a cou­ple weeks ago now. I am not going to review it. I’m still think­ing about the film, I will prob­a­bly never review it though. I thought about not even blog­ging about it, but this record is as much for me as it is for any­one else. More for me than any­one else. Walk­ing out of the the­ater I was angry, like some­one hurt me. It wasn’t pleas­ant. I don’t really know what I was angry with, cer­tainly not the show. Prob­a­bly the uni­verse, it seemed real, and it seemed unfair and I didn’t like it.

For a day I thought it was about missed oppor­tu­ni­ties, actions you didn’t do because you were too afraid, of what peo­ple would say, or where they would lead. I think it was about that, but today I think more it’s about secrets. Peo­ple say it’s not a gay movie, I’m not sure if it’s even a movie about love. I think it’s about those sin­gu­lar events and joys in your life that you can never share with any­one. Not because they are wrong or bad, but because they wouldn’t under­stand. Your first kiss, but not with the woman you’re mar­ried to now. Your first love. A time when you were hon­est with your­self for the first time. And how those joys, how­ever beau­ti­ful, will die with you.

I don’t know if it is a good idea, or a healthy one, but that’s what I got out of it today anyway.

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