For the plot refer to Wikipedia ( plot ), where the card is very detailed and you can also read a lot of curiosity about the movie itself.
Heath Ledger (in the film, Ennis Del Mar) and Jake Gyllenhaal (Jack Twist) play so amazing the two protagonists. I think playing the part of two homosexuals, given the taboo that there are (unfortunately) in this regard is one of the hardest things for an actor. And I always thought that two men is even more difficult for two women, since they also come into play in the dynamics of manly pride. Still, Ledger and Gyllenhall have succeeded in this, but not all: they did it so sublime. They manage to be convincing, real, and are able to convey emotions as only celluloid can do. The gestures, the looks of the two actors express an infinite sweetness, which involves the viewer.
There are many scenes that I liked in this movie and I'm not going to list them all here (otherwise I end up telling the whole movie scene by scene). Therefore, I will note only a few.
Ang Lee knows how much we do with the camera. Among the most beautiful shots, as well as those of the endless landscapes of Wyoming, there is neither significant: close-up view of Gyllenhall and the background slightly blurred, you see a naked Ledger while the lava river. It 's a scene that expresses a premonition of what will happen next: Jack has the look down, not once, but manages to convey, with the only gesture of the face, what's on your mind, the desire to turn around, to offset the Ennis, so quiet and introverted. This desire is revealed in all the looks to launch Jack and Ennis in his attempts to talk.
Among the scenes that I loved the most, there is certainly one in which, while they sleep together in tents because of the cold outside of this, Jack takes his arm and lies down to Ennis hand, holding it tightly. A few seconds and Ennis sits up abruptly, followed by Jack, who takes his head in his hands and approached him to brush his lips. It 'amazing how Ennis fights against itself: on the one hand we see that would let go, but the other can not conceive what is happening, the victim himself of the taboos and conservative rural Wyoming 60s . While they are so close, Jack begins to unbutton shirt. "What are you doing?" Ennis says in a whisper and in a way that its whole internal conflict (in this was very good Italian dubber of the Ledger, Alessio eyelashes). Then the passion explodes.
when their employment ends together on Brokeback, the two return to their lives, greeting. Jack goes away in the car, looking from the mirror the figure of Ennis being smaller, with a look that is nostalgic touch. Ennis goes away on foot, it seems that he does not weigh the separation, as long as you hide in an alley and wept bitter tears.
The two lead their lives in the next four years, until they meet again with Jack and Ennis resumes contact with via a postcard. Until that moment it seemed that Jack only suffered from the lack of their adventure. But Ennis's reply to the request to meet again ("You bet" [in English makes it better], short, concise, simple), suggests that maybe he has not forgotten. In fact, Ennis is planted all day in front of the window and wait for Jack. When he arrives, he rushes to embrace him in the house. And here comes another scene that I liked a lot. The two embrace like old friends, and much more. Then, Ennis looks around a moment, Jack takes his shirt and took him round a corner, where it bumps into the wall to kiss him passionately. I liked this scene because it expresses all the love the two feel for each other: one on Brokeback was not just physical adventure, but a passion that has touched the strings of their hearts, making them vibrate like their respective wives were unable to do.
And finally, another memorable scene, the flashback is that towards the end of the film. The two, after twenty years now since their first meeting, to review one of their meetings in secret. Back end to talk of their history: Jack does not want to continue doing this, would leave his wife and dedicate themselves completely to Ennis. But the latter can not do it, does not have the strength to face such a challenge (I always remember that you are in rural America of the 80s). The two greet each other, promising to meet again in November. Jack Ennis looks away in the car and in her eyes full of melancholy also captures the foreboding that will be the last time the two will be seen. Do not know, but what is goodbye. And while Jack is there to watch her love go away, he remembered what he misses most by a flashback to 20 years before, on Brokeback Mountain, there was a time when Ennis hugged from behind Jack.
The gesture expresses a sweetness and an infinite tenderness, that are transmitted to the viewer, that they almost feel the warmth of that embrace, the strength of the affection that this expresses. This is the most beautiful scene in my opinion.
And beyond the story, beautiful in itself, I really liked this film also sends the message that, for the inspiration that gives ideas on how to current thinking. Unfortunately we are still far from accepting homosexuality. In some parts of the world has come to allow gay marriage. It 'a triumph for the gay community, but unfortunately we are still far total acceptance. In the film, Ennis's wife, who discovered the relationship of the now ex-husband, Jack sets a "diversion." It was the 60s and 70s. But those who still think so, after 40 years?
This movie in my opinion should give pause to many people and should help in this regard closed to open their minds. Who said that two men (or two women) can not love (and do not talk about sex, but a deeper feeling) with the same intensity, or even more, two heterosexuals? How can you label the love? How love can be divided between right and wrong? Love, I think, is simply love. Quoting Nietzsche, "love is beyond good and evil," and no one should allow to assess the amorlo.
Love is a force of nature.
