Brokeback Mountain
Forbidden ranchers' love
Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 film depicting a romantic relationship between two cowboys, adapted from Annie Proulx's short story.
The title has become shorthand for hidden or repressed homosexuality, particularly among outwardly masculine men: Their friendship had a Brokeback Mountain vibe.
The phrase I can't quit you entered the lexicon as both sincere declaration and ironic reference to persistent attachment.
- ranchLivestock-raising estate
- loveIntense fond attachment
- novellaShort fictional book
- filmMovie or coating
- homophobiaPrejudice against same-sex attraction
Jake Gyllenhaal · Wyoming · American West · directing · adaptation · short story · Carol · taboo · queer · cowboys · sheep herding · isolation · forbidden love · secret affair · tragedy · representation · romance · acceptance
- controversial filmsA Clockwork Orange, Caligula, Deep Throat, Natural Born Killers, Basic Instinct
- Focus Features FilmsDallas Buyers Club, Darkest Hour, Belfast, Coraline, Harriet
- tragic romanceRomeo and Juliet, Tristan and Isolde, Wuthering Heights, doomed lovers, star-crossed
- Neo-WesternsUnforgiven, Django Unchained, Deadwood, Yellowstone, Justified
- blockbustersAvengers, Harry Potter, Finding Nemo, The Dark Knight, Spider-Man
- Rural Fictionfrontier stories, Thomas Hardy, John Steinbeck, Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Good Earth
Brokeback MountainThe Notebook
Elderly love remembered
faith-based films · Sleepless in Seattle · Pretty Woman · fairy tale romance · Titanic
Brokeback MountainThe Searchers
Unforgiven · Shane · Lone Ranger · Bonanza · Gunsmoke
Brokeback Mountainromantic comedy
Humorous love story genre
romantic comedies · happy ending · La La Land · Blazing Saddles · Crazy Rich Asians
broke, backed, backing, backer, backside, backbone, breakage, breaking, breaker