NPR: What 'Brokeback Mountain' got right (and wrong) 20 years ago
Directed by Ang Lee and released in 2005, "Brokeback Mountain" is a cinematic masterpiece that tells the story of two cowboys, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), who fall in love in rural Wyoming in the summer of 1963. The film, based on the short story by Annie Proulx, is a powerful exploration of love, identity, and the societal constraints that can suffocate the human spirit. brokebackmountain2005 free
: Discusses the film's transition from a "modern" breakthrough to an object of nostalgia. Vanity Fair NPR: What 'Brokeback Mountain' got right (and wrong)