Brokeback Mountain

1 week ago | letterboxd.com | George Fenwick |Jack Moulton |Brokeback Mountain

In the closing moments of Brokeback Mountain, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) buries his face into the jacket of his deceased lover, Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), and with deep anguish takes in the scent. Director Ang Lee lingers on Ledger’s face as Gustavo Santaolalla’s score swirls around its most melancholic, haunting notes. The scene is beautiful, deeply upsetting, now iconic cinema, the kind of moment that has spawned countless think pieces and Letterboxd lists.