The way I experienced something like a relapse this year was actually seeing a different film, Undertow. Although not 'like' Brokeback Mountain it certainly appeals to some of the same feelings. We had a thread going for a while, but no one new has jumped on for quite a while and I am feeling a certain sadness that other people I think would really be moved by it, will probably never get around to seeing it. Or even if they do see it, it may not make the full impression because of the necessary distraction of the subtitles, and the fact that the script and director makes most points only once. Though I was impressed the first time, it was really the second time, at Paul's house, when certain things started to vibrate. Then the third time I finally started to notice the kinds of things Casey Cornelius put into his deservedly classic posts about Brokeback Mountain.
This is the languishing Bettermost thread:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,46298.0.htmlOne thing about the is that the wife's role (the character Mariela) is somewhat more sympathetic than Alma's - she does not get to the point of remarrying and hardening off. And it is wonderfully acted. On the Gay Cinema topic on the DC forum there is a real enthusiast for Undertow, JuliaCat, and she said she actually had corresponded with the actress, Tatiana Astengo. We had a little flurry around Undertow over there a few weeks back and some other people saw it and said they were really moved by it.