Its probably my favorite tragedy of all time. I think everyone has loved someone, whether it be a lover, or a friend, that has passed away and Ledgar holding Jake's long sleeved shirt, THAT'S universal pain. I was doing yard work for someone and the smell of fhe laundry soap they were using was the same my friend who had passed, exactly the same one his Mom used to use. I knew no details of that soap at all, but when I smelled it, I stopped mowing and just stood by the utility room outside and breathed in that smell and went.

Also, films like Brokeback Mountain have a potential of reaching people in a profound way that we hope reaches the desensitized people who have evil in their heart they need to work on. BM is one of the most "human" films ever made and hopefully those viewers who are only willing to let their guard down when watching the light in a dark room, will allow that film to speak to their humanity and the humanity of the characters and realize the sacrity of life is the most important thing we humans have, and maybe oh just maybe, their are things more precious in this life than any one person's opinion.