Brokeback Mountain (2005)

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Wikidata Q160618, film, IMDb tt0388795, TMDB 142: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the best known by that title (85 Wikipedias; the next, 0); 1 more episode agrees.

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Came from

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Led to

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Connected to

The Ice Storm: 3 lines craft ×1 theme ×1 programming ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Ice Storm → Brokeback Mountain. Simmons says the two films share a vibe: sparse dialogue and the way Lee advances story and sets scenery.
    “They have no relation to each other at all.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:35:35 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Ang Lee: 2 lines craft ×1 career ×1

  1. craft (craft): Ang Lee → Brokeback Mountain. Lee is a master of teleporting into new worlds; Brokeback is the other proof.
    “Brokeback Mountain, and, you know, many times over the years that he is a master of like teleporting into new worlds every time he makes a film.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:10:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Crash: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Brokeback Mountain → Crash. Brokeback Mountain should have won over Crash.
    “Brokeback Mountain over crash.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:41:10 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon → Brokeback Mountain. CTHD as the first of Lee's 'fuck mountain diptych' of transgressive sex movies, with Brokeback.
    “This is the 1st of Angley's fuck mountain diptych.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:46:30 · David Ehrlich (0.35 sure it was them)

Zodiac: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (overlapping shoot): Brokeback Mountain → Zodiac. Zodiac filmed through Gyllenhaal's Brokeback Mountain awards campaign.
    “This movie is filming during the broke back campaign season.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:58:33 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Ang Lee → Brokeback Mountain. Apex Mountain pick for Lee is Brokeback Mountain, not Ice Storm.
    “I think it's broke back.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:09 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Ang Lee → Brokeback Mountain. Lee is a master of teleporting into new worlds; Brokeback is the other proof.
    “Brokeback Mountain, and, you know, many times over the years that he is a master of like teleporting into new worlds every time he makes a film.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:10:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): The Ice Storm → Brokeback Mountain. Simmons says the two films share a vibe: sparse dialogue and the way Lee advances story and sets scenery.
    “They have no relation to each other at all.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:35:35 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon → Brokeback Mountain. CTHD as the first of Lee's 'fuck mountain diptych' of transgressive sex movies, with Brokeback.
    “This is the 1st of Angley's fuck mountain diptych.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:46:30 · David Ehrlich (0.35 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Brokeback Mountain → The Ice Storm. Simmons eyes Brokeback Mountain as a contender for Fucked Up Family February 2023.
    “Brokeback Mountain is definitely one of the contenders.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:25 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): The Ice Storm → Brokeback Mountain. The shared superpower is what is unsaid between characters; in both, characters feel lonely even with their partners.
    “This movie is all about what is unsaid between characters.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (overlapping shoot): Brokeback Mountain → Zodiac. Zodiac filmed through Gyllenhaal's Brokeback Mountain awards campaign.
    “This movie is filming during the broke back campaign season.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:58:33 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Brokeback Mountain → Crash. Brokeback Mountain should have won over Crash.
    “Brokeback Mountain over crash.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:41:10 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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