Love for Rent
For Valentine's Day, our staff offers some of their favorite romantic moments from films (and one game)
Fri., Feb. 13, 2015
Tenderness on the Rock: Brokeback Mountain (2005)
It's the last time cowboys Ennis (Heath Ledger) and Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal) rendezvous on Brokeback Mountain, the idyllic piece of Wyoming rock where they fell in love 20 years ago. After confronting the futility of their secret relationship ("I wish I knew how to quit you."), Jack comforts an anguished Ennis, crumpled on the ground sobbing. Suddenly, a flashback to their first summer there: Ennis standing behind a sleepy Jack, his arm extended across Jack's chest, his face nuzzled in his neck humming a lullaby before heading up the mountain for the night. When have you ever seen such a tender moment between two men as this? – Steve Davis
