my first impression go in to see brokeback mountain when that one come out and be while how boringly common gay love seem to be . and i thought of it be boringly common in a cinematic sense . only rule break in that movie be to make it possible for a large audience to have empathy with it character without hide the gayness of them . it work . i salute that . and i still think that be the performance that earn ledger his oscar . but arakki do not stay within content when make his movie great ( when they be ) . his style be widely overlook by his controversial content . even though the two be match a should be in good art craft . let me just give you one example to look for . one scene and in the beginning of the movie and we see the character of luke and who be hustle another man and back at that man place . suddenly the john wife or girlfriend appear and the acting style change to that of badly make porn . but not only the style of act and also the cutting . the woman and luke never appear in the same frame and the shot of him react to her and could have be take week apart ( a common use in porn to make model appear in the same scene and although they be never on set ) . the woman be act so badly and that it can only be a parody of the clichés of porn too and since and arraki surely know how to get good actor and know how to direct them . lot of other good stuff could be comment on and but let me just get back to my pronounce it the best gay love story tell on screen while even think the character of luke can be see a only a projection of jon diagnosis a hiv positive ( his way of cop with it a scottie have to invent madelaine in vertigo face death ) . it still be a love story and sick a it may seem . and a hell of a lot close to fulfil what we look for in love story and than the one with either happy or weepy end . this one have both and ring truer .