We promised ourselves: No more Jack and Ennis. No more “can’t quit you.” No more crying in our beer over what might have been.
But then we found this lovely little tearjerker of a video online and just lost it all over again.
Set to James Blunt’s song Goodbye My Lover, the visuals of lost love sync in perfectly with lyrics like:
In mine — when I’m asleep
And I will bare my soul in time
When I’m kneeling at your feet
Goodbye my friend
You have been the one
You have been the one — for me!
The video was created by “Tony Toni” and is one of many fan-made, home-edit musical tributes to Brokeback. The happiest surprise of all, though, is that Goodbye My Lover was posted on the You Tube site by a young woman smitten by Brokeback — attesting once again to the breakout appeal of this universal love story.
Click on the Play button, Nightcharmers, then dry your eyes, refresh this page, and share your thoughts.
And there’s more Brokeback videos!In Loving Memory
Hanging By a Moment
Damned Pride
The mass-culture impact of this film
just keeps on coming!
God, that video just wiped me out. Thanks, Nightcharm, for wrecking my day!
Yeh well, I just lost it all over again too. Tears in my eyes to start the day…
I don’t care if you keep talking about Ennis & Jack forever - in fact I hope you do. I’ve been moved by their story and this film in a way that few things have ever moved me.
Your ongoing coverage of Brokeback is welcome and appreciated. If visitors to your site get tired of it, gosh, the naked guys are a click away.
One of the things I like about you guys here at Nightcharm is that you call it as you see it with no apologies. I might not always agree with what you write but I love the candor and the arena of thoughtfulness in which it’s offered.
By the way, that’s one of the nicest clips I’ve yet seen - thanks for sharing it.
God, it should be illegal to make such stories, with such clips of it. Nightcharm, I hereby sue you for making me crie…, again!
I personally would L. O. V. E. love to see this movie but am bounded by my fears of unveiling my homosexuality. I disbelieve that this music goes well with the clip because I am not interested in pop music. I think that an orchestral composition would have been nice to hear with the movie but I am upset to know (from what I’ve read) that the music is quite country-style. I’m sorry if I sound snooby/snooty or posh.
I think once you see the movie Cameron, you’ll realize how perfectly the country-styled music goes with the story. Gustavo Santaolalla’s score is one of the most beautiful and haunting ever and probably not at all what you’re thinking. Everytime I hear any little strain of it I’m right smack dab back in the film. It’s amazing how perfectly Santaolalla nailed the heart of Brokeback with his music.
Thanks for letting me know about that beautiful video. “Brokeback Mountain” may kill me yet. Just hearing the opening guitar chords of the theme music gets to me, and I’m having serious problems with straight friends who somehow couldn’t get around to seeing it.
Cameron, you really are a sad case. If you can’t work up the courage or whatever to go to see the movie, you have no right to complain about any aspect of it or this very nice video.
Play nice, children. Give Cameron a little space. He’s here on Nightcharm, which is a first step. Plus the DVD will be out on April 4, so everyone can see the movie in the privacy of their own home.
I’ve seen brokeback for the tenth time last night…I still can’t help my eyes from swelling with tears..
Adam, I’m glad to see there’s someone even more into it than I am. I’ve been to see it five times and want to get there one more time before it leaves the big screen. My experience has been that people who are older are more moved by the film. (I’m 59.) Are you anywhere in that category?
Thought I was past being upset about the story of Jack and Ennis. Then half way through this video, I started crying. One thing the film/story has done for me is that it has brought me closer to my boyfriend and made me grateful for what I have. Life & love should never be taken for granted. Thanks Nightcharm, its the first time you made me cry, not my usual reaction when I get to your site…
I am sorry to have made someone angry.
Cameron, go to see the movie. It starts a little slowly, but picks up power as it moves along. I’m a little testy on the subject because I’ve been disappointed by several straight friends who tune me out when I mention it to them. Many people have just quit going out to movies.
Welcome to all Brokeback fans.
Here’s a happy reality check from the essential movie business site Box Office Mojo.
On the eve of its DVD release, Brokeback had made the following from theatrical showings:
Domestic: $81,511,489 54.7%
+ Foreign: $67,500,000 45.3%
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= Worldwide: $149,011,489
The film cost $14 million to make. Double that to include advertising — that would be the maximum amount (100% of its production cost) that a movie spends on ads. So maximum cost of the film was $28 mill.
Therefore it has made 500% of its costs — on theatrical release alone. Not too shabby for a “gay film.”
Cameron,
You will not find a bigger musical snob than me, but the music for the movie is perfect (and for the record: I’m not even into Brokeback as some of the folk here).
peace
james
What we’re seeing when we watch all of these muscial video homages to the film are the stunning depicitions of male/male romance in BBM. I’m convinced that those of us who view the movie repeatedly are, in essence, filtering out the depicitons of suffering, grief, death (classic, required moments in almost every film that depicts gay romance or sex) and focusing — rightfully so, on reveling in the romantic, the sweet and the tender. These videos take all those great moments and compact them into safe and sequestered packages.
Watching these I’m surprised to catch moments of tenderness that I didn’t detect in the film the first couple of times I viewed it. Especially from Jake. He deserved that Best Supporting Actor nod in a major way. James Blunt’s heart-tugging lyrics, butted against the gorgeous visuals in the montage, amplifies the subtle demonstrations of affection and dramatic moments of passion. These are groundbreaking scenes, within cinema, of male/male romance: snuggling, fucking, wrestling, touching, nuzzling, stroking, kissing and hugging.
Of course there’s that Great, mythic kiss at the end of of the film Maurice. But honey, that seems light-years away when you consider the big bang for your buck of Brokeback.
Thank god for this film.
love,
David K.
See my piece on Maurice, here
Speaking of moments of tenderness from Jake, I saw the movie three times, I think, before I noticed the three scenes in which he is stroking Ennis’ head, sort of as if he were “gentling” a horse, and murmuring “It’s all right, it’s all right.” I agree with David K.: “Thank God for this film.” It has jolted me out of acceptance of my late-middle-age, porno-watching rut, but I don’t know where to go next.
Sheesh David - I knew you were good but your piece on Maurice is a tour de force. I’ve never read anything that comes anywhere close to nailing it like that. Wow. Gonna have to pop it in and watch it all over again for the first time.
I have yet to see it , but the more bits I see? I have to soon……
It’s interesting because what I came away from the first viewing of the film with, (besides swollen eyes) was an intense awareness of the tenderness and love shared between the guys. That second night in the tent just about did me in. I guess we each focus in on that which most reflects back to us our own experience. This particular set of clips accompanied by James Blunt’s music is like the movie that I have playing in my mind all the time.
I have a feeling that Brokeback is destined for a whole new life now that the Oscars are over. Maybe now we can stop thinking about it in terms of what awards it can win and see it for the beautiful, evocative and moving story that it is. No distractions, no worries about whether we’re on or off the bandwagon, just two guys in love with each other.
And a handful of spit…
Kirk and Adam, you’re both refelcting my feelings perfectly. I’ve seen the movie seven times (one time, twice in one week) and I can’t stop tearing at “appropriate” scenes, including during the initial guitar chords, too. (I feel like one of Pavlov’s dogs.) I’m 53, so maybe it does have something to do with age. A friend of mine who is 60 has seen it four times and he and I have had the most incredibly detailed e-mail analysis/dialog about nearly every aspect of the film. I’ll probably get over it, but right now I can’t imagine living the rest of my life without an opportunity to see the movie again every once in a while. I know: get a life. I’ve got a great life, but Brokeback sure has become a wonderful and important part of it.
I’ve seen the film only once and I almost started weeping at the very end. It is really an extremely touching movie. This beautiful video then managed to make me cry properly.
It’s a beautiful video tribute which brings back so many of the emotions I felt when I saw the film. I enjoyed reading all the comments too and many of them also captured or reflected the intensity that I felt as I sat in the theatre. I’m 72 and I suspect that a lot of the emotional impact comes from the fact that the crux of the story speaks to experiences that many of us had long ago in that time but in another place. The film had a very strong impact on me that will never diminish. I’ve captured many images of Ennis and Jack (also Heath and Jake), and I have saved numerous links to the emotionally charged videos, and I expect that I will be viewing the film on DVD often in the years ahead just as I have done in the past with: Victor Victoria, Torch Song Triligy, Maurice and a few other favorites.
I love the movie 1′m 62 in the closet and I rememmber my lost love thank you
i created this brokeback video to james blunt’s goodbye my lover in febuary just thought i’d post it
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God clip. A little cheezy though. Brought to me bad memories. Cause this film, even though wonderful and powerful, left me with a disturbng melancholy wich took me days to overcome. It was a hurting experience, even though im still a little closetted and never had any love story. I’ve seen it months ago and could barely think of waching it soon.