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Why can't men just talk about their feelings? Two movies look at wonderful and terrible consequences of the unspoken. First up, everyone's f...
Posted January 27, 2022
Hosted by Alice Thirteen & Michael Koester
Tags:All PodcastsYear 14
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Why can’t men just talk about their feelings? Two movies look at wonderful and terrible consequences of the unspoken. First up, everyone’s favorite Brokeback Mountain was a landmark film for American cinema. The lesser cited parts of Brokeback Mountain that fucking rock. What reads differently in this movie today. Brokeback Mountain as an example of real positive change in the fight for equality. Some men can discuss their feelings, but only if they’re also having sex sex. And now, for something different. A controversial film explains a very real criminal act. The Death of Dick Long is a story from another planet, but it really did happen here. At the heart of the conflict? Still some men not talking about what’s going on. Some taboos should never be eradicated – but should they remain taboos? A light film about a heavy story about a light headline. Or maybe it’s all dark. Why does this happen in small towns?
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Brokeback Mountain
Released: September 10, 2005
Runtime: 134 min | IMDB | Wikipedia
Director: Ang Lee
Writer: Diana Ossana, Larry McMurtry
Starring: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams
Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflict
The Death of Dick Long
Released: September 27, 2019
Runtime: 100 min | IMDB | Wikipedia
Director: Daniel Scheinert
Writer: Billy Chew
Starring: Michael Abbott Jr., Virginia Newcomb, Andre Hyland
Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.
