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From BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN STORY TO SCREENPLAY: “The most difficult scene was the paragraph where, on the mountain, Ennis holds Jack and rocks back and forth, humming, the moment mixed with childhood loss and his refusal to admit he was holding a man. This paragraph took forever to get right and I played Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny’s “Spiritual” from their album “Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories)” uncountable times trying to get the words. I was trying to write the inchoate feelings of Jack and Ennis, the sad impossibility of their liaison, which for me was expressed in that music. To this day I cannot hear that track without Jack and Ennis appearing before me. The scraps that feed a story come from many cupboards. — E. Annie Proulx THE PARAGRAPH… What Jack remembered and craved in a way he could neither help nor understand was the time that distant summer on Brokeback when Ennis had come up behind him and pulled him close, the silent embrace satisfying some shared and sexless hunger. They had stood that way for a long time in front of the fire, its burning tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their bodies a single column against the rock. The minutes ticked by from the round watch in Ennis’s pocket, from the sticks in the fire settling into coals. Stars bit through the wavy heat layers above the fire. Ennis’s breathe came slow and quiet, he hummed, rocked a little in the sparklight and Jack leaned against the steady heartbeat, the vibrations of the
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25 Responses to Spiritual

  • JeanneKate says:

    so now I got it ^^ just have read the information clearer.
    I’m sorry. And by the way love it.

  • JeanneKate says:

    I really want to know: what is the name of that melody and where is it from?
    I’m waiting for an answer… thank you!

  • JeanneKate says:

    …10, 100 and so on. I’m always hear to that beautiful music and this movie – god, so sad and so lovely…

  • soulTC says:

    What is this track? Is it from the soundtrack? Who wrote/played it?

  • rickT5555 says:

    this has always been my favourite paragraph. This is my first time hearing that music…..just pure gold !

  • rickT5555 says:

    Nothing ended.Nothing begun. Nothing resolved.

  • zorbazig says:

    To all those who enjoyed this movie: GO AND SEE ON YOUTUBE THE OTHER VERSION – “GROLAND – BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN” (in French) ! ;-))

  • jimdivax says:

    Xlnt use of music against image. And I Love this movie anyway..was like seeing it again.Heath’s death makes it all the more poignant.

  • supercooldude141 says:

    nicely done :,)

  • danfrc says:

    Oh, god…. this movie and this track are just too much for me… It tears up my heart…
    ohhhhhh…. what an inexpressable thing love is!

  • titusmountjoy says:

    I so love this piece of music because it inspired Annie Proulx and her BBM changed my life. Music, at its best, can inspire us to tell a story and change the world.

  • kt27rule says:

    i so love this video it so cool and so sad

  • jazzsaavy says:

    this is one of the classiest uses ive ever seen for this song heath will be forever missed what a talent, this flick the one where he serenades the chick cant take my eyes off of you you know which one im talking about his version of the joker he was something else and now hes doing encores on stage in heaven god bless you heath

  • vicgaudreau says:

    This movie is so beautiful.

  • sannoryujin says:

    but u see songs like these you CAN’T change the mood, you would kill it…

  • Luke0net says:

    great song, truly amazing album even though it keeps the same mood throughout and some people seem to think it gets static

  • D3lilah1982 says:

    i love Pat, this album is very very beautiful

  • sannoryujin says:

    hauehauehae the last part is funny

  • Gabriella3182 says:

    Cette musique est merveilleuse. Il n’y a pas de mots assez forts pour la decrire.
    Je l’ecoute en boucle et elle me rend heureuse!!!

  • stanbattles says:

    (In response to chyn3gro)

  • stanbattles says:

    It’s kind of a personal thing — the writer wants you to fill in the blank…e.g.,

    I swear…that I loved you…
    I swear…I’ll never forget you…
    I swear…I’ll go on living as a tribute to you…
    I swear…that I’ll meet you on the other side…
    I swear…if you faked your own death & you’re in Mexico I’ll kill you MYSELF, Jack Fuckin’ Twist !!

  • cigiss says:

    i love this…. it reminds me of beautiful sunny afternoons in the living room with a gentle breeze coming in through the open windows and luscious Vancouver scenery.

    most wonderful thing to fall asleep to each night!

  • chyn3gro says:

    i dont get the end….what does he swear

  • bobbo84 says:

    dai cii cietti a fa un viaggetto con me va..

  • carlos123nono says:

    must Be Good To Be Loved

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