Beyond ‘Brokeback Mountain’: the daring directors reinventing the Western
Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Strange Way of Life’ has just landed on MUBI as part of their Neo-Westerns: A New Frontier series. Words Patrick Sproull In the early 2000s Pedro Almodóvar turned down the opportunity to direct Brokeback Mountain, the groundbreaking gay romance starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger. 20 years later the Spanish filmmaker has returned to present what he describes as his “answer” to Brokeback Mountain, with the sexy, passionate Strange Way of Life – now streaming on MUBI as part of their new season, Neo-Westerns: A New…
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