Brokeback Mountain Review and Response

[strandinthewind]

I thought that flashback was Ennis flashing back to the rancher from his childhood who was beaten to death for being gay. I felt as if Ennis was seeing that because Ennis himself had been a part of that. If I remember correctly, the person being beaten in the scene is having the same things done to him that Ennis said were done to the gay rancher. But, it could be that Ennis knew the real story of what happened to Jack and that flashback was what was running through his mind.

Whatever the real intent of that scene, it was spellbinding to me.