The film "Brokeback Mountain" was released in December of 2005 into mainstream theaters and to general audiences. Director Ang Lee, screenwriters Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry, and actors Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal made this film in which the storyline revolves around two men falling in love and how this forbidden love would affect the rest of their lives. The shock of having a film with two men kissing and having sex in the theaters seemed to have struck a nerve with many viewers. Some were very positive, hailing the film as a new step in mainstream films to show a queer relationship, others were negative, criticizing the film even at times condemning what was shown on the screen. The impact of the film made debate and conversations about queer content available to a public forum, in this case newspapers from around the country.

Depuis ses origines, le film de montagne est un genre filmique qui recoupe la civilisation occidentale. Il s'inscrit dans l'évolution historique de la montagne et contribue à la reconstruction médiatisée de l'imaginaire ancestral, notamment au travers d'une révolution qui mêle un large faisceau de perceptions et de projections. Le genre peut être entendu comme un objet occidental, créé et façonné selon des codes particuliers, contrairement à d'autres sociétés qui ont certes représenté la montagne, mais de manière différente. L'ancrage du genre est d'abord européo-occidental puis occidental, et montre une prédilection pour la représentation de certaines valeurs civilisationnelles fortes. Il s'en suit une uniformisation des thématiques et codes représentés à l'écran, de l'ascension au capitalisme en passant par l'aventure « extrême » exportée à l'international. / Since its origins, the mountain film is a Genre in connection with the Western civilization. It fits into the historical evolution of the mountain and helps mediated reconstruction of ancestral imaginary, especially through a revolution that mixes a wide ensemble of perceptions and projections. The mountain film can be understood as a Western object, created and shaped by specific codes, unlike other societies that show the mountain in different ways. The genre take place in western Europe, since in western civilization, and shows a predilection for the representation of strong civilizational values. It follows a standardization of themes and codes shown on films : ascent, capitalism, « extreme » adventure exported internationally.