Before ‘Brokeback Mountain’, ‘My Own Private Idaho’ paved the way for today’s mainstream queer cinema
Tucked away in the history of queer cinema, Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix drove across America so that, 14 years later, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal could leap into history-making double Oscar noms for their portrayals of two closeted ranchers’ decades-long affair.