Strange Way of Life

"Strange Way of Life is what happens when a master filmmaker remembers a line from a famous film he passed on making (...) and decides to finally gift us with his version of Brokeback Mountain (...) As a 30-minute short. Perhaps there is a God after all." 

"Its attractive desert vistas notwithstanding, the short is about as substantial as one would expect from a glorified commercial by a haute couture house. Its meta-narrative is the most interesting thing about it (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)" 

"An under-developed addition to the Spanish director’s oeuvre" 

"Terrific Western (...) A queer take on a genre that has historically avoided explicitly centering gay love." 

"A fleeting but florid Western" 

"For that reason alone, queer audiences especially — but not exclusively — should celebrate this precious gift from one of the undisputed greats" 

"The richly acted, sumptuously photographed [film] lives up to its title as a revisionist Western that embraces its classical genre roots while also carving out a very modern way of looking at the past"