This is Lee's second film, after The Wedding Banquet, to address the subject of homosexuality. For being able to shake off the shackles of commercialism and film Brokeback Mountain independently, Lee gave special thanks to his late father, Lee Sheng.
往往當你終於嘗到愛情滋味時，已經錯過了，這是最讓我悵然的。」《斷背山》雖是美國電影，但李安獲獎時特別以中文致詞「謝謝大家支持」，以凸顯他華人導演的身分。