The Dead + Brokeback Mtn

At the end of Brokeback Mountain I flashed instantly on the feeling I had at the end of The Dead. I know this may sound like an odd connection to make but here goes...

There is an older person leading a quiet life (Greta, Ennis). You might pass this person on the street and never think twice or you might think "What a sad lonely person, what an empty life." But buried deep inside that person there is a remembered love -- this quiet aging person was once the object of such passion and such deep love... nobody passing on the street ever knows what is buried deep inside this person... heavy sigh.