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lovable subtle details
Pipedream:
--- Quote from: isabelle on May 28, 2006, 11:25:32 am ---Anke!!! Do you ever think of yourself as a dog when you do that? :laugh:
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Lol. No, I don't think so. But, then, it's a matter of instict, right? Guess doggies don't think about it much, either... ;D ::) :P
David:
--- Quote from: Pipedream on May 28, 2006, 11:12:41 am ---isn't that exactly the gesture of subservience a dog would make?? :)
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Well, a dog will roll onto his back so you can rub his belly, but he is the one who wants to hump your leg!
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tiawahcowboy:
--- Quote from: atz75 on May 25, 2006, 08:31:10 pm ---By the way... are we supposed to think that the Happy Tussle scene is the morning after the 2nd tent scene? Or is it later in the summer? Proulx makes it pretty clear that they were making out all the time, all over the place on the mountain after that first tent encounter. But, is this clear to a movie viewer who might not have read the story?
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Oh, as far a the movie is concerned (and using the book as a reference), the "Happy Tussle" scene (when Aguirre watches them through his binoculars) takes place quite awhile after the movie's "2nd Tent Scene." The 2nd time they had sex in the book, it was back in the tent.
starboardlight:
--- Quote from: Pipedream on May 28, 2006, 03:47:16 am ---Precisely, Amanda! I also love the fact that in the second tent scene Jack's and Ennis' heads point to the left edge of the screen. Everything seems to have changed since their first vigorous love making: instead of it being friggin' cold the camp fire is burning brightly and Jack takes his shirt off. He doesn't have to order Ennis into the tent. Ennis comes all by himself. Their heads are where there feet had been the other night and Jack gets on top of Ennis. Actually, I believe the thing with their heads pointing to the other direction suggests that they didn't have a strict distribution of roles as "top" and "bottom" but occasionally switched jobs... This can't be coincidence! Above all, of course, there is the incredible tenderness that distinguishes the second from the first tent scene. It's just magic.
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yeah, even the colors in the scene, from cool blues to warm tones are beautiful contrasts.
As for the "switching" sexual roles, to me, I just don't think there's enough to tell one way or the other. I'm of the mind that Ennis isn't all that conflicted about whether he's queer or not. To me, his conflict is how he fits into society and the dangerous consequences that it entails. so it's possible that he may be willing to be versatile.
Lumière:
--- Quote from: starboardlight on May 28, 2006, 03:29:38 pm ---yeah, even the colors in the scene, from cool blues to warm tones are beautiful contrasts.
As for the "switching" sexual roles, to me, I just don't think there's enough to tell one way or the other. I'm of the mind that Ennis isn't all that conflicted about whether he's queer or not. To me, his conflict is how he fits into society and the dangerous consequences that it entails. so it's possible that he may be willing to be versatile.
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Interesting point Nipith!
On the surface, it sure looks like Ennis would be too 'macho' to be the 'bottom' but I like to think that when he was with Jack, there were moments when he would allow himself the vulnerability to be "taken" by Jack :P. Simply because he trusted Jack with everything, and especially because Jack was the one person in the world who absolutely loved him for (not despite) his 'queerness'.
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