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lovable subtle details
Kd5000:
a subtle homage.
When Ennis is checking out the pickup truck as it's driving by in the distance when Jack has come up after getting the divorce postcard. It shows shows how paranoid Ennis really is.
You think the man or woman in the pickup truck thinks it's odd to see two guys talking together in a field? It just re-enforces how wary Ennis is of being seen with Jack.
I like the whitewater imagery. I don't know if their is symbolism there, whitewater that is, but alot of the scenes between Jack and Ennis take place near water. I know, there suppose to be fishing, so it makes sense to camp out by water, but they weren't fishing.
PatSinnott:
I watched again last night on DVD, and noticed a detail that someone pointed out on imdb. At the divorce, in the courtroom, Ennis sheds a tear in his left eye. It doesn't actually fall out, just starts to drip over the edge of his eyelid. Heath is so talented that he could do that, start tearing up on cue. Whoa! Look for it next time you watch, it's sooo cool. It shows that he is so unhappy, even when getting the divorce, he's miserable. I really don't think he wants to be alone, it's just he can't help it.
ednbarby:
I love that, too, Pat. (I watched it again last night, myself. :))
After Jack says on the mountain, "Kept his secrets to himself, never taught me a thing, never once come to see me ride," he takes a swig from the whiskey bottle and then kind of smacks his lips. The way he does that - partly as a reaction to the bite of the liquor, but mostly out of bitterness about his father's neglect - just stabs me in the heart. I know I've felt that kind of bitterness toward my parents at different times in my life, and it's just so perfectly expressed there that I'm right back in that feeling every time.
DeeDee:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on April 28, 2006, 10:25:14 am ---Another detail from that scene (tho not lovable) is that after Ennis and Jack embrace, Jack brings his hand to Ennis neck as if he's going to pull him in for a kiss, but Ennis roughly knocks his hand away. You have to look quickly to see it, it just registered subconsciously for me the first dozen ::) times I saw the film. But now, I see it and, Mr. Bill-like, I say, "oh no!"
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Ooh Ooh Ooh...I forgot about that one...love it
isabelle:
One thing that made me jump first time I saw the film: in the morning after tent scene 1, as Jack is coming up to Ennis, Ennis cocks his gun to put it in its holster; I thought he was going to aim it at Jack, as if to say "don't you dare come near me again!, which could've worked given the hurt look on Jack's face.
Another detail I noticed from the start but never saw mentioned anywhere: near the flat above the laundromat where Ennis and Alma live, there is a big building with this sign on it: ELKS ! I think that is one of those details, like a wink at the viewer, signalling Jack's presence or upcoming arrival.
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