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lovable subtle details
belbbmfan:
--- Quote from: nic on June 14, 2006, 04:56:21 am ---I know if I were apart from someone I felt strongly for, they would more or less be on my mind most of the time whether I liked it or not (like BBM is now!) and in everyday moments I'd think of that person. "oh, XXXX would love that" , "this is XXXX's favourite food", etc. Somehow the same kind of thing might have extended to clothing. ???
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Absolutely, Nic. The symbolism of the shirts is so powerful. They really were thinking of each other by wearing each others colours. In the 'You bet' scene Ennis is actually wearing both colours. And not just the shirts, the symbolism comes through in the colour of their cars too. In the final lake scene, Ennis's car is blue and Jack's is brown.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: nic on June 14, 2006, 04:56:21 am ---This talk of shirts.. just a thought, it's fairly way out but if I can't say it here where can I say it ? (The loony house :laugh:) Maybe when they were apart they got to dressing a bit like the other in a way to make up for the absence, possibly even subconsciously, trying to make a connection somehow. I know if I were apart from someone I felt strongly for, they would more or less be on my mind most of the time whether I liked it or not (like BBM is now!) and in everyday moments I'd think of that person. "oh, XXXX would love that" , "this is XXXX's favourite food", etc. Somehow the same kind of thing might have extended to clothing. ???
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No, this is not way out. We've actually discussed this on another thread (don't remeber on which one). Ennis is wearing blue often when he's not with Jack. His blue Jeans jacket. He wears it only once when he is together with Jack (the scond to last trip when Ennis asks Jack whether he thinks sometimes that other people might suspect). Otherwise, he wears tan/brown/beige colour when with Jack (except the jeans).
And Jack wears solid blue/anthracite colours when with Ennis. Being not together with Ennis we can see him with a brownish jacket and pattern shirt at least once (in Aguirres trailer when asking for Ennis).
Does Jack wear a pattern shirt on another occasion than in Aguirres trailer? I think it's the only time, isn't it?
--- Quote ---and in everyday moments I'd think of that person. "oh, XXXX would love that" , "this is XXXX's favourite food", etc. Somehow the same kind of thing might have extended to clothing.
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Yep :)
nic:
Phew, I'm not going totally loopythen! (in that respect at least) I assume this must be intentional on behalf of the film production & it's amazing they give this much attention to detail. I wonder if they had a clue every single thing would be pored over to such an extent. I'm sure they & the actors would be made up to know that the viewers pick up on these things. It is certainly a great film for subtle details.
serious crayons:
Nic, if you're loopy then most of us are. (Well, most of us are, but ...) Here's a thread called "color coordination" in which the significance of shirt colors and others is discussed:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=1247.msg25186#msg25186
And the subject of colors is also a big part of the "black hats, white hats" thread:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=1266.0
There are lots and lots of examples. I think my favorite is in the tar-spreading scene. Tired of listening to his blabbermouth coworker, Ennis gazes off into the distance, thinking of Jack -- and wearing an uncharacteristically bright blue plaid shirt.
And speaking of truck colors, there's a blue and brown truck (faded blue with big splotches of light brownish rust) parked to the side of Aguirre's trailer. From some camera angles, it is between Ennis and Jack.
nakymaton:
--- Quote from: atz75 on June 14, 2006, 12:36:45 am ---And, the one other animal head I can think of is in Aguirre's trailer right at the beginning. There's a sad little jackrabbit's (?) head on the wall. It's not a skull... it's essentially a taxidermied head (it still has white fur). I'm really not sure what kind of animal it is.
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Working from memory here (and it's been several weeks since I watched the movie), but I think it's a mountain goat. (Long, fuzzy white hair, little bitty horns?)
Another detail I like: when Ennis is following Jack into the bar at the beginning of movie, their strides are exactly in sync. Every single step, matching strides.
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