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lovable subtle details
brokebackjack:
--- Quote from: HerrKaiser on April 04, 2007, 12:53:34 pm ---thanks, I had not seen any indication in the script that there was dialog at the segment, but for sure his lips were moving. One of the tiny details that few have noticed!
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Hell, you and I noticed!!!
lol lol lol
and it was intriguing enough to ask a hearing impaired person what the hell he'd said, to me it looked like either godDAYUM or ShEEEIT.
But, lol lol lol ....it was Holy SHIT.
Katie77:
I just watched the movie AGAIN..............and i noticed something funny.........its in the beginning when Enns near the trailer and Aguire drives in like he is going to drive right into the trailer.....Ennis quickly moves out of the way....just one quick movement, but i thought it was funny.....and i could picture Ennis thinking...."holy shit"
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Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on April 28, 2007, 06:34:26 am ---I just watched the movie AGAIN..............and i noticed something funny.........its in the beginning when Enns near the trailer and Aguire drives in like he is going to drive right into the trailer.....Ennis quickly moves out of the way....just one quick movement, but i thought it was funny.....and i could picture Ennis thinking...."holy shit"
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Yes, I like this detail, too :).
Another subtle detail follows shortly after: when Aguirre gets up the stairs and opens the door of the trailer, Ennis begins to step up the steps too, to follow Aguirre inside. But Aguirre just slams the door behind hisself, more or less directly in Ennis' face, without any notion to Ennis (or Jack) to follow him. So Ennis steps down again, unsure of what to do. He even shoots a brief glance in Jack's direction.
Why does Ennis glance towards Jack? Because he feels embarrassed and wants to know if the other guy has noticed? Or to see what Jack's doing, if he shows any intent to follow Aguirre without invitation on Aguirre's side?
Hm. I think it's the first, he's self-conscious because he has wrongly assumed Aguirre follows the usual rules of politeness.
Katie77:
Yes Ennis backtracking down the steps after the door is slammed in his face, is something I too always notice.....the look he gives Jack is probably saying "whats with this guy Aguire?....what do i do now?"
Brown Eyes:
The backtracking is a really interesting detail to discuss! I don't recall that being analyzed much before. I love the opening 10 minutes or so of the film. Brilliant.
So, I almost decided to start a new thread about this, but figured it might work well in this thread instead... It's about the fact that Jack and Ennis are smoking a joint the evening before TS3/ the night before the lake scene argument. It occurs to me that (like many things in this scene) that joint is sort of ominous. It seems like a bad sign that they would turn to a joint AND whiskey in order to relax during this late camping trip. You would think that just being together would be enough to relax them. The whiskey is their typical aphrodisiac, so that seems normal. But, the addition of the joint just feels off in the context of their relationship. I don't really know how to articulate this well. Maybe that joint just symbolizes how stressed their relationship really is at this stage.
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