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lovable subtle details
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on April 29, 2006, 05:34:58 pm ---I like to think that bird cry in the canyon was that of an eagle. It's certainly a bird of prey of some kind.
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Heya Friend, I like the idea of it being an eagle too. It's sort of an oblique way of adding the eagle symbol that Proulx makes pretty evident in the story (i.e. Jack's eagle feather).
And, hey there Roland! Yup, I remember all the old discussions about the left-handedness. I think the can opener is a good example. Now, all this begs the question... is Jake Gyllenhaal left handed?
OK, more details...
-I love that Ennis's excuse to Alma for wanting to stay out all night with Jack is that they might talk all night. Has Ennis ever talked all night with anyone? Would he be capable of that amount of conversation? It's still very cute.
-and another... significantly more subtle observation. OK, bear with me on this one. When Jack first pulls up outside Aguirre's trailer at the very beginning and gets out to kick his truck... in the next shot we see his profile up close to the left in the frame and a "square" of grass waving in the breeze to the upper right in the same frame. This "square" of waving grass is outlined by the top of the truck bed and the actual frame of the screen. This image of the grass in the breeze is just so similar to the last scene in the movie after Ennis closes his closet door and we see the grass in the field waving outside the window frame. Oh my. The Jack=wind metaphor just knocks me out. One of the most brilliant ideas ever.
maggiesmommy GayLee:
my fav...ok, ONE of my favs..is in the tent after the first love scene..i take it is evening and Jack is in the tent laying down, shirt off..(MG)and Ennis is sitting by the fire...you can tell he is thinking deeply and struggling mightly...then he just gets up and walkes over to the tent, with his hat in his hand...the universal language for coming with an apology...kneels down and just silently looks at Jack, who sits up and the looks on their faces just rocks me...Jack touches Ennis' face and they kiss and so softly, Ennis says "I'm sorry and Jack says "it's alright, it's alright"...then the embrace...so much love and pent up emotion in that scene, really having nothing to do with the sex, but 2 human beings clinging to each other and erasing years of hurt and sadness...
it just destroys me every time i watch it..so much said, and very few words spoken...
Brown Eyes:
Hey there, maggiesmommy! Welcome to BetterMost.
That was a nice post. I love the hat-holding gesture too. In addition to being sort of a gesture of apology, I see it as a very old-fashioned gesture of a gentleman. The kind of gesture that would be most appropriate to the etiquette of courting in a bygone era. And, the way Ennis holds the hat in front of him when he kneels down also serves as a last barrier or defense. And, Jack just gently takes it from him, with no real resistance from Ennis.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote ----I love that Ennis's excuse to Alma for wanting to stay out all night with Jack is that they might talk all night. Has Ennis ever talked all night with anyone? Would he be capable of that amount of conversation? It's still very cute.
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I love this one, too. Ennis the chatterbox ;). I wonder what Alma would have thought, if she hadn't seen them kissing a few moments before.
Another one I like very much. It's not really subtle, I think you all noticed it at the first viewing, but anyway, I just love it: Ennis's very first stolen glance at Jack under the rim of his hat outside Aguirre's trailer. Jack getting out of the car, coming to Ennis as if he wants to introduce himself - but Ennis puts his head down and his whole body language says 'No'. Jack decides different. Then Ennis steals a glance from under the hat's rim. This is the second Ennis wins my heart.
maggiesmommy GayLee:
Thanks..its good to be here...
i never thought of the "gentleman thing, but its as clear as dya!! you're right!!! it was a courtship gesture, and he probably didn't even realize it himself..how beautiful...
and yes..aslo a barrier, that was cast away in one loving gesture...
this is such a quiet, dignified and intelligent forum..thank you so much for your insights...
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