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lovable subtle details
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 16, 2007, 02:12:12 pm ---I love the scenes where Jack and Ennis are setting up camp. One example is the short scene where Jack puts a rasher of bacon in a sack and hoists it on a tripod so bears can't get it. I love that scene!
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Me too :). I love Jack's gloved hands. I also love the splashing water buckets and the sounds of the stones Ennis puts together to build a fireplace *clack-clack*
But I always stumble about the elk meat later. They secure the bacon and other food from the bears, but the fresh, raw, half-bloody and smelling elk meat is on a rack on the ground - directly amid the camp. Not a clever idea. But it does make an atmospheric picture.
Brown Eyes:
Heya,
Sorry if this has been posted before (I haven't re-read this thread prior to posting this... so it very well may have been mentioned in the past).
I watched the first half of the movie just now and I made a note to myself to post an observation about a detail towards the very beginning of the film here in this thread.
Front-Ranger (in another thread) brought up the concept of Ang Lee substituting or rearranging details from Proulx's story in new or even surprising places in the movie. Sometimes something that is said or described metaphorically comes into the film as a visual image, etc. And this is just this exact scenario I think.
In Proulx's story, of course, in the reunion scene she includes this bit of great description about the chemistry between Jack and Ennis:
"His shaking hand grazed Ennis's hand, electrical current snapped between them."
Well, I just notice in the film that there's a very prominently placed electrical socket visible on the exterior of Aguirre's trailer when Jack and Ennis shake hands for the first time and make their introductions. The socket is on the (essentially bare) wall behind Jack.
Neat, hunh?! 8) :D
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Front-Ranger:
oooh, that's electifying Sister!!!
Artiste:
That is funny atz! Notice how high Jack is, compared to Ennis' position?? Does that say something... as for now I make the move, know the moves and this job?? I have a crush on you Ennis!! ??
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Front-Ranger, why do you like this: One example is the short scene where Jack puts a rasher of bacon in a sack and hoists it on a tripod so bears can't get it. May I ask?
Hugs, hugs ladies!!
Sandy:
So guys, as I said in another post, I'm no longer going to read 46 pages of posts on each thread:I shall simply throw in my two penn'orth and keep on top of the new topics/posts! So, sorry if I am repeating things that have already been said.
I love the scene when they have moved camp and (in a distant shot) we see Jack taking a log from the river towards the new site. Ennis walks over to him and seems to punch him on the shoulder. A friendly gesture, or asking if he needs help? This happens before their friendship becomes physical and I LOVE it!
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