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twistedude:
And yet, in my movie addiction, I don't want to forget that Jack's mother hass NOTHING TO DO WITH Ennis taking the shirts away in the shory story; for all we know, he snuck them out under his jacket (though logic would suggest that she jknew they were there, unless they were very well hidden in that little space...)

TJ:

--- Quote from: slayers_creek_oth on May 02, 2006, 10:47:55 pm ---Yeah I agree.....I think thats the main reason she wanted him to go up there....to find the shirts...

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If I had not read the Annie Proulx short story several weeks before I saw the movie, I might agree with both of you in that.

But, I really did not think the AP Mrs. Twist of Lightning Flat even knew the shirts existed in the condition which Ennis found them. I mean I don't think that she even knew Jack had hidden the shirts in the first place. Some parents do trust their children and don't go snooping through their children's belongings after they become teenagers. My own mother who believed in the Pentecost (she was a Pentecostal, too) was one of those parents.

In the story, the hidden shirts are hanging on a nail in the jog of Jack's closet which has no door but a cretonne fabric curtain on a string, making a makeshift closet in the room itself.

When Ennis hangs the shirts on the nail that he drove into his trailer wall, they are ON a wire hanger.

Annie Proulx never states how Ennis got the shirts out of the Twist house.

serious crayons:
I don't think Mrs. Twist's looking in her dead son's closet need be considered a sign of distrust. Nor can I imagine that she wouldn't know the shirts were in there. Most parents whose child has died would head into their bedroom at some point and look at all their things.

j.U.d.E.:
[Haven't read the whole thread, so apologies if I repeat things that have already been mentioned]

I love when early in the film we see Jack up in the mountains at night, looking down at where Ennis is (you can see the fire and the smoke). I think it's one of the several scenes where we are 'told' that Jack takes an interest in Ennis.

I love when we see Ennis look up at the mountains where Jack's herding sheep. Again, very early in the film, when they haven't really gotten to know each other, but already wonder, worry about the other. Totally cute!

I love to see the fire flames in the back, between Ennis and Jack in the 2nd tent scene. It's like there to keep them warm in this wonderfully gentle scene. Love it how Jack strokes Ennis' ear..

Ennis frowns a lot(!) but he doesn't frown when Jack kisses him hard in the second tent scene. Love it.

[Off-topic question (again, sorry if it was discussed before..) - does none of them wear (Ennis and Jack) underwear? They have shirts under their shirts, but do they wear shorts, knickers, pants, briefs.. or whatever it's called? Ennis slips out of his jeans (when he washes himself) and is naked underneath, right? And in the first tent scene, it doesn't look like Jack is wearing underwear..]

chefjudy:
 :)
--- Quote ---I love to see the fire flames in the back, between Ennis and Jack in the 2nd tent scene. It's like there to keep them warm in this wonderfully gentle scene.
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I remember reading on the OB that the fire in the second scene was like another character in the scene,  and the symbolism of the fire was very obvious, especially with what happens next...............

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