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"I was supposed to control the weather"... Jack and the Wind
moremojo:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on July 13, 2007, 11:24:47 am ---He didn't have his cowboy hat when he was in the stream, beating on the shirt with a stick. And he didn't have his hat when Ennis knocked it off right before the reunion kiss. So, Jack without his cowboy hat is s'alright with me.
--- End quote ---
Obviously, he also couldn't have had it on when he was born, and probably didn't have it on when he died. Jack Twist was a role that not only Jake Gyllenhaal played, but also Jack Twist himself. When we return to the ineffable after our earthly demise, our roles come off of us just like discarded costumes.
Brown Eyes:
Welcome back to BetterMost miniangel!
That is a pretty cool photo indeed and definitely seems like a nice visual relationship to the wind topic. I think it would look sort of odd if he was wearing a cowboy hat in this context. So, I agree with Lee that Jack without a hat is just fine in some circumstances.
Penthesilea:
Another connection to the wind...
A bit of background information, a more earthly one, not a symbolic one - but interesting nonetheless:
Triggered by a post by Adam in the Social Events Forum, I visited the findingbrokeback site once more and there found a link to a site called peakfinder.com.
The mountain we see in the postcard Ennis has at his closet door, next to The Shirts, is Mount Lougheed.
What connects this fact with the wind topic is the following: Mount Lougheed formerly was named 'Wind Mountain' and today the peak south of Mount Lougheed is named Wind Mountain and the steep peak to the right is called Windtower. And it's located in the Wind River Valley (Alberta).
So the mountain(s) who represent Brokeback Mountain in the postcard are closely connected to the wind.
How fitting.
(BTW more Wind names: Riverton lies in the Wind River Mountains Country (WY) and in the Winde River Indian Reservation, named after the Wind River that runs through it.)
If you want to read the whole story about Wind Mountain/ Mount Lougheed and Windtower, it's here:
http://www.peakfinder.com/showpeakbyid.asp?MtnId=558
And here: http://www.rmbooks.com//Peakfinder/peakfinder.asp?PeakName=Windtower
Brown Eyes:
Hi Chrissi!
Thanks! That's amazing information. The imagery associated with this film/ story is certainly multi-layered
miniangel:
Chrissie, that's fabulous! Ennis as water and Jack as wind makes it kind of obvious why they went into the Wind Rivers time and again, and why Ennis lived in Riverton on the Wind River.
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