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Scene Discussion: Nursery Window
Marge_Innavera:
One of the things that's really striking about this scene, every time I've watched it, is that Ennis looks tired but not particularly unhappy, and that he doesn't even need Alma to ask him to look in on the babies, he just does it. And in the later scene, he's obviously the one who puts them to bed at night (or at least some nights). Very unusual for any young American father in the mid-1960s. It gives you a glimpse of the kind of man Ennis could have been.
Ironically, when the film first came out I read some angry essays mentioning this scene as trying to show heterosexual marriage and family life as being "squalid." (Part of the Gay Agenda, donchaknow)
mvansand76:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on July 08, 2007, 12:56:09 pm ---This has always been one of my favorite scenes even though there's no Jack in it:
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this scene.
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Oh, you can see Alma in the kitchen in the background! :D
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Snavel del Snuit on September 06, 2007, 04:24:05 pm ---Oh, you can see Alma in the kitchen in the background! :D
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Yes, and they are separated by panes of glass. The grid of the windows seems to echo the plaid in Ennis's shirt.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Marge_Innavera on September 06, 2007, 01:26:53 pm ---Ironically, when the film first came out I read some angry essays mentioning this scene as trying to show heterosexual marriage and family life as being "squalid."
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It doesn't come across squalid to me at all. It is the realization of Annie's words, "the sounds were of squalling and sucking and Alma's sleepy groans, all reassurring of fecundity and life's continuance to one who worked with livestock."
Front-Ranger:
Since we are talking about windows in the church, I'll resurrect this discussion about the window in the little nursery where Ennis comforts his crying daughters.
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