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Film-Ennis vs. Story-Ennis and Film-Jack vs. Story-Jack
TJ:
"Quicksilver" is mercury, which is a liquid metallic element. "Quicksilver" is also used as a verb meaning to "coat (mirror glass) with an amalgam of tin." Real silver has been used as mirrors, too.
When I was a kid, we had fun playing with quicksilver, holding the liquid in our hands, and sometimes we got to play with little toys where the quicksilver moved around inside where the plastic was clear. Quicksilver seeks its own level like water does flowing down hill.
When I read all of the things Annie Proulx wrote or said in interviews about her characters and how difficult it was for her to get them exactly right to her own satisfaction, I think that she did the best she could for the reader and that is certainly okay with me.
TJ:
Heath Ledger was not "Heath Ledger" in his role as Ennis Del Mar. And, IMO, he did a good job of interpreting the role.
Jake Gyllenhaal, in real life interviews on talk shows, seems to have a certain innocence which a Jack Twist would also have.
Brown Eyes:
LOL, Hey Jeff. I think we were probably googling that Proulx quote at the same time.
Yup, I love that Proulx was so happy with the movie too.
JfT:
Proulx: " He got inside the story more deeply than I did. All that thinking about the character of Ennis that was so hard for me to get, Ledger just was there. "
Kind of refreshing for a writer of AP's stature to say that.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: atz75 on May 06, 2006, 01:06:35 am ---LOL, Hey Jeff. I think we were probably googling that Proulx quote at the same time.
Yup, I love that Proulx was so happy with the movie too.
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Great minds, eh, what?
You were Googling while I was rifling through a VERY LARGE pile of hard-copy print-outs. ... :D
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