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Black Hats, White Hats
moremojo:
Wow! It amazes me that over a year after my first viewing, I'm still discovering new things in this wondrous work of art, thanks to all you wonderful folks out there. I never noticed the Jack-like fella in the argument scene before, but...there he is! Ennis must have been haunted by Jack constantly, both before Jack's tragic demise and after.
Brown Eyes:
Yeah, this Jack-like guy always reminds me of the guy that Ennis almost runs over in the dirveway behind the laundromat apartment right before the reunion kiss scene. There seem to be lots of Jack-like guys strolling around in Ennis's world.
:D ;)
I think some of my favorite Jack-like guys in Ennis's world are the guy in the background in the bar when Ennis is rubbing Cassie's feet... and the guy dancing on the little dance floor when Alma Jr. watches Cassie dance with Ennis.
And, conversely, lots of Ennis-like guys seem to like watching Jack at the rodeo and to dance on the dance floors of bars/ social halls that Jack frequents.
brokebackjack:
hmmmm. maybe this is why I have a black hat and a white hat.....and a tan one too.
Brown Eyes:
Brown Eyes:
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I'm reviving this wonderful old thread with a cross-reference to this week's TOTW... Here's another example of a white-hat-wearing guy positioned significantly near Jack at a very crucial scene. I wonder if this white hat behind Jack during the moments when he's making his acquaintance with Randall is meant to visually indicate the constant nature of Jack's conflict when it comes to meeting other men. The white hat can symbolize his continued/ continual desire for Ennis as his ideal (any other guy will be a pale substitute) and it probably indicates a level of guilt that Jack must have been dealing with in an instance when a new opportunity presents itself. The white hat is like a specter that's omnipresent for Jack just as all those guys in black hats appear at crucial times in Ennis's life.
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