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Black Hats, White Hats
RouxB:
Barb-
He is saying 1963 is his second summer. "(it's my) second summer up here. Last summer...). He is just leaving off the first part of the sentence as they frequently do.
I think that point has been covered in the interviews and making ofs.
TJ:
While the Ennis Del Mar character wore clothing in the movie which is even more expensive than what I might spend fof my own clothes and he was supposed to be dirt poor, the wardrobe for him could have been purchased at a local Goodwill store, a Salvation Army thrift shop or similar 2nd hand clothing store.
And, that included the hats, too.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on May 10, 2006, 03:30:41 pm ---Well, here is my report after last night's viewing. He is wearing a patterned shirt underneath a light grey canvas jacket. But the interesting thing about the patterned shirt is that the stripes are so close together as to seem almost solid. So it's certainly the most solid shirt he wears in the entire movie. I like to think this means that he wasn't quite there yet - but almost. Another thing I noticed about this ensemble is that he seems to have *the exact same* one on in the Lightning Flat scene, as if he contacted Jack's parents (Mrs. Twist looks like she expects him when she comes to the door) immediately after getting off the phone with Lureen, got in his truck, and drove straight there.
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Also, even though it is summer (or late summer? I'm not up on my BBM dates) he wears the lightweight solid gray jacket in three of the last five scenes, not including the one where he gets the postcard nor the one with Alma Jr. -- right? He wears it in the pie, phone booth and Twist ranch scenes. In my understanding, none of those occur on the same day. And one more thing: he's wearing a shirt like Ennis' but different, as you noted above, under a solid-color jacket that is like Jack's but different.
So although I'm disappointed that the shirt is not a skeleton key that unlocks the entire end of the movie, it stlil could mean something ...
TJ:
Unlike the deal about the costume movie people in the slate link, no fancy high-priced clothing would even have been needed if the movie's screenplay writers and the director and his crew had ADOPTED more stuff that was in Annie Proulx's original story.
Most of the clothing needed for the role of Ennis could have purchased at a used clothing store. And the clothing for Jack could have been purchased at a chain department store where lower-middle income and lower income people shop.
Heath's character wore what he could afford on his poverty level income. Even the Book Jake's character was rather poor until after Lureen's father died and SHE hired him on giving him a vague managerial title. Jack was a buyer for her company, not a salesman.
Brown Eyes:
Back to the hats for a moment...
So, I just watched the whole movie twice tonight (someone please help me...). Once with a friend and once by myself. And,believe it or not... I noticed a new significant white hat moment. When Jack is in Mexico and first enters the dark alley, he is immediately preceded in his walk down the alley by a man in a white hat and a white shirt. You can see him begin to enter the alley in the shot of Jack with the crowded scene behind him... as Jack looks down the alley. Then there's another shot as the camera travels down the alley (sort of following Jack's gaze/ footsteps) where the white-hatted man is essentially centered in the alley (we see him from behind) and he slips into the darkness at the end of the alley just as Jack's gaze focuses on the prostitute. It's a bit as if Jack is chasing him or pursuing him.
So, it turns out that Mexico must also really have something for boys like Ennis too. (at least visually *like* Ennis)
I love this movie. :) (as if there was any doubt) ::)
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