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Black Hats, White Hats
2robots4u:
That's what I initially did, but when I saw just the punctuations marks I didn't think it took, so I deleted it. Boy, am I learning all kinds of new things..Thanks..Doug :)
serious crayons:
Funny; I saw Chris' explanation of how to do quotes, and I had given an explanation of how to do quotes just this morning -- to someone else! It's a day for tutorials, I guess. Let me know if you have any other questions (though I'm hardly the best person to ask).
2robots4u:
Between the two of you, I should get it figured out...soon or later..Doug
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Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on August 04, 2006, 02:21:10 pm ---there are tons of amazing threads on this board discussing the hidden meanings of all kinds of things in the movie: hats, rotary fans, elk, sheep, bear, binoculars, clothing, colors, snow, water, coffee pots, buckets, laundry, spitting, windows ...
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Hey there Bud,
Yup, I love that this movie elevates absolutely mundane things, as demonstrated by your list, to the level of poetry and deep meaning.
And, I also love this new observation about the types of hats... and the trim. I've always noticed the trim but never thought to ponder possible meanings... silly me. Well, actually, I have always wondered about the decision to remove the detail of the eagle feather from Jack's hat. It's mentioned twice in the story. I wonder if it would just be a distraction in his costume. I know some posters have argued that movie viewers might strongly object to the notion or visual suggestion that Jack might have shot an eagle during his first solo summer on Brokeback. But, still he could have just found the feather. ::) I would have liked to see it there as a further metaphoric link between Jack and the wind/ air. The "twist" aspect of Jack's hat and the rigidity of Ennis's hat (fireworks scene, etc.) are amazing things to notice! About the removal of hats as foreplay/ sexual innuendo... I like that in the happy tussle, not only does Ennis playfully knock Jack's hat off, but once they're on the ground together Jack reaches up and takes Ennis's hat off too (he sort of uses it to cover their faces as they seem to kiss). I think this even heightens the idea that they've reached a mutual level of comfort in their romps at this point.
Ennis's hats are interesting because he gravitates away from wearing outright cowboy hats. Jack's hats change color and style, but they remain clearly recognizable cowboy hats. I know lots of people don't like Jack's mustache (and I agree with this thoroughly), but Ennis's later hat is almost the same thing for me. That hat that really does look more like a fisherman's hat has always bothered me. I'm sure it's meant to help make him look older (and it works) but it bothers me that it isn't so classically "cowboy" in appearance. It's funny because Ennis is the one that maintains an identity as a cowboy through his work over the years more than Jack, yet in a way Jack seems to cling to the image. He doesn't give up on his rodeo belts and by the last argument scene he's graduated to a Texas-sized black cowboy hat.
ps. I love that this thread has gotten a jolt of new life! It's a great old thread.
:D
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: goadra on August 04, 2006, 10:56:11 pm ---Fernly once pointed out something I never noticed before: Lureen rejects two men in white hats--and goes for Jack-in-black instead.
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The bartender here has a white hat too. I've always thought of these guys in white here as peripheral temptations for Jack... the constant reminder of Ennis and also the real objects of Jack's interest in the bar anyway (even with Lureen there flirting with him). It's sort of a cruel situation to see Lureen casually rejecting white-hatted-guy after white-hatted-guy like it's nothing. It doesn't take much to realize how excited Jack would be if a cute guy in a white hat would approach him and flirt with him (even if it couldn't be Ennis, the ideal, here in this bar). In a way, this little moment continues to illustrate the frustrations of being gay, single and looking to meet someone in Jack's environment (in a different way from the Jimbo scene).
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