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Black Hats, White Hats
brokebackjack:
By the way, hats are used symbolically throughout the film, and evenat least once in the book.
When Aguirre watches them, they are in the middle of nowhere yet they HIDE THEIR LOVE FROM THE WORLD BEHIND A HAT.
There is a LOT of that in BBM
Brown Eyes:
:o :o :o
How did this one fall so far down the list!!!??
Penthesilea:
On request of Amada, I post this pic here. Not for Alma jr. but for the hats in the background.
To be honest, I don't see a pair of men in cowboy hats here. I see a man with cowboy hat sitting at a table with a woman, one guy stand behind him, playing at a gambling machine, and possibly the reflection of a guy with a lighter cowboy hat in the pane of the gambling machine right of the second guy.
Amanda, please tell us were in this pic you see a pair of cowboys.
Brown Eyes:
Heya,
Well, I should have been more specific in that other thread. I did mean the guy sitting at the table with the woman... this guy is directly overlapped with the guy standing up at the gambling machine. You're right, they're not really a "couple", but they are paired visually. It just seems to be a particularly interesting visual detail (especially because they are overlapped) given the context of the situation and what Alma Jr. may (or may not) be thinking or realizing.
:-\
It's also something I'd never noticed before you posted this picture.
:)
Brown Eyes:
I'm bumping this one for marlb42 and anyone else here new to Open Forum. This thread is just so amazing and can really change the way the film is understood (I think).
:)
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