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Questions about the beginning of the story/film

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brokeplex:
in the ss, they both had trucks. so I guess they slept in their own trucks. in the film only Jack had transport so I guess it is safe to assume that Jack slept in his truck, where Ennis slept is a good question. I like the idea of him seeking shelter in Jacks' truck. those rocky mountain nights get cold.

in either case both men journeyed a long way to reach Signal. regardless of "what city you think Signal really is " hunh Front Ranger!  ;D

in either case they were both too far from their homes in either Worland or Lightening Flat to have driven back or hitchhiked conveniently and then returned to Signal for the next morning.

personally, from a trivia standpoint, I saw this as a weakness in the film. I wish the deleted scene was returned. Better yet, I wish Focus Features would release a new DVD with Special Features such as deleted scenes and a director's and screenwriters commentary.

Brown Eyes:
LOL!  OK, so I came home from work this evening with an obsessive urge to figure out more about what's on the side of that semi-truck at the beginning.  I honestly always was just assuming it said "Sage."  So, upon viewing (and rewinding a few times) it most definitely says S-A-  and then there is clearly a third letter that could either be a "G" or a "C" and then there is a 4th letter visible... that looks most like a portion of a capitalized "A"... but with the horizontal bar in the middle of both "E" and "A" there's a visual similarity there.  So, definitely, this word is not as clear-cut as I thought it was.  But, it's not impossible that it could potentially say Sage.  Really, I always just assumed that's what it said... but I'm bringing my "outside" knowledge of Ennis into this interpretation clearly.

If that truck doesn't say Sage... It's interesting to realize that a film-viewer-only would have no way of knowing that Ennis was from Sage.  That aspect of the diagonal, geographic difference between Ennis and Jack in terms of where they were raised would be lost on a film viewer who had never read the story.  And, even if the truck said Sage, there'd be no real guarantee that that fact about Ennis would be conveyed.

My plan was to watch only the beginning to look for this detail.  But, of course that's really an impossible thing for a Brokie.  So, I just watched the first half of the movie... through to the end of the "prayer of thanks" camping moment.  I couldn't bring myself to watch the whole film tonight.  When I think about it, I think I've probably seen the first half of BBM about twice as many times as I've seen the second half. 
 ::) ;D

brokeplex:
 I have always thought it said "SAC", but it is a great idea if there is a "g" and an "e" there. another subliminal reminder of a geographic place of importance to the boys.

Mandy21:
Me too, Amanda.  The first half twice as many times as the second.  Wonder why that is...

BlissC:
Same here, and I'm going to wear the pause button on the remote out at this rate!  ;D

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