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Yin and Yang: Ennis and Jack
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 20, 2007, 01:35:57 pm ---'Nother yin-yang siting in the movie!! Watch carefully behind Jack as he and Ennis are parting after coming down from the mountain. You'll see two pieces of paper--one black, the other white--blowing across the background. I may be reading too much into it, but to me these resemble the slips of paper that Asians write prayers on, then they burn them or affix them to tree branches or statues.
The really wonderful thing is that we see these bits of trash AGAIN. Again, they are behind Jack as he bounds forward in his red jacket to embrace Ennis after four long years apart!! It made my heart leap to see them again!!
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Hi Lee! Great observation! I've never noticed the white bits of trash before. I'll have to watch those scenes really carefully next time. But, I've definitely noticed the darker/ black bits of trash (maybe the darker colors just stand out more). I've always noticed them as devices that make the wind noticeable and even visible (thinking about the Jack-and-the-wind topic). It's really neat to be able to relate those details to the yin and yang topic too. And, I think you're definitely right that they're significant since they do appear (very clearly) at two crucial moments.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: atz75 on December 20, 2007, 04:59:26 pm ---Hi Lee! Great observation! I've never noticed the white bits of trash before. I'll have to watch those scenes really carefully next time. But, I've definitely noticed the darker/ black bits of trash (maybe the darker colors just stand out more). I've always noticed them as devices that make the wind noticeable and even visible (thinking about the Jack-and-the-wind topic). It's really neat to be able to relate those details to the yin and yang topic too. And, I think you're definitely right that they're significant since they do appear (very clearly) at two crucial moments.
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It took me quite a long time to notice the trash behind Jack, because for the first dozen or so screenings, my eyes were affixed on Jack like glue!!
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 20, 2007, 01:35:57 pm ---...we see these bits of trash AGAIN. Again, they are behind Jack as he bounds forward in his red jacket to embrace Ennis after four long years apart!! It made my heart leap to see them again!!
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I'm not quite sure about this, but I think that we see the trash in reverse order in the Reunion Scene. First we see the white trash:
Front-Ranger:
And then the black trash!!
Front-Ranger:
Final yin/yang symbol in the movie! Do you see it?
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