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Yin and Yang: Ennis and Jack
Brown Eyes:
Hey there Lee!
I'm glad to see you posted the horse observation here! It's a great yin and yang detail!
:D
Rutella:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 12, 2006, 05:31:51 pm ---My latest yin/yang sighting:
I have a new favorite scene, and it may surprise you... Recall the scene late in the movie where Ennis and Jack are walking their horses down the middle of a stream? I always thought that they had kind of glum looks on their faces because of dissatisfaction with the relationship...but as I look at it again, I'm thinking they are at peace and in harmony with each other. The reason for this change in thinking...I got to looking at the horses. Ennis is riding a beautiful black horse with a lovely diamond-shaped white star on its...forehead? (Is that what it's called). And Jack is riding an equally beautiful light-colored horse (a bay mare?) with a black shock of mane between its ears. The yin/yang sign was there all along, and I didn't even see it!! I started to see that scene differently...they are in equilibrium. Makes me think they did find some sort of peace and happiness together at last.
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OMG thats brilliant! I am in so much awe of brokies for making me reassess everything I see in the film (and obviously giving me yet another excuse to watch it again and again...). Mu husband has abandoned me this weekend to go climbing (hmm..frequent trips up mountains with a tent...maybe I should start attaching notes onto his climbing harness!) and so I shall utilise my time goodly with extra film watching. Yeay!
Front-Ranger:
Great, rutella! Nice to see you back here! Loved the shot of Yin/Yang mountain too. I see the lighter mountain on the left and the dark one on the right, same as the horse configuration. I love the shot that comes right after this one, because it is such a good portrayal of Annie Proulx's line, "During the day Ennis looked across a great gulf and sometimes saw Jack, a small dot moving across a high meadow, as an insect moves across a tablecloth...."
Front-Ranger:
I may have gone off the deep end, but I see a yin/yang symbol in this photo:
Meryl:
Lee, I can't see your photo :(
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