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Importance of the Jimbo Scene
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Artiste on August 23, 2008, 03:22:40 pm ---Was this excellent post deleted?
Our Brokeback Mountain: The Story, Movie, Author, Actors and Its Impact / Brokeback Mountain: Open Forum / Re: Importance of the Jimbo Scene on: Today at 09:49:44 AM
Quote from: atz75 on August 21, 2008, 08:30:43 PM
I think there's so much suggestiveness and tension in the way that Jack looks at Jimbo, and even the way that Jimbo looks back that there's serious flirting going on, at least from Jack's side.
Jack's going through all the classic motions of picking someone up... finding an entree or pick-up line and then the cliche of buying a drink. As a scene in the film, I personally really do think it's meant to demonstrate the frustrations Jack encounters when trying to find a male partner prior to the reunion.
This scene kind of flashed by when I first saw the movie, but in multiple viewings I'm impressed with how subtle Jake's performance is there. It's so believable for the situation: a gay man in a Texas cowboy bar in the mid-1960s trying to scope out another guy without putting himself in danger. On the surface, there's nothing Jack says or does that's even ambiguous. But after his remark that Jimbo is the best rodeo clown he's worked with, he pauses, his smile widens just a little and his eyes narrow just a little.
Jack might very well leave right afterward not only out of embarrassment but also out of a sense of danger when Jimbo goes over to the pool table and starts talking with the other guys. However, the fact that Jack hasn't done or said anything specific might very well be the reason that he's able to leave safely -- Jimbo might suspect that this guy at the bar was trying to pick him up but Jack doesn't give him any more ammunition than that.
Interesting, the disconnect between that scene and what's in the screenplay -- Jimbo doesn't sit down at any table; he goes over and talks to a group of men playing pool.
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It was by: Marge_Innavera !
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Marge's post is still here. It's only one post prior to one of your last posts Artiste. It's reply #57 to this thread. Here's a link to the specific post http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,22186.msg398002.html#msg398002. And, I'll quote it here for you.
--- Quote from: Marge_Innavera on August 23, 2008, 09:49:44 am ---This scene kind of flashed by when I first saw the movie, but in multiple viewings I'm impressed with how subtle Jake's performance is there. It's so believable for the situation: a gay man in a Texas cowboy bar in the mid-1960s trying to scope out another guy without putting himself in danger. On the surface, there's nothing Jack says or does that's even ambiguous. But after his remark that Jimbo is the best rodeo clown he's worked with, he pauses, his smile widens just a little and his eyes narrow just a little.
Jack might very well leave right afterward not only out of embarrassment but also out of a sense of danger when Jimbo goes over to the pool table and starts talking with the other guys. However, the fact that Jack hasn't done or said anything specific might very well be the reason that he's able to leave safely -- Jimbo might suspect that this guy at the bar was trying to pick him up but Jack doesn't give him any more ammunition than that.
Interesting, the disconnect between that scene and what's in the screenplay -- Jimbo doesn't sit down at any table; he goes over and talks to a group of men playing pool.
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Artiste:
Atz, Marge_Innavera's post was not showing up, nor now, why ?
It does only when I added it and when you did too as 2 posts!!
Do you know?
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Artiste on August 23, 2008, 10:07:14 pm ---Atz, Marge_Innavera's post was not showing up, nor now, why ?
It does only when I added it and when you did too as 2 posts!!
Do you know?
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Like Amanda(atz75) already said: it has never been deleated, not at any given time. It is still there and has been there all the time. When it didn't show up for you, you either had problems with your computer, or you simply overlooked it. This should clarify the situation about Marge_Innavera's post and we don't need to discuss it any longer.
Artiste:
It is still not on here !
Does anyone else does not see it?
optom3:
--- Quote from: Artiste on August 24, 2008, 04:26:11 pm ---It is still not on here !
Does anyone else does not see it?
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Artiste it is still there. It is post number 57. I have just double checked and seen it with my own eyes.
You must have a glitch somewhere.
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