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Toy horse and rodeo rider
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: David925 on June 19, 2006, 11:00:22 pm ---It sure is a nice thought though. So, I guess I will keep on thinking it. :)
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I like to do that, too! :)
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: gattaca on June 19, 2006, 11:26:30 pm ---Here is what I think (I have no hard evidence, it is just a gut feeling).
I think Ennis was carving the horse in the tent as a way to pass the time (what I would have done) - and then quite possibly have given it to Jack some time after it was done, but did not make it with Jack in mind, at least not at first.
I think the horse and rider that Ennis focused on in Jack's boyhood room in Lightning Flat was a potent reminder of that earlier time - associative memories are very powerful and would certainly have brought tears since Ennis had strong feelings for Jack which included horses and mountains and their long-ago time together.
:)
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Gregg... you know what? I could actually live with your theory!
Thank you so much for posting it! It makes sense, and yet it is beautiful and poignant too. :)
starboardlight:
it's too vague to tell whether the horse was or wasn't carved by Ennis for Jack. There's not evidence to say one way or the other. To me the horse is part of the many evidence of Jack's failed dreams. It reminds us that Jack wanted to be a rodeo cowboy, which he did become but was never successful at it. A small rifle also exist in the room, reminding us how Jack never was a good shooter.
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: starboardlight on June 20, 2006, 02:34:07 am ---it's too vague to tell whether the horse was or wasn't carved by Ennis for Jack. There's not evidence to say one way or the other. To me the horse is part of the many evidence of Jack's failed dreams. It reminds us that Jack wanted to be a rodeo cowboy, which he did become but was never successful at it. A small rifle also exist in the room, reminding us how Jack never was a good shooter.
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Starboardlight -
I guess I have to take your word for it, since you actually saw the horse in person. Actually you are correct, I think. I conjure many things in my mind, and sometimes I guess I might get a little too "Hollywood".
I just like to think that perhaps... maybe....
Ya know? :)
adrian:
--- Quote from: David925 on June 19, 2006, 05:10:07 pm ---I'm sorry if somebody already asked this question.
What is the little toy horse made of? I always thought it was made of wood (reinforcing my long disputed theory that Ennis actually carved the horse for Jack. I like to think he did anyhow) or is it made of metal. Some people over on IMDb tried to tell me it was a metal toy horse.
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--- Quote from: gattaca on June 19, 2006, 05:30:44 pm ---The horse appears to be made of balsawood. But, unless Ennis brought some up the mountain in his paper bag, there's nowhere in Wyoming where it is a native tree (I think). But realistically, it is a film prop, and it could be any kind of wood - I don't think it's metal - you couldn't carve metal with a bowie knife.
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Hi guys,
I emailed the props man who sold me the horse, and although I didn't ask the kind of wood, I did find out that it was carved by a Brian Faul of Calgary. The wood seems like pine. Also I was a little worried of all the buttered popcorn fingers at the Castro, but everyone was so careful and respectful.
David, I mentioned a while ago that originally I did think that it was the same horse as in Jacks bedroom, however, when I asked the props man if he were planning to sell the other toy horse and rider, he said that it was part of SET DECORATION and not PROPS. Therefore it cannot be an integral part of the story, but merely "atmosphere" for that very melancholic scene. I hoped it was 'the' horse, but I think it was just a toy acquired by Jack that reminded him of Ennis and them earlier Brokeback days..............maybe??
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