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Fantasy Scenes
moremojo:
--- Quote from: jpwagoneer1964 on September 11, 2006, 02:01:28 pm ---In the book it leacd you to believe that Jack was up alone the previous year. "Both enjoying the company of the other where none was expected."
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Very good point--that nuance had evaded me previously. And that would explain why Aguirre came down so hard on Jack for the loss of the sheep due to the lightning strike; there might have been no one else to (unfairly) blame.
moremojo:
--- Quote from: twistedude on September 11, 2006, 02:32:26 pm ---There is NO WAY they thought of each other as rivals...in the short story, it says "They came together on paper as camp tender" and "sheep herder."
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Right--I meant to refer to the possible implications of how the scene plays out in the film alone; in the story, there would have been no undercurrent of competition, though we do learn that both boys had not expected company on the mountain.
jpwagoneer1964:
Jack thinking:
Dammit! Why couldn't this be Ennis. Only damn cowboy I want is him.
jpwagoneer1964:
Ennis thinking:
Sure like that Jack fella, like cookin' breakfast fer him an' me, just hearin' him talk. Looks damn good next ta a horse.
jpwagoneer1964:
Jack thinking:
Sure f***ked that up. Shunda played so rough with Ennis today, gotta remember he's skiddish. What'll I do now?
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