Brokeback Mountain: Our Community's Common Bond > Brokeback Mountain Open Forum
Life and this movie are messy
serious crayons:
Why thanks, FRiend! (imagine nonexistent blushing smiley here)
nakymaton:
About "stink":
Yes, it's Annie undercutting the mushiness of the moment. But I think it's also a way to keep developing the characters through the descriptions. It's part of drawing Ennis as a guy with rough edges, and a guy who's attracted to Jack's masculinity.
I love the word "stink" in that sentence. I think it's a great word choice, and I don't think the story would be as effective if it had used a more neutral or romantic-sounding word in its place.
serious crayons:
Me, I probably would prefer "smell." But I would choose stink over scent, fragrance, odor, aroma, stench or bouquet.
:P
(I never know if that smiley is supposed to be drooling or gagging, but in this case I guess either works.)
nakymaton:
;D Katherine, you just like things a little on the mushier side than I do. (See the "I love you" discussion. ;) )
--- Quote from: moremojo on September 25, 2006, 05:37:22 pm ---It's also interesting how Jack is remembered in terms of smells of nature, as if he belonged, in both body and spirit, to the mountain that fed the boys' dreams.
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You know, I think that plays a part in developing Ennis's character, too. He associates love with earthy smells, outdoor smells, mountain smells. (And he's at his most content with Alma when he's associating his family life with animals and ranching, too.)
During the first few months after the movie came out, I used to rant and rant about people who said "why didn't they just move to San Francisco?" It drove me crazy... yes, in a city Ennis might be able to live with Jack, but he would lose something else that he loved. (I imagine a city boy would describe his lover's scent in different ways, even if he liked the same kinds of masculine smells?)
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: nakymaton on September 27, 2006, 12:56:13 pm ---;D Katherine, you just like things a little on the mushier side than I do. (See the "I love you" discussion. ;)
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I've noticed that. On the other hand, Missy, I think anyone who is on this site every day must have just a bit of a taste for mushiness -- even if it's understated, obfuscated, rugged mushiness! ;D
--- Quote ---(I imagine a city boy would describe his lover's scent in different ways, even if he liked the same kinds of masculine smells?)
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If Annie Proulx were writing it, City Ennis would be "hoping for the faintest bus exhaust and subway stairs ..."
Speaking of smells, Delalluvia wrote something smell-related a long time ago that was so evocative I had to do a search so I could quote it here:
--- Quote ---They've been roughing it in the mountains for weeks, they clean as best they can, but they're still going to smell of earth, sheep and horses, their own bodies and male lust, the tent is going to have its own odor, mildew and dampness, the scent of pinyon pine from the trees, the smell of woodsmoke on their skin and in their hair...
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Whew! Now I need an "is it hot in here?" smiley!
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