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Why is the "dozy embrace" in the film?
JT:
--- Quote from: dly64 on July 31, 2006, 10:07:49 pm ---I know there has been a lot of discussion regarding Ennis’ shifting the shirts away from OMT. The way I interpret this is that Ennis is fully aware of the abusive and tense relationship between Jack and his father. It is almost as if he is protecting Jack from OMT. He holds the shirts out to Jack’s empathetic mother who, almost ceremoniously, puts the shirts in the bag. IMO, Mrs. Twist invited Ennis to go to Jack’s room because she knew the shirts were there. She knew the importance of those shirts.
I love this quote from Roger Ebert (yes, he’s a critic. He is one, however, whose opinion I respect):
A closing scene involving a visit by Ennis to Jack's parents is heartbreaking in what is said, and not said, about their world. A look around Jack's childhood bedroom suggests what he overcame to make room for his feelings.
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I agree with you regarding Ennis protecting the shirts from OMT. And yes, Mrs. Twist understands well about their relationship when she puts her hand on Ennis's shoulder, and she gives an approval nod when Ennis hands her the shirts to be put into the bag.
Yes I did noticed but never mentioned that the two shirts at the end of the movie are the same two shirt each men wear as they first appear. Very interesting indeed.
jpwagoneer1964:
--- Quote from: JT on August 01, 2006, 10:55:36 am ---I agree with you regarding Ennis protecting the shirts from OMT. And yes, Mrs. Twist understands well about their relationship when she puts her hand on Ennis's shoulder, and she gives an approval nod when Ennis hands her the shirts to be put into the bag.
Yes I did noticed but never mentioned that the two shirts at the end of the movie are the same two shirt each men wear as they first appear. Very interesting indeed.
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And of course Jack was wearing his FNIT and Ennis SNIT.
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: jpwagoneer1964 on August 01, 2006, 10:58:36 am ---And of course Jack was wearing his FNIT and Ennis SNIT.
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Yeah, that's really interesting that they're the same two shirts from the very beginning of the movie. I had noticed that they were Jack's shirt from TS1 and Ennis's shirt from TS2. So, here's a question (or two or three). Does this maybe suggest that the interaction between the boys outside Aguirre's trailer was "love at first sight"... and these shirts are meant to be visual/ prop clues about this? Or, maybe are we supposed to think that Jack fell in love with Ennis during TS1 (since he's wearing the magic shirt here) and Ennis fell in love during TS2 (since similarly, he's wearing his magic shirt here)? The first option is not really compatible with options two and three.
On the topic of shirts... I've always wondered about Alma when she's hanging the laudry on the line in the really strong wind (Jack!!!) and sees Ennis driving down the road... She's holding onto the shirt that Ennis wore during TS1. What are we supposed to make of that?
nakymaton:
I think that we see Jack and Ennis in The Shirts at first in hopes that we'll remember those exact shirts at the end of the movie.
And I think it's a bit of a warning sign that, when Alma is being all domestic and everything, she's washing the shirt that Ennis was wearing when he lost his virginity. And she doesn't have a clue.
dly64:
--- Quote from: atz75 on August 01, 2006, 08:16:03 pm ---Yeah, that's really interesting that they're the same two shirts from the very beginning of the movie. I had noticed that they were Jack's shirt from TS1 and Ennis's shirt from TS2. So, here's a question (or two or three). Does this maybe suggest that the interaction between the boys outside Aguirre's trailer was "love at first sight"... and these shirts are meant to be visual/ prop clues about this? Or, maybe are we supposed to think that Jack fell in love with Ennis during TS1 (since he's wearing the magic shirt here) and Ennis fell in love during TS2 (since similarly, he's wearing his magic shirt here)? The first option is not really compatible with options two and three.
On the topic of shirts... I've always wondered about Alma when she's hanging the laudry on the line in the really strong wind (Jack!!!) and sees Ennis driving down the road... She's holding onto the shirt that Ennis wore during TS1. What are we supposed to make of that?
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I think it is an interesting observation about the possibility of Jack loving Ennis in TS1 and vice versa in TS2 as symbolized by the all-important shirts. Being the romantic that I am, I tend to land on the side of “love at first sight” … albeit not in the conventional way. They were both checking each other out immediately.
It’s interesting that you mention Alma doing the laundry and taking the shirt that Ennis wore on BBM off of the line. It is a contrast; too, that she is doing the laundry in a depressed shack while Jack did the laundry in the open air and freedom of the mountains. Jack was completely nude (free of inhibitions) and Alma was in layers. Alma was also washing Ennis’ underwear, but Ennis didn’t even have underwear on BBM! Hmmmm….
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