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Why is the "dozy embrace" in the film?
Front-Ranger:
Andrew, did U used to be littledarlin? Just wonderin.
O my God. I was travelling home tonite, and I heard the song which I fanticize to be the lullaby that Heath hums in the Dozy Embrace!! Yes, I was driving home with the full Harvest moon rising off my left shoulder, listening to NPR, and I heard a haunting song, performed by Nora Guthrie and the Klezmatics, of her father, Woodie Guthrie's favorite lullaby to his childen. No one knows what song Ennis was humming then (who knows, it could have been "Waltzing Matillda") but this is just my idea. Listen to it, and you'll be captivated:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5627147
Andrew:
No, FR, it sounds like that Andrew, littledarlin (from Chicago) is just busy in his personal life - that's what he said in his last post. I'm sure he'll use the same moniker when he gets back, which I hope will be soon. I'm Andrew from Boston.
I just listened to that whole broadcast. The lullaby comes at the end, and it's well worth waiting for. The second song, the one just before it, is great too. The Klezmatics did really come up with tunes which are at one with the words. I could easily imagine Ennis' mother humming the refrain of that lullaby.
dly64:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 08, 2006, 11:30:41 pm ---O my God. I was travelling home tonite, and I heard the song which I fanticize to be the lullaby that Heath hums in the Dozy Embrace!! Yes, I was driving home with the full Harvest moon rising off my left shoulder, listening to NPR, and I heard a haunting song, performed by Nora Guthrie and the Klezmatics, of her father, Woodie Guthrie's favorite lullaby to his childen. No one knows what song Ennis was humming then (who knows, it could have been "Waltzing Matillda") but this is just my idea. Listen to it, and you'll be captivated:
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Beautiful! I listened to it several times and absolutely loved it! How apropos this lullaby would have been during the “dozy embrace.” It only solidifies that dream-like state that is evoked at that moment. I don’t think I’ll ever watch that scene again without thinking about that song. Too bad we don’t know for sure what Ennis is humming … or maybe it’s a good thing? Then we can imagine what he is humming … this lullaby being one. Thanks for sharing this!
Shakesthecoffecan:
Thank you for the link to this story, I am listening to the story as I write.
I appreciated the placement of the dozy embrace in the story and film as you see Ennis embracing him from behind in one, and not long after that he in embracing the shirts, face to face, but they are now empty, too late late, Ennis.
"Gonna get through this world" is now playing. I think I will need to get this cd.
In her essay in the story the screenplay book, Proulx says when she was writing the Dozy Embrace sceen, she listened to Pat Methany and Charlie Hadden's "Spiritual" from their 1996 cd "Beyond the Missouri Sky" a haunting and sad piece of music. I have to play it from time to time to block out the world.
Shakesthecoffecan:
"Heddy Down" yes, I could hear those words comming from his lips, that is a good call Front Ranger!
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