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Front-Ranger:
Someone on the ABCs game pointed out that there was a pair of foam dice hanging on Aguirre's rearview mirror when he drove up to the trailer that first fateful day. And shortly after that he calls Ennis and Jack a pair of deuces going nowhere.

Then, when they were at the motel, Jack tells Ennis that he saw a big-ass pair of binoculars hanging off of Aguirre's rearview mirror when he went back seeking employment for a third summer. That's three sets of lenses in close proximity, so methinks it must mean something. Your thoughts?

serious crayons:
Well, someone suggested that the binoculars symbolize the prying eyes of society. But I've never seen them connected to the dice and the deuces! Interesting observation, Lee, as usual.  :)

Front-Ranger:
That sounds logical about the binoculars. I'm interested in cataloguing the various appearances of the rearview mirrors, because they seem to be signposts in the movie. And noting what is draped on them. This calls for a new viewing of the movie, backwards, forwards and sideways!! I'm up for it; it's been about 2 weeks since I've seen it. Let's see, the first appearance is of course when Jack shaves while catching surreptitious views of Ennis.

2robots4u:
The scene of Jack shaving and catching "surreptitious views" (quoting  Front-Ranger) of Ennis has always bothered me for this reason:

Given the location of the truck and the angle of inclination between it and Ennis's position, factor in the year of the vehicle when rearview mirrors did not have a great latitude of movement, how it is possible that Jack had such a magnificent view of Ennis?

There are no dice hanging from the rearview mirror of Aguirre's car the first time we see it, and on Jack's next visit to the trailer, the car is already in place and nothing of the front of it is visible.  Actual, the only reference to dice that I recall is when Aguirre referrs to the guys as a "pair of deuces"; the actual line is "You pair of deuces lookin' for work I suggest you get yer scranny asses in here, pronto."

nakymaton:
2robots4u: I am in complete awe of somebody who can work out the angle of Jack's mirror and figure out whether it could possibly show a reflection of Ennis. That's some amazing spatial thinking. :)  Bummer that being able to notice things like that bothers you, though, because that view of Ennis in Jack's mirror is a really cool movie shot, IMO.

About the dice/deuces -- it had never occurred to me that deuces could be related to the dice. When I heard the line, I thought of poker, not craps, and of how a "pair a deuces" is nearly the worst hand you could end up with in poker. Life dealt both boys a pretty rough hand.

(No, wait, there's worse hand, isn't there... no pairs at all.)

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