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Peeks, Glances, Gazes and the whole eye-contact thingie

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Penthesilea:
In a movie where so much is said without any words, body-language and all different kinds of looks are important. I think all those different ways to look at each other (or not!) deserve their own thread, so here it is! :)

Penthesilea:
Arrg! My comuter just had a malfunction and closed all open windows. My post is gone :P.
I don't have the time to rewrite everything now, will do so later. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that naturally I intent to fill the topic with some content ::).

Brokeback_Dev:
Eye contact is so important.  I love to look into peoples eyes.  I used to wonder and i said this to my older brother when i was just 14, I remember it so clearly, it was when I first moved from the Jersey shore to Florida to live with my grandparents, we were outside looking at the stars in the night sky, and I said I wonder if all people see the same things differently. 

Its no coincidence I grew up to become an optician/optometric assistant by trade, but really doesnt it seem that, in reality, everyone sees everything from a different perspective.  A glance, a look, a wink. Since I've been married I dont try to create a stir with eye contact in a flirtatious way. Nope not at all. I keep those looks to myself.  I guess I do with him...

When Lynne and I were in Boston we met up with Paul to have dinner at a very nice resturaunt.  There was a refreshing chill in the air as Lynne, Paul and I were walking through the southend streets of Boston towards our destination.  It was at night and trying to cross the streets was challenging.  Paul said you have to establish eye contact with the drivers, and as he did the traffic slowed down and let us cross.

There is no one way to look at anything either physically or as seen only through someone's own eyes.  I like to think Jack and Ennis had those looks with each other often.  Both during the scenes we didnt see in the movie, that are left up to our imagination,and on the set in between shoots between Jake and Heath.

Brokeback moutain is a very special movie indeed.  It brings up all this different angles and ways to look at things.  Brokies are the best  :)

Penthesilea:
I totally agree with Dev about the importance of eye-contact. I think it speaks volumes abour Ennis's shyness and low self-esteem when he could not make eye-contact, or had to look away briefly. He did this often, and just today I noticed it in a scene where I hadn't noticed it before.


A very well known-example is the beginning of TS2, when Ennis kneels at the entrance of the tent, and barely is able to look at Jack. Yet, he shoots very brief glances up, only to look away again immediately. This goes repeated times. So sweet and endearing :).

Not daring to look at Jack




Sneaking up a peek, at least up to Jack't mouth. Oh, what a sweet temptation that mouth is :).




Better look away again quickly, and additionally bend the head a bit.

Penthesilea:

--- Quote from: Brokeback_Dev on June 08, 2009, 06:20:49 am ---...and I said I wonder if all people see the same things differently. 

--- End quote ---


A short detour: I've wondering the same thing for a long time. Do other people see the world the same way I do? How about the colors? Maybe what I think is black, looks for someone else like green. Only we all have learned to name that specific shade "black". But is there away to be sure that every person sees the same color when they say "black", or "blue" or "red"?
Good thing we have an optometrist on board: Fiona, can you tell us something about it? Do you know for certain? (or Dev, can you clarify?)

BTW, I had a funny experience when we were studying: B-Day of a fellow student of my husband. It's about 20 years ago and the broad use of genetic research just began to be a topic for people. Anyway, someone made the comment "You'll see, one day they'll engineer chickens that lay green eggs." Whereupon the fellow student said: "Hunh? Eggs are green anyway." :laugh:
The guy was colorblind (or partly colorblind, I don't remember) and he made it to his early twenties without someone ever telling him that eggs are either white or brown.


I'll be back to Ennis and Jack with my next post.

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