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P.O. Boxes, Mailboxes and the No. 17
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on March 03, 2007, 03:18:36 pm ---At this point, Jeff, there's probably nothing either of us could say about the movie that we haven't said somewhere before, hunh? ;D
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Don't be so sure! I just saw the movie for the first time in a long while in Bay City, and I honestly saw quite a few things that I hadn't seen before or had forgotten about. Like, I noticed several times where Jack appears with a bucket. And, you know what? It struck me that the two paper bags and the buckets are THE SAME. That was like a thunderbolt.
So, I think we should all plan to see BBM on the big screen way out in the middle of nowhere, every once in a while. And, to that end, may I direct you to the graphic at the bottom of this post?! BBM big and HD, in Colorado, this May. You and me, babe, how about it??!!
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on March 03, 2007, 10:28:11 pm ---It struck me that the two paper bags and the buckets are THE SAME. That was like a thunderbolt.
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Hey Lee! This is a really interesting observation, but could you explain a little more what you mean by the bags and the buckets being the same? They may function as bookends, but do you see them as representing the same thing too?
--- Quote from: latjoreme on March 03, 2007, 03:18:36 pm --- I agree he shows disapproval -- just not the kind of disapproval Ennis and viewers might have expected. That is, it evidently isn't disapproval of Jack planning to live with another man so much as Jack failing to follow through on the plan.
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I think maybe Jack's inability to follow through with plans and promises (whether or not this inability is always Jack's fault or entirely within his control) must be a major frustration for OMT. I mean the way OMT complains about Jack's ideas "never coming to pass" is really forceful. It's one of the lines that's really, really well-delivered in this scene. There's a lot of emphasis put on this aspect of OMT's disapproval of Jack.
Front-Ranger:
I don't fully understand it myself but I'll try to explain. I noticed several more scenes where Jack was shown in connection with a bucket. And so the bucket and the paper bags are associated with Jack. The buckets and paper bags are receptacles--receiving things in balance with acting things in a yin/yang way. Jack and Ennis were a complementary pair in their passive/active roles. Also the buckets and bags were containers, kind of a vessel for the energy of life, the life forces. When I try to articulate these ideas, I am at a loss for words, English words anyway, and I find myself resorting to the language in the Tao te Ching.
Front-Ranger:
I thought y'all might like to see a picture of a mailbox I spotted while riding thru Ten Sleep Canyon just southwest of Brokenback Mountain:
Front-Ranger:
I thought this would be a good place to pop in and say Happy 7th day of the 7th month of the 7th year of this century!! I am planning to return to this thread on my birthday on the 17th!!
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