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nakymaton:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on August 16, 2006, 10:24:01 am ---It's lucky for Ennis, though, because then he would never have found out...
Would he have shown up in November and waited in vain for Jack? Would he assume Jack had quit him? Would he call the house in Childress to find out what happened?
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Oh. :'( :'( :'( It hurts to even think about that... to imagine Ennis going to the post office every day, hoping for a postcard, and never getting another one, and not knowing why. Given that movie-Ennis had never called Childress before, and given how things were left after their last meeting -- and given that Ennis apparently dumps Cassie by simply not responding to her notes -- I would guess that Ennis would eventually decide that Jack had quit him. :'( :'( :'( Maybe not until Ennis had sent many more postcards, until November had come and gone. But, oh, ouch, that just hurts to think about. Jack dying is bad enough; Jack dying PLUS Ennis never finding the shirts, or hearing that Jack wanted his ashes spread on Brokeback Mountain because it was his favorite place? :'( :'( :'( At least the movie ends with Ennis knowing how much he was loved...
Front-Ranger:
Yes, thank God for the shirts. :-\
serious crayons:
I'll third that.
And Mel, as for the other part of your post, that's why I can't subscribe to the idea that Jack decided to quit Ennis after their last trip and that was that. I think he would have had to show up in November. And by then, maybe Ennis would have made some changes. Or Jack might have lost his resolve.
It's amazing how after all this time I keep grasping for any way I can think of to make the story a tiny bit less sad ...
:'(
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 16, 2006, 12:58:34 pm ---Yes, thank God for the shirts. :-\
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Yes, of course, thank god for the shirts! But, it keeps occurring to me that in addition to the shirts (and the handful of other encouraging things that happen after Jack's death... like the "I swear", etc.) the hug we see at the end of the argument before the flashback is essential. If we didn't see that little touch of reconciliation at the end of that pretty harsh argument, I think the movie would take on a whole different level of sad. Thinking that the last contact that they had with each other involved only yelling at each other and then driving away mad, would be impossible to take.
jpwagoneer1964:
--- Quote from: atz75 on August 17, 2006, 12:28:18 am ---Yes, of course, thank god for the shirts! But, it keeps occurring to me that in addition to the shirts (and the handful of other encouraging things that happen after Jack's death... like the "I swear", etc.) the hug we see at the end of the argument before the flashback is essential. If we didn't see that little touch of reconciliation at the end of that pretty harsh argument, I think the movie would take on a whole different level of sad. Thinking that the last contact that they had with each other involved only yelling at each other and then driving away mad, would be impossible to take.
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the book and the 2003 screenplay are without that so important embrace. thankyou Ang.
It's also important that we know without even seeing it that Jack would stay with Ennis as long taking as much time as he needed until Ennis was able to leave.
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