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Why do you think it's called "The Wings?"
Front-Ranger:
Barbara, also, when Jack says, "I don't give a flying f**k". See my reference to it in "Why the Lie?"
JT:
"The Wings". I don't know. I don't know why they call it "The Wings". I guess they both wanted to fly away together but something keep holding they down. But in the end, Jack was finally able to fly. I don't know, but to me, I see this as Jack and Ennis' theme. You only hear it twice in the movie.
You guys have great insites regarding the title of this song. Some were very moving.
bbm_stitchbuffyfan:
moremojo, thank you for the birthday wish! I wish I could have gotten around to replying sooner, but I've been caught up lately.
Anyway, these responses are great insights! Thanks for the replies.
fernly:
On the front wall of Alma and Monroe's house (most clearly visible to Jr.'s left when she's waiting for Ennis, though it's visible at Thanksgiving, too) is an eagle (?) sculpture. Looks like the wings are raised up, talons extended. Call back to the eagle feather? Another of the Ennis/Jack 'reminders' that are a current (conscious and subconscious) in each others' lives?
And Jr.'s wearing those bluebird earrings.
Two sides of Jack? - one angry, hard, pushed/nailed to the wall (ok, maybe getting carried away here with the symboligizing ) and the other still hopeful, gentle, able to sing/love ?
And another possible resonance to the wild columbine?
A columbarium is "a sepulchral vault or other structure with recesses in the walls to receive the ashes of the dead".
And it's always struck me (and I do mean struck), that in the story they could see, past the hawk's back, "the crawling lights of the vehicles on the plain below" - they weren't that far away from the plains and all that implies. But in the film, I don't get any sense that they could see the plains or crawling lights.
Jeff Wrangler:
Probably beside the point, but, of course, this title always makes me think of "Wind Beneath My Wings." Jack always was the wind beneath Ennis's wings, and poor Ennis didn't realize it until it was too late. :-\
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