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Bookends!
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on March 29, 2007, 02:37:09 pm ---Ok, I'll try again, too :).
Two scenes come to my mind: first the Earl flashback. Although we don't see how Earl is attacked, I think it's the most obvious bookend.
The second might seem a bit strange at first: Jack and Lureen in the bar. She comes to him from behind, she hits on him (although not literally), he goes down and lies on his back (in the car), he's defeated - and his fate is sealed :'(.
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Very clever suggestions Bud! I especially like your Lureen suggestion. Very subtle.
I think a third option is the dead sheep following TS1.
brokebackjack:
I always thought the dead sheep was a bookend for earl lying in the gully. Even splayed the same way.
Front-Ranger:
I think my dad er bud, is right! Earl and the sheep are bookends, Ennis is looking at them both times.
Those are good guesses everyone, but according to the annotated script, the Jack death scene is a bookend to...the first scene when he first appears. Both times he's by the railroad tracks.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on March 30, 2007, 11:10:32 am ---Those are good guesses everyone, but according to the annotated script, the Jack death scene is a bookend to...the first scene when he first appears. Both times he's by the railroad tracks.
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Wait a minute! Are you saying the annotated script specifically mentions scenes being bookends?!
Front-Ranger:
Yes, but I have no idea who made the annotations!
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