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Brokeback Mountain's "heftiest emotional moment"
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Mandy21 on April 20, 2011, 07:38:20 pm ---I always had the impression that he walked from the post office to the nearest phone booth immediately.
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Me, too, at least in the film. I blush to admit that it's been a while--a long while--but my memory is that we see him sorting through his mail, he finds the post card, and he walks across the street to the phone booth.
But it's been a while. ... ::)
chowhound:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on April 20, 2011, 08:34:55 pm ---Me, too, at least in the film. I blush to admit that it's been a while--a long while--but my memory is that we see him sorting through his mail, he finds the post card, and he walks across the street to the phone booth.
But it's been a while. ... ::)
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Certainly this is the impression left by the movie. I've just checked Striped Wall and one other site and the sequence of shots goes as follows:
1. Shot of "deceased" postcard.
2. Shot of phone ringing in Lureen's house.
3. Shot of Lureen answering the phone.
4. Shot of Ennis in phone booth with phone to his ear.
I can see that theoretically you can insert a time gap of whatever length you want between shot 1 and shot 2. However, that's not how the patterning of those shots come over to me.
As well, if Ennis is in a state of denial, then he would want that denial confirmed as soon as possible by hearing Jack's voice at the end of the line.
Quite how Ennis knows Jack's number in Texas is another - somewhat frivolous - question. Maybe, like Jack, it's something he kept in his head.
Penthesilea:
In the movie, Ennis goes straight from the post office to the phone booth, which is just across the street:
The post office before Ennis goes in. It's a low building with a dark red color. Notice also the windows and flag pole.
Ennis comes out, sorths through his mail and stops dead. Across the post office is the JT's bar, and a phone booth to the left. This is the moment when Ennis sees the Deceased stamp. (A second later, WE see the Deceased stamp.)
Ennis in the booth. Look over his right shoulder. You can see the red post office building and even the US flag on its diagonal, short pole.
Monika:
How does it work in the US? Can you call an operator that connects you if you have person´s name and address?
(good work there, Chrissie :-*)
serious crayons:
Inspector Chrissi has solved the case! :D
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