Brokeback Mountain: Our Community's Common Bond > Brokeback Mountain Open Forum
Smokes and Fire
nakymaton:
I think I've seen a full ashtray in front of Alma in a screencap from the fullscreen version of the movie. (I don't have the fullscreen version, though, and it's been a long time since I looked at those screencap comparisons. But I think there is an ashtray that's invisible in the widescreen version.)
nakymaton:
--- Quote from: atz75 on October 15, 2006, 03:06:36 pm ---If Ennis truly is offering Jack his cigarette here... wow, that really would be flirty and surprisingly open for Ennis. It seems sort of out of character that Jack would reject a relatively open act of friendship/ affection. So, maybe we're supposed to think he's still really mad here. I wonder if this is a little "bookend" to the early bar scene with the shared lighter.
--- End quote ---
Or maybe it's a way of reminding us of how comfortable they were together on the mountain? It does seem really open and flirty for Ennis, but, well, Ennis was pretty open and flirty at times on the mountain. They might have been in the habit of passing cigarettes back and forth. (And that makes me wish we had seen Ennis smoke from Jack's cigarette in the hotel... )
But it does seem out of character for Jack to reject the offer... though since he already had a lit cigarette, what else would he do? Smoke two at once? Even the sheep might have noticed that something was odd about that...
Ellemeno:
Not sure of the wording, it's been a long time since I seen it:
Cassie: "Cowboys like you drinkin' and smokin', it gets tiresome."
Updated below.
Front-Ranger:
I think you're almost right. Isn't it "Cowboys like U demandin beer after beer, smokin...it gets tiresome."
About Jack showing Ennis his hidden cigarette, does it mean that he's keeping his fire for Ennis hidden and protected? And is Ennis, by offering to share the cigarette, saying that his fire still burns for Jack, even after the mixup on the last day on the mountain?
I think this episode you point out, Mel, will have to go into the catalogue of favorite wordless moments, too!
Meryl:
I like how Ang shoots the second tent scene so that the campfire is visible between their bodies.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version