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The short story
Front-Ranger:
I second that. So sad, yet so true.
CarlaMom2:
"temporary silence" I like that. I think of Eniis at the end how bleak he was, too. Think of him years down the road how truly empty his life was without JAck. Even though they didn't see eachother everyday, he still had the next time he was to see JAck to hold on to. Imagine how he was feeling not having that to hold on to or anyone else for that matter. Depressing, huh? :'(
David:
--- Quote from: karen1129 on December 04, 2006, 08:22:13 pm --- That part where Ennis goes back
to the sheep that one night after talking with Jack at camp..... he felt he could paw the white out of the moon. He had never had that much fun before.
How sad is that !
Karen
--- End quote ---
Karen, that is one of a few KEY moments I wish they had put into the movie. But I can imagine Ang couldn't figue out how to correctly depict that on film.
There are so many little details in the story that are "thoughts" the boys have. Probably near impossible to put on film without a narrator.
Jeff Wrangler:
Re: The trailer in the story vs. the trailer in the movie
Not to belabor the point, just wanted to add that when I was reading the story before bed last night, I rediscovered another detail. When Annie talks about the wind blowing around the trailer when Ennis wakes up that morning, she describes the sides/walls of the trailer as curved. That detail is probably what influenced me to visualize a small, ratty old travel-trailer, compared to the "house trailer" we see in the film.
David:
Truth is, when she writes about Ennis peeing in the sink it didn't even occur to me that the trailer didn't have a bathroom.
I recalled a scene from "More Tales of the City" where a hired hit man pee'd in his sink because he was on the phone in the kitchen and had to pee. Yes, a low class thing to do.
I thought Anne was trying to show us how depressed Ennis was by his situation and environment. Peeing in the sink implied he just didn't give a damn anymore.
Yes, I was disturbed when I read it. It was a shocking contrast to the Ennis I saw in the movie who (early on) was always tucking in his shirt because he cared about looking presentable despite his meager income.
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