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Jack and Alma
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on May 05, 2006, 12:16:51 am ---(Though having his two lives come in contact with one another still does call for a lot of careful shirt-tucking.)
And, yes, it would be fun to go to that breakfast. For that matter, if Ang had followed them around with a camera and filmed every minute they spent together over the entire 20 years (plus the two months on Brokeback), I would buy the 100-disk DVD set in a heartbeat.
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LOL, :laugh: :laugh: :D :laugh:
korgriff:
Thanx atz :)
I also agree that I would LOVE to see more of them in candid moments, everyday things. When they were herding those sheep I would watch their faces and movements just because it was everyday stuff and they were so cute! That's when you see the little exchanged glances and stuff that just make the movie.
starboardlight:
what do you make of the change in day time for the reunion kiss? in my reading. i get that it was dusk, with the sunlight waning. they were in near darkness, and so Ennis could feel at ease about whether anyone might see them. In the movie, it was full daylight, so it makes the kiss seem reckless. I suppose the romance in the recklessness is emphasized on film and I appreciate that.
TJ:
In the movie's kiss scene, it is definitely daytime with an overcast sky.
But, in the book, it is a stormy late afternoon, thunder growling, and it is somewhat dark at the top of the stairs up to the apartment over the laundry when the guys kiss on the landing up there. The book mentions that when Alma opens the door the 2nd time, the guys are standing side-by-side with the backs of their hands touching, in the narrow light, which implies that she did not fully open the door all the way. The light comes from inside the apartment.
Because of the description of the scene in the book, I still stand by my opinion that Alma did not see them actually kissing and only hugging with Ennis's straining shoulders blocking most of the view since his back was very close to the door. It's one thing to see "fishin' buddies" hugging when they have not seen each other in 4 years; but, if they had been seen kissing by Alma or anyone else, that would have been a different matter.
In the movie, the view of the stairway steps up to the other apartment was actually blocked from view from the street. They could have filmed the scene with the guys up on the walkway in front of the apartment door as described in the book.
Slightly OT here, some of the movie's dialog which takes place in the mountains on the 2nd night of the Reunion is actually in the Motel Siesta on the first night.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: starboardlight on May 05, 2006, 09:20:00 pm ---what do you make of the change in day time for the reunion kiss? in my reading. i get that it was dusk, with the sunlight waning. they were in near darkness, and so Ennis could feel at ease about whether anyone might see them. In the movie, it was full daylight, so it makes the kiss seem reckless. I suppose the romance in the recklessness is emphasized on film and I appreciate that.
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Me too, starboardlight. The most wonderful thing about that scene is its recklessnes, perhaps the only time Ennis could be described that way. Given Ennis' personality, it comes so close to unbelievable, but not quite -- which is why it is so amazing.
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