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Scene 1: Jack getting out of pickup
adrian:
--- Quote from: nakymaton on January 13, 2007, 04:12:19 pm ---For a moment, Jack does look like he's about to walk up to Ennis and stick out his hand. But Ennis looks down and away, letting his hat shade his face, and Jack changes his mind, and looks down and away himself.
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Ah I see. I guess Ennis did send a "leave me alone" message to Jack. So no words were needed just body language.
Ellemeno:
Ennis makes that sour little prune face, leaning against the wall of the trailer. I wouldn't go bouncing up to him wagging my tail either.
ffrn:
--- Quote from: Garry_LH on January 13, 2007, 12:51:41 pm ---This poverty, on both of these character's parts, is perhaps the most powerful force shaping their identities. For Ennis, it feels to me like he believes any change from what he knows would threaten his very survival. For Jack, it's something to escape however he can. Like, his marrying Lureen.
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I totally agree Garry. To me anyway, the poverty both had grown up with explained much of their actions throughout their lives.
nagsheadsea412:
It is a question mark though..here are two men in the silence of the day waiting for their employer and no one talks, introduces themselves...I know it's cowboy country and 1963...but so what/ was Ennis so shy and repressed that he would look down and shuffle...If I were Jack, I'd wonder what the hell this guy is all about and I'm going to be shut away with him all summer?
Front-Ranger:
A similar scene was depicted in the classic novel The Virginian, which is actually not set in Virginia, it takes place in Wyoming. Two people meet at a party and make a serious effort to ignore each other, thus conveying the depth of their feeling for each other. So, I call this the "Wyoming handshake," when two people studiously ignore each other.
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