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Book Discussion: Brokeback Mountain
Fran:
Speaking of grey:
"On the third morning there were the clouds Ennis had expected, a grey racer out of the west, a bar of darkness driving wind before it and small flakes."
(This is just before the "putting the blocks to" conversation.)
Front-Ranger:
It's wonderful to discuss the story with people who know it so intimately!!
Front-Ranger:
Extending the greyness a little more--Aguirre's hair was the color of ash. This makes me wonder, is Aguirre related to Ennis at all? Is he what Ennis would become in his later years?
Front-Ranger:
I got caught up in two detours: a discussion of the colors blue and grey, and then an Oscar Nite viewing of the movie in Bay City, Michigan!!
Let's see, where were we. Oh yes, on the fourth sentence of the story, still in the prologue. Actually, what torqued me back to thinking about this story was RodneyFL's eloquent reading of it on Brokeback Mountain Radio last THursday. I was struck by how often the word trailer appears in the prologue. There are two: the trailer that Ennis lives in (altho he's about to leave it) and the horse trailer with which he's going to transport his horses to a new home, or more likely to his married daughter's home. Then, there's the ever present wind. The wind, as Jack's memory, is always with Ennis. There are metallic things, not only the trailers, but the keys that drop into Ennis's hand, with a jingle jangle morning sound (nod to Bob Dylan).
McMurtry/Ossana picked up on the significance of the trailer, and added a trailer shot at the end of the movie. Since there was no prologue in the movie, they added an epilogue instead.
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on March 17, 2007, 04:06:42 pm ---
There are metallic things, not only the trailers, but the keys that drop into Ennis's hand, with a jingle jangle morning sound (nod to Bob Dylan).
--- End quote ---
If only Ennis had chosen the rest of the song's phrase:
"In the jingle jangle morning, I'll come following you."
:(
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