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Female Sexuality in BBM
serious crayons:
Maybe the ashes in each of those wife scenes signal that the marriage has died out. Though neither may have been ideal even before that, there was some affection in each. But at the point the ashes are scattered (!!) it's over -- Ennis and Alma are bickering harshly, Jack and Lureen have grown distant and frustrated.
It occurs to me that one way to look at the fact that Ennis didn't get Jack's ashes to scatter means that the feelings in that relationship can't "die out."
LauraGigs:
OMG latjoreme — great observation.
--- Quote ---in two scenes of marital conflict . . . ashes get spilled.
--- End quote ---
And the 'final conflict' of the film is over ashes, and where they will get spilled.
But Ennis comes away from it with something more powerful: a living symbol of how strong Jack's love for him was. His relationship with Jack had never 'burned out' the way each of their marriages had.
Damn. Every little detail proves to be significant . . .
Brown Eyes:
Amazing. Somehow I'd never thought to connect the ash buckets, the fire embers, the possible relationship to Lureen's image (going from fire red to black and white ash colors) to the fact that Jack's actual body becomes ashes.
You're right that this final issue that Ennis has to confront dealing with Jack in any possible physical sense has to go with gaining access to ashes.
:-\ :'(
Brown Eyes:
Since Lureen and the topic of women in BBM is hot once again these days, I thought I'd revive this old thread.
:)
Artiste:
Love it... Atz!!
See my thread: If Lureen is lesbian too... please.
Hugs!!
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