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Re: Black Hats, White Hats
« Reply #110 on: March 22, 2007, 01:24:47 pm »
Wow! It amazes me that over a year after my first viewing, I'm still discovering new things in this wondrous work of art, thanks to all you wonderful folks out there. I never noticed the Jack-like fella in the argument scene before, but...there he is! Ennis must have been haunted by Jack constantly, both before Jack's tragic demise and after.
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Re: Black Hats, White Hats
« Reply #111 on: March 22, 2007, 04:58:16 pm »
Yeah, this Jack-like guy always reminds me of the guy that Ennis almost runs over in the dirveway behind the laundromat apartment right before the reunion kiss scene.  There seem to be lots of Jack-like guys strolling around in Ennis's world.
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I think some of my favorite Jack-like guys in Ennis's world are the guy in the background in the bar when Ennis is rubbing Cassie's feet... and the guy dancing on the little dance floor when Alma Jr. watches Cassie dance with Ennis.


And, conversely, lots of Ennis-like guys seem to like watching Jack at the rodeo and to dance on the dance floors of bars/ social halls that Jack frequents.
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Re: Black Hats, White Hats
« Reply #112 on: March 25, 2007, 05:45:50 am »
hmmmm. maybe this is why I have a black hat and a white hat.....and a tan one too.
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Re: Black Hats, White Hats
« Reply #113 on: May 01, 2007, 11:32:45 pm »
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Re: Black Hats, White Hats
« Reply #114 on: September 27, 2007, 11:21:52 pm »
<img src="http://www.divshare.com/img/2136439-420.jpg" border="0" />


I'm reviving this wonderful old thread with a cross-reference to this week's TOTW... Here's another example of a white-hat-wearing guy positioned significantly near Jack at a very crucial scene.  I wonder if this white hat behind Jack during the moments when he's making his acquaintance with Randall is meant to visually indicate the constant nature of Jack's conflict when it comes to meeting other men.  The white hat can symbolize his continued/ continual desire for Ennis as his ideal (any other guy will be a pale substitute) and it probably indicates a level of guilt that Jack must have been dealing with in an instance when a new opportunity presents itself.  The white hat is like a specter that's omnipresent for Jack just as all those guys in black hats appear at crucial times in Ennis's life.


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Re: Black Hats, White Hats
« Reply #115 on: September 30, 2007, 10:20:10 pm »
Oh, wow.  Nice catch, Amanda.  In all my viewings (and reviewing screen caps), I've never seen that one.  Especially nice touch in that he's also wearing a tan jacket.  Just further affirmation of the genius of Ang Lee.

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Re: Black Hats, White Hats
« Reply #116 on: October 03, 2007, 12:48:16 am »
Quote from: ednbarby on September 30, 2007, 10:20:10 pm
Oh, wow.  Nice catch, Amanda.  In all my viewings (and reviewing screen caps), I've never seen that one.  Especially nice touch in that he's also wearing a tan jacket.  Just further affirmation of the genius of Ang Lee.



Yeah, you're right about the tan jacket.  The combination of the hat and the jacket is really evocative of Ennis.
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Re: Black Hats, White Hats
« Reply #117 on: October 09, 2007, 05:54:10 am »
I have to admit that I had caught that.

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It is beautifully done.  And in january if my son had not helped me pick out the clothes to get married in I'd have looked like Jack at that dinner, they were trying to sell me formal leather cowboy jackets and I was so flipped out I'd a bought it.
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Re: Black Hats, White Hats
« Reply #118 on: January 11, 2008, 01:37:28 am »
Quote from: belbbmfan on March 22, 2007, 03:08:13 am


I've been feeling nostalgic for some of the older Open Forum threads tonight and have been having fun reading through this wonderful old topic.

And, I wanted to ask a bit more about this image...  The significance of the white-hat-wearing and black-hat-wearing cowboys buys bus tickets together, seems to be the primary important background detail here.  But, there's also more going on that could be of interest.

Not only are these two guys buying bus tickets together... the counter is covered with candy for sale.  Is this a not-too subtle reference to the "sweet life" that Jack had hoped for?

It's interesting that both the two cowboys and Cassie and Karl are heading in the direction towards the candy.

Having these still images available really is hugely helpful in these discussions.  I feel like I always notice new things when I look at these stills closely and carefully.

I feel like... noticing the blue and red symbol for the bus station on the wall... that there really should be a full thread on the topic of blue and red since this color combination is also seen throughout the movie, much like black and white.



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Re: Black Hats, White Hats
« Reply #119 on: January 11, 2008, 01:48:56 am »
all this time and I never realised they were buying tickets, heading towards the sweet life!!!!!!!!!

that is very very good
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