that was pretty much my experience. the first time I saw it, I didn't know how or when or in what form it'd come (so to speak!). ergo, that opening scene struck me as an exquisitely composed look at young males circling eachother in a competitive and ever-so-slightly 'rutting season' quest for dominance. that it should morph into actual rutting isn't necessarily a stretch, given the clearly spoken testosterone on display. so while it wasn't specificially sexual to me, it certainly contained the seeds.
Great way to put it, wolf -- exquisitely composed, indeed. I like the "rutting season" imagery -- and not just in a sexual sense. I think it sums up the complex dimensions of this encouter very well.
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I once spent a week at a roping and reining workshop with a bunch of Texans and I think I may have been 'in season' myself for the duration - just watching those boys lean suggestively on trucks, horses, hay bales, and sometimes each other.
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no pictures to post, I imagine?