Looking Through the Window

[Penthesilea]

The piss-ant scene.
Two other guys looking through the window. No longing involved this time( ).





Similar scene, after the next trip we see. Again it's Jack on a tractor and we see him through the front window. Don't know what to make of it, just thought to add it for completeness. Maybe someone else has an idea?

[Penthesilea]

The Thanksgiving scenes. Jack and Lureen in front of huge window panes so typical for the time and economic status of the Twists/Newsomes.




The shot of Lureen is similar to the later one, when Ennis calls her "to see what happened".




Thanksgiving at Monroe's and Alma's house. (*sigh* poor Ennis). Again, Alma at the kitchen sink; Ennis comes in and looks through the window. There are three similar scenes: at the lonesome ranch, in the apartment above the laundromat and this one. Only in the middle scene Ennis doesn't look out of the window (he has something better to look at: Jack's card ).

[Penthesilea]

Another example of Ennis looking out of the window (well, car window in this case):

[Penthesilea]

A particularly poignant window scene.
The window looked down on the gravel road strectching south and it occurred to him that for his growing-up years that was the only road Jack knew.




I think there are more intersting windows in the Twist house.

[Penthesilea]

Last not least Ennis's trailer. It holds surprisingly many windows. Eight at least, but I think it's nine windows. But despite the many windows, the trailor interior is dark and bright-less (that's not a word, is it?) just like the life of its owner.

Counting windows: three in the back wall, three or four in the front (two regular windows and one or two in the doors - I'm not positive whether the second door also has a window, but I think so), plus two windows on the short sides of the trailer.



...followed by "This Kurt fella - he loves you?"



And of course, the last frame:

[Artiste]

Merci beaucoup Penthesilea !

Your pics are making me think!

That's good !

A star is born... Ennis, Jack... their love , their star ! All windows lead to that one window of their love, private and yet ours too !!

Much more can be said. May we all do!

Au revoir,
hugs!

[Front-Ranger]

The piss-ant scene.
Two other guys looking through the window. No longing involved this time( ).

I'm not so sure about that, friend. Might it be that those two-bit farmers were jealous of Jack, who had such a desirable wife and the big-ass farm equipment dealership, etc? Or maybe even that they desired Jack?

Similar scene, after the next trip we see. Again it's Jack on a tractor and we see him through the front window. Don't know what to make of it, just thought to add it for completeness. Maybe someone else has an idea?

I'm glad you included this, because it shows that even out of doors, there were many windows in this movie! Even on Brokeback Mountain there were some...I will prove it!!

[Artiste]

In this piss-ant scene, are they two of the murderers of Jack ?

[Front-Ranger]

no not literally. But in a way yes. They represent the uncaring, apathetic, judgmental mass of society that just fears anyone who doesn't move in lockstep with themselves.

The real killers, as represented in a deleted scene, were two mechanics.

[southendmd]

Wow, Chrissi, (and Lee) a very comprehensive survey of the windows of BBM.  The airy, gossamer, sometimes solid boundary between what we know and what we believe.  Lovely, thank you.