THE HOLY DAYSOriginally posted by - jscheib (JeffWrangler) on Thursday, March 2, 2006:I'm sure we can come up with several holidays, but THE high holy day has to be
October 13--cover date of
The New Yorker issue where the story was first published. There might be danger of schism over the date of Ennis and Jack's reunion: June (story) or September (movie).
Should
April 4 and December 19 be Lesser Feast Days? (Birthdays of Heath and Jake)
Posted by sunmoonstars-1 (Daniel):Hmm, definitely St's days. Saint Heath's Day, Saint Jake's Day. "Did you get the Saint Heath's Day card I sent you?" "Hunnnh?" "I see you did."
Posted by Ellemeno:Should April 4 and December 19 be Lesser Feast Days?
Yes! And I'm for
June 24th to be one of the highest holy days - date that Ennis runs down the stairs yelling, "Jack Fuckin Twist!" and they kiss. Every time I see that scene, and they are at the part where they start to pull apart, and Ennis is breathing heavily, I always remember henrypie writing about something like she always expects his shirt to have gone insideout from the sheer force of their kiss.
Posted by jscheib (JeffWrangler):I'm all in favor of
June 24, but as I noted above, we'll have to guard very carefully against schism between the June-ites and the Septembrists (reunion in the movie). Also between the Tire-Ironites and Accidentalists (cause of Jack's death).
Originally posted by Yaadpyar on Friday, March 3, 2006By jscheib
I'm all in favor of June 24, but as I noted above, we'll have to guard very carefully against schism between the June-ites and the Septembrists (reunion in the movie).
Why choose? Why don't we celebrate both dates? The movie needs the story and the story needs the book, and we need both, so why do we have to choose? No one chooses between Easter and Christmas, or Passover and Yom Kippur...
The sacred text (script vs. story) is slightly different also, so the observance of June and September would be also different. The more holidays the better, I say. But this is going to be hard to explain to my boss (why I get extra religious holidays).
Posted by starboardlight Saturday, March 4, 2006: So far we have Oct 13 as the birth of our faith.
June 24/September to celebrate the reunion of our Gods.
I offer up the
Full Moon of July which illuminates their love.
I also think the Entire month of August will also be significant.
Posted by newyearsday:Now as for another date, I will personally always celebrate
December 9th, as it was the first day this movie was officially released to the world, to the masses (albeit only in LA, NY, and San Francisco, but you've gotta start somewhere). It wasn't just a premiere for the lucky few. It was cosmically released for us all on that day.