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lovable subtle details
Kazza:
Is it just my hearing (or the little voices in my head) - or is Ennis humming/singing to himself when he come back from collecting food at the bridge - just before getting 'spooked' by the bear?
I thought that was hearing things but then I watched it again and I'm sure I can hear something. I might just have a dud DVD mind you...
moremojo:
--- Quote from: Kazza on July 06, 2006, 11:48:43 am ---Is it just my hearing (or the little voices in my head) - or is Ennis humming/singing to himself when he come back from collecting food at the bridge - just before getting 'spooked' by the bear?
I thought that was hearing things but then I watched it again and I'm sure I can hear something. I might just have a dud DVD mind you...
--- End quote ---
Oh, you heard right...he is indeed humming there, specifically a tune called "The Cowboy's Lament". I actually had a hard time discerning the humming in the theater (though I knew it was there from having read about it), but find it easier to hear on the DVD.
Cheers,
Scott
Brown Eyes:
I've been meaning to post this lovable subtle detail for a long time, but keep getting distracted.
I love that in the scene where Alma hides one of Jack's postcards inside a folded newspaper/ circular that the type on that newspaper includes a very prominent ad for "milk and honey." It's as if the newspaper now contains the promise of "milk and honey" for Ennis when and hopefully if he actually finds that postcard. And, actually, I think it says "evap." or "evaporated milk and honey"... which makes things more complicated (and I'm all for making things complicated). I can think of two ways to interpret that idea... I guess one would be that if Ennis doesn't find that hidden postcard, his opportunity for the milk and honey that Jack is offering will evaporate or be lost this time around. Or, it may evoke the old saying about the "land of milk and honey"... so if you add the "evaporated" it might be a reference to the lost paradise of Brokeback. The paradise that has evaporated for Jack and Ennis... the land of milk and honey to which they can't return.
serious crayons:
Good one, Amanda!
I'm betting Ang Lee is all for complicated, too. When more than one interpretation of a symbol or metaphor seems to fit, I tend to think maybe both are right, and that it might be deliberate.
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: atz75 on July 06, 2006, 08:41:14 pm ---I've been meaning to post this lovable subtle detail for a long time, but keep getting distracted.
I love that in the scene where Alma hides one of Jack's postcards inside a folded newspaper/ circular that the type on that newspaper includes a very prominent ad for "milk and honey."
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And as the camera lingers on the word 'honey,' the next thing we hear is Jack calling Lureen, "Honey, you seen my blue parka?" SHE gets to be called Honey by Jack, not Ennis. :(
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