Don't remember any movies where the good guys went around scalping people. 
You know, the whole scene *is* oddly reminiscent of every Western made before 1980: A wagon with some travellers out in the middle of nowhere, in unknown territory, stuck - and then the natives come riding up, talking of scalping and showing their easy command of the horses and their environment. If Jack and Ennis'd started riding in circles round the car, brandishing their rifles in the air and doing some woo-wee yelling, they'd truly be copying native Americans in any number of diligence-chasing scenes in any number of Westerns. Perhaps
that's where the whole scalping comment fits in, too. Because I really can't see Ennis saying something like that, even in jest, in the movie proper - why would that particular idea even enter his mind? Because hippies have long hair, which according to cowboy standards needs to be cut = scalped?
Nope. It seems there's some - uhm-
subtle subtext here:
J&E are cowboys and look the part to perfection, but there's something else about them - some part of their behaviour contrasts with the cowboy image and has them taking on other roles, opposite to expectations. On one level therefore, the whole thing's an attempted light-hearted riff on "westerns" and a variation of the "gay cowboy" theme!
It's Heath's personal fashion guru...
Very interesting idea there, Chrissi. However I find it a little far-fetched that any one single person, however guru-like, could possibly be the source of Heath's dress code. It's so far out and special I think it can only come about through mixing equal parts Heath's taste and pure coincidence. You know how our guys kept some props as memories from the shooot, though? Jake kept some boots, I think. I bet Heath snatched that scarf-thingie. just like you suggest. I'm *sure* I must have seen him wearing it, on days when he left the too-large violet woolen hat at home.
Or maybe they were going to CGI deeper water in later, kinda like with the sheep. I guess it could happen.
It's possible. Perhaps the chosen location for the shoot proved to have much less water than anticipated, once they got to filming.... and so they had to resort to some Plan B.
Well, if CGI deep water was being planned, Jake should certainly feel right at home, having so recently been in the thick of things when the seas reclaimed Manhattan.
