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silkncense:

--- Quote --- Jack is wearing (what? black leather jacket
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Why would Jack be wearing the dark(black) jacket on his way TO see Ennis when he is happily believing they are going to be together from that point on?

I think there is something to the colors & types of clothing but I am not sure it is specific to every instance...esp since they don't always fit the scenario.  Jack has many different jackets & several different colors including brown.  Also, Ennis has a yellow rainslicker...  Would have to think of other instances.

TJ:
This thread of discussion almost reminds me of the "white hat - black hat" discussion.

If the movie followed the short story line and considered the income of both of the lead characters, Ennis would have donned worn out clothing most of the time and well-worn but neat clothing when he was not working and Jack would have worn clothing like ranch boys and men who were of the upper lower income economic level.

Although Jack's folks owned a ranch, they were still almost dirt poor. Even Ang Lee's movie showed that.

In the beginning of the story, Jack, and even after he married Lureen, had a poverty level income. It was not after until his father-in-law died that he had a job with the farm and ranch equipment company. In 1967, Jack was still driving the old green pickup truck he owned in 1963.

serious crayons:

--- Quote from: silkncense on May 11, 2006, 08:34:43 pm ---Why would Jack be wearing the dark(black) jacket on his way TO see Ennis when he is happily believing they are going to be together from that point on?

I think there is something to the colors & types of clothing but I am not sure it is specific to every instance...esp since they don't always fit the scenario.  Jack has many different jackets & several different colors including brown.  Also, Ennis has a yellow rainslicker...  Would have to think of other instances.

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Well, the pattern is definitely not without exceptions, Silk. I can think of a few myself. So no, it's not specific to every instance. But there are lots and lots of times when it follows the pattern and only a handful when it doesn't, so I still think there's something there. Why would Ennis always wear blue when Jack's away, and always wear tan when he's with Jack? Not only are tan and blue Ennis and Jack's signature colors, but in this case they also express Ennis' emotions -- blue when he's in Riverton, gazing off into the sky and thinking of Jack, tan when he's with Jack and stubbornly sticking to his earth-bound rules.

Also, I don't mean to imply the characters are aware of it at all, which explains Jack's wearing dark on the way TO see Ennis. He is still hopeful at that point, but Ennis' reaction is already predetermined. Just as Ennis wears a dark-colored jacket for the first time in the movie BEFORE he knows Jack is dead, then wears it when he finds out and the whole rest of the time, Jack wears a dark jacket before he knows Ennis will reject him.

Ellemeno:

--- Quote from: latjoreme on May 12, 2006, 12:23:09 am ---Why would Ennis always wear blue when Jack's away, and always wear tan when he's with Jack? Not only are tan and blue Ennis and Jack's signature colors, but in this case they also express Ennis' emotions -- blue when he's in Riverton, gazing off into the sky and thinking of Jack, tan when he's with Jack and stubbornly sticking to his earth-bound rules.

Also, I don't mean to imply the characters are aware of it at all, which explains Jack's wearing dark on the way TO see Ennis. He is still hopeful at that point, but Ennis' reaction is already predetermined. Just as Ennis wears a dark-colored jacket for the first time in the movie BEFORE he knows Jack is dead, then wears it when he finds out and the whole rest of the time, Jack wears a dark jacket before he knows Ennis will reject him.


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You all are wonderful.  I'm just rolling around in your ideas like a cat in the sun.

serious crayons:
OK, I just watched if for the SECOND time in two months (also in two days). Silk, I saw a lot of exceptions to my theory above. There are times when Ennis and Jack wear jackets even though they clearly are growing closer (the "Wha?" scene, the "You may be a sinner" scene). Ennis wears a grayish jacket on one earlier occasion, in the condiment aisle scene. He wears his jean jacket with Jack once, too: the time when Jack suggests that Ennis move to Texas. Jack wears red and other colors of shirts a few times, and although in the first half of the movie he usually wears bright or navy blue, he also sometimes wears a sort of muddy blue that could almost be called gray. In the last scene, Ennis isn't wearing a denim shirt, unfortunately, though it is light blue, almost solid, with a a faint blue plaid pattern. So there are quite a few exceptions.

Still, the vast majority of clothing choices DO match the theory. So I think there's gotta be something there. Unlike buckets or coffee pots, which only have to show up now and then to make their point, Ennis and Jack (almost) always have to be wearing clothes of some kind. Maybe it would look odd if they followed TOO rigid a pattern.

Anyway, everybody can just decide for themselves what they think.

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