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Favorite lines from Proulx's story- an Ode to TOB
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: goadra on June 07, 2006, 04:23:02 pm ---That pretty much sums up how they saw each other their whole lives. In order to get by, Ennis reduced Jack to a small dot in his consciousness. Ennis was the fire that drew Jack back to the mountains year after year.
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Wow, that's a really interesting way to think about this metaphor. Yes, even on Brokeback they spend an awful lot of time separated and either coming or going from each other. I feel like a large percentage of the interactions we see between them on Brokeback have to do with them either greeting one another or saying good bye as they head to the sheep. Sure, patterns certainly were established early on.
Here's my quote for the day...
- "... they torqued things almost to where they had been, for what they'd said was no news. Nothing ended, nothing begun, nothing resolved."
bbm_stitchbuffyfan:
--- Quote ---All the ones mentioned belong to my favourites - I was pondering which one to choose but I better get a move on here! I'll go with this one, more down-to-earth, less lyrical than the previous ones, but the only one that I really, really miss in the otherwise perfect movie:
That's one of the two things I need right now.
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I'm positive Jack said that in the movie. He had just taken a swig from the whiskey flask. I remember seeing him say that...
redilirvi:
I've been a lurker and occasional poster on IMDB, but this is my first post on BetterMost.
Here are two lines from the prologue to the short story. The first one gives me a warm, comfortable feeling:
...yet he is suffused with a sense of pleasure because Jack Twist was in his dream.
The second one always brings tears to my eyes, even if I just think about it:
If he does not force his attention on it, it might stoke the day, rewarm that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong.
P.S. to Stitchbuffyfan: Jack does not say "That's one of the two things I need right now" in the movie. I wish he did, because it expresses that they continued their physical, sexual relationship for years.
nakymaton:
I love those two lines, too, Noguchi_LM. I think that was where the story hooked me. Because that's the way it feels to wake up thinking about something and to try to hold onto it. And the implications...
(Welcome. :) )
redilirvi:
Thanks for the welcome, Nakymaton.
I've had similar sensations when I awake...I sometimes lie in bed and think about my late partner, and just remembering him, his smile, our experiences together, gives me a sense of calm, knowing that I had someone who loved me.
Jack
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