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"Jack, I swear..." What do you think Ennis meant by that?
Rayn:
--- Quote from: moremojo on September 08, 2007, 11:18:08 am ---And I think back on the old man who was Proulx's original inspiration,
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Yeah, I agree about how major the step is for Ennis to even come out to himself. What's this about "the old man/original inspiration".... I would like to know where I could read more about that. Sounds interesting!
Rayn
moremojo:
--- Quote from: Rayn on September 08, 2007, 11:57:51 pm ---What's this about "the old man/original inspiration".... I would like to know where I could read more about that. Sounds interesting!
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I think it might have been in her "Getting Movied" essay, but definitely somewhere, Annie wrote of how she visited the Mint Bar in Sheridan, Wyoming (in 1995, I believe), on a pretty crowded night, and saw a seasoned ranch hand standing at the bar looking repeatedly and wistfully at a group of young men playing pool. It occurred to her that the man may have been "country gay", and she wondered what it might have been like growing up as such in Wyoming in the not-too-distant past--and then Ennis appeared in her mind, followed immediately by Jack, "for you can't have Ennis without Jack." The rest is history.
There have been a few comments here and there on our forum concerning this story; I'll see if I can find a link to some pertinent discussion.
Rayn:
That's very interesting how it just popped up in her mind like that. It's the creative process though, sometimes blueprints or sketches leaped into one's mind and all there is to do is fill in the rest, but it's the filling in that's the test of any writer or artist. Thanks, moremojo, I look forward to hearing / seeing more.
Front-Ranger:
Yes, it was definitely in "Getting Movied" in Story to Screenplay.
An interesting random revelation that hit me as I was watching the film at the Castro Theater: Jack swears to Ennis! It happens at the Siesta Motel. He says, "I swear I didn't know we was goin to get into this again...yeah, I did."
So, they swear to each other...but Ennis's oath comes too late. :'(
Rayn:
Yeah, but... "I swear" isn't always "an oath". It can just be colloquial usage ( and cowboys use it a lot) and mean "I declare!" as in "My God!" ...an exclamation or way to emphasize. I heard Jack say that in the Motel too, but just took it to mean, "Boy oh boy" or something like that, you know? I wouldn't say it's an oath of love though, not like Ennis' at the end. Do you see what I mean?
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