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"Jack, I swear..." What do you think Ennis meant by that?
loneleeb3:
--- Quote from: Artiste on October 10, 2007, 06:58:10 pm ---That is great brokeplex!
It may be that the actor playing Ennis, take the LIBERTY to say: I LOVE YOU; then and there in that scene?
What dou think loneleeb3, and others??
Hugs!!
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I think it's probably the case.
Iknow it was heaths Idea to have the shirts one inside the other.
I think he lovingly and respectfully acted out the Character of Ennis to the T.
Artiste:
Yes! it could very well be his idea!!
Can we find out?
Hugs!
brokebackjack:
These are such great comments, loneleed, plex, everybody!
I just want to say Artiste, there is no definite answer.
Annie Proulx worked hard on that book, she was changing things up until the morning it went to press. I think she said her last change was the last line, at 2AM.
Jack I sawear was deliberately designed to make the reader think and fill in the blanks from his or her own experience. Artiste, I doubt very much that sex in Mexico was on Ennis's mind lol!
That's not what she wanted us to do.
I hope I am not trespassing on your boundaries here, Artiste. She wanted us to do something which YOU, in particular, can do very very well my friend!
You have lost a great love.
You lost that love to a violent act.
What you would have told your love after saying "__________, I swear..." is the answer, for you, to that question...
Just so, each of us has an answer from our experience. Mine, because when it comes to this I don't talk much, would probably have said more with that silence then I could have using a million words.
When we answer this question we tell each other more about ourselves then we do about that line.....
Artiste:
Thanks brokenbackjack!
To me, it is obvious that Ennis knew about Jack's sex episodes (with others besides him)!! One, at least like the one(s) in Mexico!! However, did Ennis know about Jack's other one(s), especially with Randall, BEFORE Jack's death?? Maybe!??
Therefore, since Ennis found out about Randall in a way via Jack's father, it could be that Ennis wants now to find the gay bashers who killed Jack... because Ennis asys: I swear...
What do you and all think about that??
Hugs!!
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: loneleeb3 on October 10, 2007, 07:08:43 pm ---I think it's probably the case.
Iknow it was heaths Idea to have the shirts one inside the other.
I think he lovingly and respectfully acted out the Character of Ennis to the T.
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Thanks for the comment about Heath Ledger. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the barely noticeable mouthing of "I love you" was an ad lib by Ledger(shades of what we now know happened on the set of "Casablanca" with Claude Rains and Bogart ad libbing like mad!). I'm not surprised because Heath Ledger is one of the best actors to come along in some time, an actor who follows his instincts. Gosh, I wish that the Academy had awarded Heath "Best Actor" for Brokeback!
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