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The post-divorce scene observations
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: atz75 on August 06, 2006, 11:01:14 pm ---I find this scene nearly impossible to watch. It's only gotten worse after all these months of BetterMost discussion.
:'(
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Same here. When I watched it with my newbie friends a couple weeks ago, I actually averted my eyes (and watched their reaction, instead). It hurts to watch and listen to Jack. That tentative way he gets to talking as soon as he feels Ennis pulling away, which is almost immediate, of course - right after the "So... here I am!" (Eerily echoing Aguirre's same comment after watching them through the binoculars.)
That's a good point you made, Natali - the contrast in their clothes and vehicles does show all that Jack was willing to give up. Adding yet another dimension to how monumentally sad this scene is.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: jpwagoneer1964 on August 06, 2006, 09:51:03 pm ---I think Jack pretty much dropped everything and left for Wyoming when he got the card, without thinking it through.
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I think so, too, Mark. I also get that impression from the Annie Proulx story, maybe even more so from the story, since in the story that was the only time Ennis ever telephoned Jack until the postcard came back stamped "deceased."
jpwagoneer1964:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 07, 2006, 09:18:51 am ---I think so, too, Mark. I also get that impression from the Annie Proulx story, maybe even more so from the story, since in the story that was the only time Ennis every telephoned Jack until the postcard came back stamped "deceased."
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I think that Ennis wrote (or called) Jack was he did really have anyone else to talk to and and he knew he could always go to Jackl.
silkncense:
--- Quote ---"So... here I am!"
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This is heartwrenching...such hope but it is actually the beginning of the end. :'(
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: jpwagoneer1964 on August 07, 2006, 11:19:34 am ---I think that Ennis wrote (or called) Jack was he did really have anyone else to talk to and and he knew he could always go to Jacl.
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Absolutely. What could be more natural than to let your best and closest friend know, "Well, the divorce is final," or something like that?
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