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The post-divorce scene observations
jpwagoneer1964:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on August 06, 2006, 10:20:32 am ---At the request of a very dear friend, I am hereby starting a thread on this topic that I just hinted at over at Jake Jake Jake! but that really doesn't belong there.
This picture was posted:
And this, I think, is only one of two times that Jack ever wears a patterned shirt, the other being when he goes back to Aguirre's trailer to look for Ennis the next summer after Brokeback. Similarly, his clothes are layered, though not quite as much - for protection. So he was going to claim his prize but felt vulnerable about it from the beginning.
Thoughts?
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Jack also wears a plaid shirt on the first campout "it could be like this..."under his jacket, similar to ennis's other shirt at Brokeback.
Brown Eyes:
Wow! Great thread! I have little to add, but I definitely agree that Jack got all dressed up for the post divorce visit. I've always noticed that the jacket is special and everything he's wearing appears crisp and fresh. Oh, poor Jack.
:'(
opinionista:
I'm not sure if Jack thought about dressing up to meet Ennis. I think Jake's wardrobe in this scene means to show what Jack was willing to give up. He was definitely getting used to a life where he had everything he wanted, yet he would just throw all that away, and go back to being poor as long as he was with Ennis. I know he had plans to open a ranch, but not all ranches make money. Also, it will probably be a few years before they actually begin profiting from a ranch, if they ever bought one.
If you really look at this scene, there's a strong contrast in it. Jack driving rather fast into the driveway, pulling off at once, happy and joyful, willing to start a new life right there. And as the rich man he is, he's wearing expensive clothes, a nice texan jacket, a good hat and is driving a new truck. However, all you see around him is an old house, a beat up truck, and a man dressed in old clothes. I think that's what the fancy clothes means: Jack's will to give it all up for Ennis.
jpwagoneer1964:
--- Quote from: opinionista on August 06, 2006, 03:19:15 pm ---I'm not sure if Jack thought about dressing up to meet Ennis. I think Jake's wardrobe in this scene means to show what Jack was willing to give up. He was definitely getting used to a life where he had everything he wanted, yet he would just throw all that away, and go back to being poor as long as he was with Ennis. I know he had plans to open a ranch, but not all ranches make money. Also, it will probably be a few years before they actually begin profiting from a ranch, if they ever bought one.
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Good point!!!
Jeff Wrangler:
Sorry, don't mean to sound grumpy, but since this is a serious discussion of wardrobe and its relation to what's going on in the scene, I'll ask: Is that jacket leather? It doesn't look like leather to me. Looks like a little leather reinforcement at the edge of the pocket (visible under Jack's left arm), but I don't know about the jacket.
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