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Timeline for the film & story
Adiabatic:
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2robots4u:
Hi, goadra...nice piece of complilation, and I agree with most of it. But this film created some ambiguous circumstances that make us really stop and think about when something happened. In so doing, we find a later reference to be off, which makes others off. I'm still trying to figure it out myself. But still, you did a great job...Doug
serious crayons:
Nice work, Barbara!
Some people have questioned the possibility of Jack having an eight-month-old baby by the time of the reunion, and it does seem unlikely.
But the part of the timeline I have the most trouble with is the end. How is it possible that Ennis has been dating Cassie for four years and yet so casually mentions her for the first time on their last night? Either he would have casually mentioned her years before, or he would keep her a secret entirely. It's just hard to imagine him saying, "I've been putting the blocks to a good-looking gal in Riverton for the past four years."
Jack has presumably been seeing Randall for about as long (we don't know that they got together immediately after the charity dance, but I can't imagine they would have waited years). Though he actually IS keeping Randall a secret, so the same argument doesn't quite apply.
jpwagoneer1964:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on August 10, 2006, 07:18:54 pm ---Nice work, Barbara!
Some people have questioned the possibility of Jack having an eight-month-old baby by the time of the reunion, and it does seem unlikely.
But the part of the timeline I have the most trouble with is the end. How is it possible that Ennis has been dating Cassie for four years and yet so casually mentions her for the first time on their last night? Either he would have casually mentioned her years before, or he would keep her a secret entirely. It's just hard to imagine him saying, "I've been putting the blocks to a good-looking gal in Riverton for the past four years."
Jack has presumably been seeing Randall for about as long (we don't know that they got together immediately after the charity dance, but I can't imagine they would have waited years). Though he actually IS keeping Randall a secret, so the same argument doesn't quite apply.
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In the film it is not clear what year Jack had meant Lureen, It actually could have been as early as 1964.
From the way the speak at the last campout, I don't think Ennis and Cassie have been an item since after the previous campout.
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: goadra on August 10, 2006, 07:01:06 am ---1984 - Final scene with Ennis and Alma Jr., the reversed shirts. Alma Jr. is 19; her marriage is set for June 5. (One person noted: “In the final scene, we’re told Ennis ‘takes out a half-empty bottle of cheap white wine, a legacy of Cassie.’ This is in 1984. Ennis and Cassie broke up in 1981. That wine has been in the fridge a mighty long time.”)
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That's hilarious about the wine. :laugh:
I think it's further evidence that the filmmakers (and maybe even Proulx... but she hardly mentions the Cassie character at all...) didn't think through all the intricacies of the secondary relationships as thoroughly as the Jack/ Ennis relationship.
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