Brokeback Mountain: Our Community's Common Bond > Brokeback Mountain Open Forum
Timeline for the film & story
dly64:
OMG!! This damn timeline! :-\
--- Quote from: latjoreme on August 10, 2006, 07:18:54 pm ---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."
--- End quote ---
That is my biggest issue, too. But there are plenty of other things ...
Jack meets Lureen July 1966. He reunites with Ennis September 1967. He has an eight month old?
Someone else mentioned the wine bottle in Ennis' icebox .... several years after he has split with Cassie?
The lake scene .... Ennis is still talking about child support. But if Alma, Jr. is 19 and Jenny is almost 18, why is he making such a point about it?
I just can't focus on the timeline very much. It drives me batty! :o
jpwagoneer1964:
--- Quote from: dly64 on August 10, 2006, 09:18:55 pm ---OMG!! This damn timeline! :-\
Jack meets Lureen July 1966. He reunites with Ennis September 1967. He has an eight month old?
--- End quote ---
The sign on the rodeo announcerd box says August but in the full screen edit, no year.
2robots4u:
dly64..I pickup up somewhere that your name is Diane; if not, please correct me.
At the time Ennis mentions child support I believe Jr. is only 17.
I believe Jack and Lureen meet in Aug 1965. The month is shown on the announcer's stand says Aug but no year. Therefore, when Jack and Ennis reunite in Sep 1967, Jack's baby could be 8 months.
Yes, the timeline drives all of us batty!
Doug
dly64:
--- Quote from: [email protected] on August 10, 2006, 10:34:57 pm ---At the time Ennis mentions child support I believe Jr. is only 17.
I believe Jack and Lureen meet in Aug 1965. The month is shown on the announcer's stand says Aug but no year. Therefore, when Jack and Ennis reunite in Sep 1967, Jack's baby could be 8 months.
Yes, the timeline drives all of us batty!
--- End quote ---
Doug ... yep, my name is Diane. Just call me that ... way easier than "dly64" ...
Anyway, my assumption about Lureen and Jack meeting in 1966 is because we first see Alma and Ennis on the 4th of July, 1966. So, even if it says August, I can surmise that it would be 1966 ... meaning even fewer months to have an 8 month old! :-\
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: atz75 on August 10, 2006, 08:27:35 pm ---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.
--- End quote ---
Annie Proulx was, apparently, a little careless, at least with the ages of the children. She clearly says that Alma, Jr., was born in September 1964. She places Ennis and Jack's final rendezvous in May 1983. Yet during the course of her description of that camping trip, before the confrontation, she describes Alma, Jr., as "a shy seventeen-year-old." Yes, well, if she had been born in September 1964, in May of 1983 she would have been 18-going-on-19, not 17.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version