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newcomer from HBO with some questions!

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Front-Ranger:
Welcome kallyn!! You'll have a cuppa coffee won't you? Piece of cherry cake?

Re: yr questions...Did you notice at the very end that Lureen's hair was actually white and all feathery around her face like angel's wings? And how her lips and nails were very red and her nails were as long as talons? Anyway, that's my take on it. But I also agree with what naky and the others said about Lureen's increasing blondness and iciness/ashiness.

No, I never noticed about the headlight being out--good observation. What do you think it means? It would be great if you could post about this on the ffzzzt ~~ electricity references topic on this same forum. Also, look at the topic about hard-to-hear phrases for a long discussion about the "I'm sorry/s'awlright" controversy...I think there's actually a poll about it (I heard I'm sorry too, but I thot Jack said it).

moremojo:

--- Quote from: ednbarby on November 27, 2006, 02:22:56 pm ---
Alma is water - like a bubbling brook when we first meet her but over time still and cold as a frozen lake

Lureen is fire - burning brightly at first but over time reduced to glowing embers, and then to ash, as evidenced in her ever lightening hair

Jack is air - as fresh as a cool breeze when we first meet him, but then quieted over time only to be buried forever in the Earth.

Ennis is the Earth.

--- End quote ---
Most interesting to read about the ladies; I had only previously been familiar with the Ennis-as-earth/Jack-as-air symbolism. One might add that the earth (Ennis) is shaped and changed forever by the sometimes subtle but ever relentless power of the wind (Jack).

Shakesthecoffecan:
Really good observations folks. I had noticed the head light out, but choked it up to Ennis's poverty, and the hair, yes, it grows lighter and lighter, I had noticed that and thought of it as her becoming more and more plastic, detached from reality which culminates in her presentation to Ennis of her version of the facts surrounding Jack's death.

I believe Ennis says to Jack: "I'm sorry" in the second tent scene. About what? His nervousness? Lack of experence? It is wide open to interpretation.

Recently while I was watching I noticed both Ennis and Jack were seperatly wearing "Bolero" ties, those string thingies, at their Thanksgiving dinners. I zoomed in on them and saw Ennis's was a horse head, but Jack's I am still trying to figure out.   

You are right fiend, this movie is loaded with symbolism.

southendmd:
Welcome, kallyn.

Here's my take on the missing headlight:  It could be a simple symbol that Ennis is incomplete without Jack, and Alma had just brought that to the front of his mind.

Paul

Phillip Dampier:
Welcome to all of our newcomers!  It was less than a year ago when a lot of us were sitting in the same daze you guys are feeling right now about this movie.  We understand it completely.  Our moderators are going to try and "bump" posts from the forum's earlier days to the top so you can see what we were coping with just a few months ago. 

Most of all, I can tell you that while you will eventually not spend hour after hour dwelling on the movie, it will change your life permanently.  It certainly did with me, which is why we've built this online community.  It's our hope you will find a home with us here both now and well into the future, as we've all made tremendous new friendships online and off!

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