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ednbarby:
And Sheyne, I love the idea of Jack's reaching back being a bookend to Ennis' reaching forward.  Isn't that really the thread running through the whole film - Jack always being a few steps ahead of Ennis, but always reaching back to him?  In the end, Ennis finally reaches out to Jack, but it's too late. 

 :'(

dmmb_Mandy:
Oooh, I LOVE that scene. (David & I will reinact it to the best of our ability in CT's little reinactment  ;))
Sheyne, I agree with most people here, I think that's just the sleeping bag you're seeing, although it would be precious if he really were hugging him back.

isabelle:

--- Quote from: hungry_hungryhippos on April 14, 2006, 04:48:32 am ---I was just rewatching the You Tube "4 nights in 20 years" thing...  Just for something different of course..  ;D

Am I crazy, or in that final sleeping hug in the tent before the lake scene fight.... I know Ennis has his arm over Jack, but it really looks to me as though Jack is also hugging Ennis???  I put a screen cap down the bottom..  It just looks to me as though his left arm is reaching back underneath Ennis's to hug him back..  Sorry if this has been said already or debated.. But just wondering if one of you guys with the Open Matte version with more screen could confirm or deny this supposition???  Thanks..
  ;D

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Oh Sheyne, just wanted to let you know: after watching this picture very closely yesterday, I had a dream about it last night (and I've just woken up, sort of): I was in the tent with JACK (yes, yes, I was, and I was me, not Ennis!), and HE had his arm around me and although I was butted against him, I had my arm around him. And he was very chatty, whereas I was silent all the time, thinking "wow, I am in the tent with Jack". Awesome dream! So I guess this is thank you!

serious crayons:
Yes to what everybody said. For me, this scene is primarily reassuring and heartwarming. I see it as a sign that, despite all their problems, they are still close, still very physically affectionate, still happy as long as they're in the shelter of the tent, still sleep snuggled together even though, yes, it can be an uncomfortable way to sleep. It shows that, however ambivalent Ennis is about the relationship itself, he is not ambivalent in his feelings for Jack. I see it as the happiest five seconds of the last half of the movie.

But that said, I also see a subtle undertone of sadness here that I can't quite articulate.

Such a tiny moment, but I'm so glad it's there.

newyearsday:
My take on this is similar to Mandy I's, (littleguitar), with a little of Katherine's (latjoreme) too. I feel sad when I see that this is all they get for their last night. It's realistic I think (though I know that in the book they are having sex by the campfire and they don't show it in the movie, sadly.) I am glad to see it's Ennis, at last, with his arm around Jack, but there is not peace to me in this scene. And I really differ from some of you in that I think Ennis is frowning, very clearly. So, it's a mixed bag for me. I would love to know about the Jack thing, his arm that is. I still haven't caught that hand holding in the first tent scene!

Jenny

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