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delalluvia:
Can anyone tell?  They look like eagles to me (which are birds, so I guess that'd still work).

vkm91941:

--- Quote from: delalluvia on April 16, 2006, 06:47:39 pm ---Can anyone tell?  They look like eagles to me (which are birds, so I guess that'd still work).

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Thanks for that DeeDee they look like doves to me, like the one that is the symbol of the Pentecost with the waver in his mouth...but I have no problem with them as bluebirds....

Meryl:
I think it's probable the bluebird earrings are a way of suggesting Alma, Jr.'s similarities to Jack as an influence in Ennis's life. 

Next to Jack, she is the person Ennis cares most about and has the idealism of youth.  Like Jack, she loves Ennis unconditionally and seems to understand him better than others.  She tries to come live with Ennis but doesn't press the issue when he refuses.  In the final scene, she receives the sacrifice that Ennis would have gladly made for Jack at that point if it were not now too late.

Ang Lee and the writers make the parallel even stronger by bookending the first and last scenes in the movie.  In each, Ennis is alone outside a trailer when Jack/Junior drives up.  They are the same age in their respective scenes, too.

newyearsday:

--- Quote from: meryl on April 16, 2006, 11:24:05 pm ---I think it's probable the bluebird earrings are a way of suggesting Alma, Jr.'s similarities to Jack as an influence in Ennis's life. 

Next to Jack, she is the person Ennis cares most about and has the idealism of youth.  Like Jack, she loves Ennis unconditionally and seems to understand him better than others.  She tries to come live with Ennis but doesn't press the issue when he refuses.  In the final scene, she receives the sacrifice that Ennis would have gladly made for Jack at that point if it were not now too late.

Ang Lee and the writers make the parallel even stronger by bookending the first and last scenes in the movie.  In each, Ennis is alone outside a trailer when Jack/Junior drives up.  They are the same age in their respective scenes, too.

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I'm picking my jaw up off the floor at yet another detail like this being pointed out to me, four months after first seeing the movie, and after thinking there might be nothing more to point out. Thank you Meryl. That kind of echo in the details--the setting, the circumstances of him being alone and approached by each of them in their respective vehicles, and their ages, it's just too much. I love it.

Sheyne:

God Meryl!! What an amazing observation!!!  Just when you think you've exhausted every little detail and nuance....  :o

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