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Production Mistakes I think they Made on the Movie
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: nic on March 19, 2007, 01:56:44 pm ---Man alive, that's a bad one - but hard to spot as mostly one is mesmerized by the antics of J & E ;) Lucky spurious guy though, he got a closer look & that mule only wanted to join in!
I'll weigh in on the Twist house while I'm here - I don't think it can be categorised as a production mistake. I think it is artistic licence/an exagerration of the starkness, and it's quite possible that they wouldn't have had "mod cons". One of my relatives only had an outdoor privvy until the late 90s in central UK & another one was using a tub & mangle to do the laundry into the 80s. People from earlier generations tended to have more of a frugal lifestyle.
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I take it a "mangle" is what folks in the U.K. call what folks in the U.S. generally call a washboard--like when Alma is scrubbing the clothes when she asks Ennis to wipe Alma, Jr.,'s nose?
Tell you what, though, speaking of modern conveniences reminds me of differences in Ennis and Jack's childhood environment as mentioned in the story. In the motel room in the story, Ennis tells Jack how he got his elder brother to stop beating up on him by ambushing him and beating on him instead, and he clearly mentions an outhouse. The Twists, however, had an indoor bathroom--the location of the infamous episode where Jack's father had urinated on him.
Shakesthecoffecan:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on March 18, 2007, 11:40:44 pm --- I see a mule start to walk out from behind a bush, and then what appears to be a man step out and pull the mule back behind the bush.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZTMBth4-lg&search=brokeback
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That is so wild, after all this time, I had never seen that. Thank you again for sharing.
Now why not reshoot? Maybe the actors had enough? Would they have used stunt doubles for that scene? I think Heath and Jake were the one who jumped off the cliff into the river.
When I first saw the scene I was taken by the silence and shallow depth of field and the sense that this was a "binocular shot" even without the binocular framing.
RossInIllinois:
--- Quote from: shakestheground on March 19, 2007, 02:39:34 pm ---That is so wild, after all this time, I had never seen that. Thank you again for sharing.
Now why not reshoot? Maybe the actors had enough? Would they have used stunt doubles for that scene? I think Heath and Jake were the one who jumped off the cliff into the river.
When I first saw the scene I was taken by the silence and shallow depth of field and the sense that this was a "binocular shot" even without the binocular framing.
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A very tight budget. Kept the Producers from fixing things.
Jeff Wrangler:
I think I remember seeing the mule. Next time I'll have to watch for the extra legs. :laugh:
jpwagoneer1964:
I did see the mule and it does appear a man is keeping it back. Of course the mule(s) is suppose to be nearby. And jack would have had to take the mule to the sheep to see Ennis after TS1.
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