On buckets, eagles, impatience, and...

[ednbarby]

Ooh, good call, Katherine.  I saw the electric knife only as a contrast to Jack's real one - showing him finally standing up to L.D. after he implies he isn't a man and seizing the knife from him to be the true "stud duck," then we segue to Monroe using an electric knife because he truly isn't a real man (as evidenced further, or proven, really by his inertia when Alma is screaming in the kitchen).  But you've taken it one step further and it follows perfectly - he is a replacement for the real man in her life, and nothing more.

[Front-Ranger]

I found one last mention of the coffeepot. At the end of the story, Ennis is working at the Coffeepot (must be a ranch) where he takes all the horseblankets into town to be washed (or warshed, nod to Terry) and goes across the street to buy a post card of Brokeback Mountain. It's coffeepot, sans bucket, now. 

[Brown Eyes]

Oh wow!  Good catch!

[Front-Ranger]

In the trailer "bookend" scenes, there is a trash can in the same place--just to the right of the entrance as you're facing the trailer. The one outside Ennis's trailer at the end is particularly beat up and dented  .

[Brown Eyes]

Heya Bud,
Thanks for re-vitalizing this old thread too!

I have nothing constructive to add at the moment... other than this is my 800th post!  Yeehaw!
 

[Front-Ranger]

Thank U for celebrating yr 800th here, Amanda! A tip of the old coffeepot to U!

[magicmountain]

Have you noticed that in most scenes Jack is seated to the right of Ennis. Left brain, right brain?

[Front-Ranger]

You're right about that, magic. Also, I notice that Jack is more often reclining or leaning forward, while Ennis is straight up and down. In the lake scene and the post-divorce scene Jack is on the right. Then in the reunion kiss, he starts out being on the right, but ends up on the left. Somehow, as hard as I try, I never can follow the choeography of that scene!!

[Brown Eyes]

Hi Lee,
Yeah, I think the topic of horizontal vs. vertical is probably very important and hasn't been hashed out thoroughly yet as far as I recall.  My feeling is that reversals and "choreography" when it comes to top/ botton and horizontal/ vertical in the love scenes and "tussles" are probably really important too.

[Brown Eyes]

So, the spirit of Ennis (prompted by Jack's complaining...) prompted me to "poach" this image from one of jpwagonneer1964's posts back on Open Forum.  I hope he doesn't mind.  It just seemed to scream to be included on this thread.