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Question: What scene on BBM did you like best (other than the tent scenes)
Jack naked in the river washing clothes - 16 (2.5%)
Ennis naked by the tent washing himself - 38 (5.8%)
Ennis alone in the field on their last day on BBM - 85 (13%)
Water-walking Jesus scene - 44 (6.7%)
Jack smiles when Ennis talks so much and then dances around - 201 (30.8%)
Jack tries to wash the blood off Ennis' face - 115 (17.6%)
Ennis looks up from washing dishes and sees Jack far above - 84 (12.9%)
Untangling the sheep and then Ennis telling Jack he might run them off again - 41 (6.3%)
Other--post below to tell us - 28 (4.3%)
Total Voters: 379

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« Reply #1800 on: December 23, 2010, 07:48:10 AM »
the despair on Jack's face..."once in awhile?  every four fucking years?"

The question everyone wants to ask: "What do we do now?"
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« Reply #1801 on: December 23, 2010, 03:15:09 PM »
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small torso,  beanpole length, high-arched nose, weather-eyed: Can there be much doubt AP was inspired by this photo? there is even a resemblance to Heath...just amazing, now that I see them both together...Even the personality comes across in the photo; there is a kind of a natural aloofness in youth-and a sort of battered stone wall in middle-age. This is just endlessly fascinating to me.

This is endlessly fascinating to me too.  The middle-aged photo, as you say, is very much Heath Ledger in the movie.  The broad nose, the care-worn frown and even the hair, which has become rather 'flattened' and lifeless, all look spooklily like Heath's portayal of Ennis.

Surely this points to the amount of research done by the likes of Ang Lee and Heath - indeed, I can recall an interview where Heath referred to Ang's attention to detail as being "microscopic".  Surely this photograph confirms this?

Wonder what other explanations there could be?  God, I love this movie!  It is so interesting on so many levels - and continues to be so.

Glen xx
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He slept a summer by my side, He filled my days with endless wonder.
He took my childhood in his stride, But he was gone when autumn came.
And still I dream he'll come to me, That we will live the years together.
But there are dreams that cannot be, And there are storms we cannot weather.
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« Reply #1802 on: December 29, 2010, 10:13:13 AM »
Quote from: Heath4Ever on December 23, 2010, 03:15:09 PM
This is endlessly fascinating to me too.  The middle-aged photo, as you say, is very much Heath Ledger in the movie.  The broad nose, the care-worn frown and even the hair, which has become rather 'flattened' and lifeless, all look spooklily like Heath's portayal of Ennis.

Surely this points to the amount of research done by the likes of Ang Lee and Heath - indeed, I can recall an interview where Heath referred to Ang's attention to detail as being "microscopic".  Surely this photograph confirms this?

Wonder what other explanations there could be?  God, I love this movie!  It is so interesting on so many levels - and continues to be so.

Glen xx



  --- Glen, what photo?  ty
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« Reply #1803 on: December 29, 2010, 10:33:04 AM »
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« Reply #1804 on: December 30, 2010, 06:53:31 AM »
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No -- Short story too.  You're right -- dried beans much easier on the mules  than canned, or contrarywise, the mules could have carried more junk.

Maybe because of the altitude?  It  takes a lot longer for beans to cook, way up.  Just a thought.  One thing, though: AP is crazy-meticulous about detail, and researches obsessively.  Maybe she didn't here, though.

   Just one more bean thought - dry beans should be soaked overnight before they're cooked, otherwise a painful gas situation will result.  Also, neither of the boys are cooks, so opening a can and heating the beans up might be just what they're capable of handling.
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« Reply #1805 on: December 30, 2010, 03:52:51 PM »
Hi fofol

This is the photo of the middle-aged ranch hand who bears more than a passing resemblance to the older Ennis in the movie.

I'm not saying he is the spitting image, but there is the "look"......  no?
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« Reply #1806 on: December 31, 2010, 06:15:00 PM »
^^^^^^^^^^^
His name is (or was) Richard Wheatcroft -- 24 years old in that 1st pic, and barely past 30 in the last pic!!  

I think he is or was part Injun.  I can spot em a mile away.
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« Reply #1807 on: January 01, 2011, 02:54:24 PM »
Yes, he looks like he has some North American Indian blood.  A very handsome race, in my view.
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He took my childhood in his stride, But he was gone when autumn came.
And still I dream he'll come to me, That we will live the years together.
But there are dreams that cannot be, And there are storms we cannot weather.
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« Reply #1808 on: January 01, 2011, 06:34:45 PM »
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Yes, he looks like he has some North American Indian blood.  A very handsome race, in my view.

Love these people and their history.
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« Reply #1809 on: January 02, 2011, 08:25:07 AM »
Quote from: Heath4Ever on December 30, 2010, 03:52:51 PM
Hi fofol

This is the photo of the middle-aged ranch hand who bears more than a passing resemblance to the older Ennis in the movie.

I'm not saying he is the spitting image, but there is the "look"......  no?



I can´t get over these pictures (this one and the other showing a younger version of the same man).
The jacket, the broad nose, the hair cut, the clenched mouth, the facial expression, the look in his eyes as though he has been through a lot. Uncanny
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« Reply #1810 on: January 02, 2011, 11:58:50 AM »
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This is the hair of Ennis at the Twists - the hair of one for whom hat wearing is de rigueur. I always used to think it a strange hair style but it makes sense now I see it on another.
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« Reply #1811 on: January 02, 2011, 03:20:09 PM »
I agree with you Monika et al, there is a striking resemblance to Ennis.

I think it has partly to do with the far-away look in his eyes.

His mind is somewhere else, not in the here-and-now.
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« Reply #1812 on: January 05, 2011, 05:46:36 PM »
Quote from: Heath4Ever on December 30, 2010, 03:52:51 PM
Hi fofol

This is the photo of the middle-aged ranch hand who bears more than a passing resemblance to the older Ennis in the movie.

I'm not saying he is the spitting image, but there is the "look"......  no?





WOW!  That is incredible!  Sorry I took so long to respond, but I usually respond to the forum at work, when I can, and I've been out for most of the last three weeks.  what an amazing resemblance...   thanks Glen
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« Reply #1813 on: January 05, 2011, 05:50:32 PM »
I didn't make this compilation, but it's great, isn't it?
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« Reply #1814 on: January 06, 2011, 02:24:10 AM »
^^^^^^^^

Oh... This is absolutely amazing!!!
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