Oh, gosh, there are 261 pages of this thread *faints*.... This will take TIME....
Sonja, my name is Julia, nice to meet you m'am
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Anyway, I've always had a suspicion that the real reason someone whispers " Sorry, sorry...."
and Jack whispers, It's allright..." is that the mechanics of the scene, perhaps got a shade too awkward at that precise moment and maybe almost came spontaneously to a halt. So, JG, slips out of character for a second and whispers that it's allright to continue - they can both hack it.
Sooo... that theory, that one post, changed my whole perspective. Could this be not Jack to Ennis - but Jake to Heath? Actor to actor? It very well could be.
Hunh. That was interesting and intriguing and let me smile, but i think i like my version better
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What would i give for details on how JG and HL prepared themselves for this scene! They spoke about the reunion kiss, that it was so well concerted, each step and move defined, but there is hardly any comment on SNIT, right? Or do you know of any? It's even more intriguing to know since SNIT is something that is *not* in the original short story, so there *must* have been discussions between AL+JG+HL on why this should be part of the movie and how they act it out. I think i just remember a comment by Ang Lee that FNIT took 13 takes and reunion 2 takes, but SNIT?? No mentioning!... A total mystery...
And I love the spit string.
It does nothing to me... What makes me swoon was rather that (taken from the same Rosewood's post):
Then I love the shyness and nervousness and the fact that Ennis can't quite figure out where to put his hands. He's actually shaking with the force of his feelings, allowing Jack to seduce him completely.
This is an Ennis that we never really see again.
This, and the small puff of air Jack lets out when Ennis is finally with him on the ground. Jack was so nervous, too! It's his small sign of relief that Ennis did not reject him, but put himself in his arms. Have you seen this one?
You know what struck me right now re-watching this, that Ennis closes his eyes upon the kiss and does not re-open them at all. Or if he does open them after the kiss it's only for a short moment. I think it's brilliant. So true to the story of Ennis not being able to look "that thing" in the eye, avoiding to look at what he is doing, with
whom he is doing it, but surrendering nevertheless.
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