That's very true, Marian and Andy. The feelings evoked in SNIT can never quite be outdone by any detective work.....It's one of the great achievements of that film for me: I can easily go back to just experiencing it, even though I've picked it apart endlessly. It never loses it's impact, ever. I do think the music plays a great part in this...I think of the moment in the DE when the strings kind of take us to that emotional plateau that than settles with the Brokeback theme as Ennis holds Jack. It's such a powerful moment, so unlike any other in the film, even the glorious SNIT. Those strings evoke the sense of 'truth' to me.