The part of the movie that we watched yesterday was interesting because of the little things I saw.
I was really interested by the shot where Jack sees Enis in the mirror, ONCE AGAIN.Trying to figure this out, I thought about the direction that Jack was going; away from Enis. While we see Jack driving away, we again don't know if Jack is looking, but we still see Enis in the mirror. When you look at someone in the distance as you're moving away, it usually signifies that you will be thinking about them in the near future.
After this shot, Ennis goes behind a wall to cry and punch the wall. I feel like this was coming eventually because I saw their relationship grow as time went on. Especially because you notice time passing with the landscaping shots and quick events that happen, such as Ennis getting married.
Another interesting thing, is when Ennis gets married and he is going to have sex with his wife. After kissing her, he turns her around just like he did Jack when they were having their affair. On the other hand, when Jack has sex with Anne Hathaway in the backseat of car, and it has no resemblance to the time where Jack and Enis had sex.
The movie will get more interesting as it goes on in my opinion. Hopefully we see why these things are so different,
I like your analysis, no pun intended, of the sex scenes. They show something about the characters, clearly Ennis has more difficulty getting over the relationship than Jack does. Jack doesn't hate himself for what he is. In fact, he doesn't even see himself as a homosexual, just a man who happens to enjoy sex with other men. These scenes make us question just what the relationship really meant to Jack and Ennis, and how it might develop later.
ReplyDeleteJoey -- Note that when you talk about how we "usually see" a particular image, and attach meaning to it, we're talking about CODES. Isn't it nice to know the things we're learning play out when we're watching the movie? So what you're beginning to identify here is a "mirror code."
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