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    Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Brokeback Mountain


    Albino_Hyena — 9 years ago(November 17, 2016 06:35 PM)

    After they first have sex in the tent, Ennis wakes up earlier than Jack and rides out to the sheep, finding one of them eviscerated by a coyote. I think the sheep's torn-up, gaping torso was supposed to represent the new state of Jack's anus.

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      Phydeaux50 — 9 years ago(November 18, 2016 09:37 PM)

      Excellent observation. Proulx was reputed to be disappointed by Ang Lee's subtle departure from her original text, but I think it works in context.
      All the little devils are proud of Hell.

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        TxMike — 9 years ago(November 19, 2016 06:48 AM)

        As usual, 'spot-on'. Good to see you are still around, FIDO.
        .... TxMike ....
        "I feel pretty and witty and gay"

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          Phydeaux50 — 9 years ago(November 21, 2016 04:18 AM)

          I see what you did there. I will recover, with therapy.
          All the little devils are proud of Hell.

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            Albino_Hyena — 9 years ago(November 19, 2016 04:28 PM)

            Yeah, I've read interviews with her and she sounds terribly unpleasant. The original short story in the New Yorker was good, but the film's dialog was better and expanded on each character more. It also allowed for more connection with the two main characters, whereas the short story leaves the reader without much feeling for either one. Granted, the text was several thousand words, versus the film which had over two hours to accomplish this.

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              Phydeaux50 — 9 years ago(November 21, 2016 04:19 AM)

              Why so serious?
              All the little devils are proud of Hell.

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                edinabb — 9 years ago(November 21, 2016 01:24 PM)

                Ya can't miss it. Not when the evidence
                http://tinyurl.com/z9vp6w2
                fits the crime
                http://tinyurl.com/jzolzsr

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                  Rontrigger — 9 years ago(November 22, 2016 12:30 PM)

                  Or perhaps it was a foretelling of deathJack's, as it turned out.
                  "You can't have Ennis without Jack."Annie Proulx

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                    edinabb — 9 years ago(November 22, 2016 11:37 PM)

                    Come to think of it, we never got a graphical equivalent of Alma's anus.
                    Hers served as a frequent surrogate for Jack's, in the intervening years.
                    Why this omission?
                    Did multiple childbirths make her more pliable and elastic, thereby forgoing the need of a disemboweled animal to explain the violence of Ennis' dick upon her less traveled regions?

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                      Phydeaux50 — 9 years ago(November 23, 2016 04:09 AM)

                      Uh, I think you may be overlooking the numerous crows that appear conspicuously throughout the movie, which is the ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for 'slighted woman with torn anus'.
                      All the little devils are proud of Hell.

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