Emma - Thompson, "" Sense and Sensibility "screenplay and diary" wrote, after finished filming an unusually hard flock drama, Lee vowed never again not a movie scene using animals. As a result, he still has to deal with the sheep in this film. Sheep are God's favorite animal in the Garden of Eden. The herd is the society. There is "Following Like Sheep" in English, which can be translated as the psychology of the herd, or to follow the trend in Chinese. Jack and Ennis have always been out of the flock, symbolizing that they are not one of them. The day after their first night, Ennis found a dead sheep. The sacrifice of the lamb was part of the Christian ritual, symbolizing that they were destined to become the victims of the times. The sheepskin was cut open, symbolizing that their gay identity was revealed. The dead sheep also symbolized the homosexual who Ennis saw when he was a child, and heralded Jack's final outcome.
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The full name of Jack is Jack Twist, which originally means twisting and twisting, which means "not straight", which implies his homosexuality. The full name of Ennis is Ennis Del Mar, which means island in the sea. Ennis is Island (island), Del Mar is Of The Sea (in the sea), symbolizing his introverted and withdrawn character. Brokeback symbolizes the last straw in the straw pile, and is also the thing that bears the most stress. It is also explained as the connection between the mountain and the mountain.
3, color
color film is the most important symbol of the elements. When Jack met Lulen for the first time, her red hat fell on the ground, and Jack picked it up and returned it to Lulen. Four years later, Jack met Ennis in a red denim suit. Lulun's golden wig is a metaphor for a false marriage. When she was talking on the phone with Ennis, there was a scene with her fake red nails. In English, fake nails (Fake Nails) means false stories, so some people think that the cause of Jack's death she said was fabricated by her.
Blue represents Jack and brown represents Ennis. Jack once complained to his wife that he could not find his blue jacket and his car was also blue. When Ennis and Irma were playing in the snow, Irma was wearing a brown hat, which symbolized that she had taken Ennis's lonely heart, and Ennis's hat at this time was blue, which symbolized that his heart was still on Jack.
Blue is also a symbol of love. In addition to Jack, Ennis's eldest daughter also has blue elements. Pay attention to the earrings on her daughter's ears, Bluebird blue earrings. The tent Jack and Ennis used for their last trysts on Brokeback Mountain was also blue. They were undisturbed under the protection of love. There was a flowing blue river next to them and a blue sky above them.
At the end of the film, Jack's mother is wearing a blue sweater, a blue towel hung by the stove, and a blue coffee pot. Everything else in the room was washed out white, but her surroundings seemed to be washed in a blue atmosphere. She represents love. When she helped put Jack's blue shirt in Ennis' brown kraft paper bag, a significant ceremony was completed: her acceptance affirmed the relationship between her son and another man.
4. Address
Jack and Ennis have been separated for four years, how can they still know the address of his home? In fact, the postcard he sent was "General Delivery". This was the way the US Post used to deliver to people whose address is unknown, but you must know where you are probably because Ennis did not move very far after getting married. , Are in those two or three small towns, so Jack can send it to General Delivery and he can receive it.
5. Daughter
Ennis has two daughters. Why is there always only one daughter to visit him and the other? Because the daughter once said that she would not be as lovable as another daughter, she felt like Ennis, so she preferred to be with her father. This is why her mother does not like her, because she is like a father. The daughter's fiancé is named Kurt, Kurt is Curt, and Curt means short and few words. In the end, the daughter fell in love with a man like her father.
6. Movies
The movie Ennis and Irma watched in the car cinema was "Surf Party" shot in 1964.
7, full moon
every time Ennis and Jack together, when the full moon is not only a symbol of the round when they only have each other to feel life. In addition, in terms of time, the date they were on the mountain was almost exactly around the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, so the moon was as round as a mirror.
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The brand of the whiskey that Jack and Ennis drank was called "Old Rose." When the farmer found out that Jack and they were gay, he once said, "You Two Are Not Getting Paid To Let Dog Babysit The Sheep While You Were Stemming The Rose." The Rose in "Stemming The Rose" here refers to the anus. Most Americans don't know this usage. Few people use it and it is very regional. There is a song called "Whiskey Rose" (Whiskey Rose), which describes gay love.
9. During the
quarrel between Jack and his father-in-law, the football game that appeared on TV was the Montreal Alouettes vs. Edmonton Eskimos game in the Canadian Football League in the 1970s.
10, travel
background of the film is Wyoming's Brokeback Mountain, but the real shooting southwest of Alberta in Canada. Many scenes were shot in places such as Votrys Mountain and Moose Mountain in Kananaski County, Alberta. The valley where the sky is high and the clouds are light, the scenery is picturesque, and it is like a paradise. It receives all over the world every year. There are more than 8 million tourists. Due to the popularity of this film, Tourism Canada has vigorously promoted the "Brokeback Mountain Tour" project to tourists. Visitors can not only relive the mountain trails of the two protagonists, but also show their skills on the golf course. In July, there will be a global At the biggest rodeo festival, visitors can stay at the ranch and accompany the cowboys.
11.Nude
Ennis's actor Heath Ledger and Jack's actor Jack Gyllenhaal are both naked. This scene shows the two protagonists falling in love together without any bondage. If you carefully watch the DVD frame by frame, you will find that, in fact, only classmate Heath Ledger is naked. He is not Jalenhaal but a stand-in.
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Why did Jack's father refuse to let his son's ashes be scattered on Brokeback Mountain? Because Jack's father planned to bury his son's ashes in his family's ancestral grave, so that whenever Ennis came here to visit them, not only did he realize his son's wish, it also seemed that their family was reunited. Apparently Jack's father knew his son's relationship with Ennis, and he loved his son deeply.
13, effects
the entire film 75 effects shots, made by the Canadian company BIG, 15 special effects shots used to make the flock, because the film needs to 2500 sheep, 700 goats and on-site only. Other special effects shots include sky changes, scene increase and decrease, and hail and hail rain.
14. The cause of death
Jack’s cause of death is the most controversial issue for fans of Brokeback Mountain. Because the conversation between Ennis and Lulen interspersed with a man being chased by two people, many people suspect that Jack was killed by someone. Rather than the accident that Lulun said. The third mystery "Color" also has the same argument, but some people think that this is Ennis's imagination, because this picture is interspersed with it, it is entirely possible that it is his imagination, there is no evidence in the film that Jack was killed by someone. . According to the director’s interview, Ang Lee’s understanding was that Jack was indeed killed, but he felt that the film could not show such a cruel scene, so he flickered a bit, leaving a little suspense.
15, men
Jack's father mentioned to Ennis that Jack planned to go home to farm with a man. Who is this man? At present, most people agree that this man is the bearded man who ate with Jack and his wife before, but it is not ruled out that this man is someone else, such as the Mexican male prostitute. By the way, this male prostitute was a cameo by the film’s photographer Rodrigue Peretto. The soundtrack when he appeared was "Quizas, Quizas, Quizas" by Nat King Cole in "In the Mood for Love".
16. The shirt
Ennis hadn't planned to enter Jack's bedroom. He didn't even know that there was a shirt. He just wanted to get his ashes. Jack's mother knew the true meaning of his son's collection of two shirts, and if Ennis found the shirt, it would naturally be his son's true love. If you change to someone else, even if you see the shirt, there will be no reaction. And Ennis did spot the shirt and hugged it tightly. Jack's mother finally knew that he was the only true love of her son.
In addition, in the film, the shirts of the two have a strong symbolic meaning. Ennis' shirts are plaid or striped, which symbolizes his soul is imprisoned, while Jack wears monochrome shirts, which symbolizes his spiritual freedom. . When the two met again four years later, Ennis put on his best shirt with blue and brown stripes on a white background. This is also the period when his life state and mental state are most balanced in the movie. On the premise of not destroying either party, he owns two worlds.
17, 17
Ennis nailed a mailbox at the end of the film, expressing his willingness to communicate with the outside world. The number of the mailbox is 17, and "Brokeback Mountain" is just made up of 17 letters!
The English symbol
BROKEBACK symbolizes the last straw in the straw pile, and it is also the thing that bears the most pressure.
JACK's last name is TWIST, the original meaning is twist, twist, that is to say, it is not straight. Not a "straight man".
ENNIS DEL MAR ENNIS is ISLAND, DEL MAR is OF THE SEA. Symbolizes ENNIS's introverted and isolated character.
Red is a symbol of happiness, marriage and childbirth in the Chinese people's eyes. When JACK met LAUREEN for the first time, LAUREEN's red hat fell in front of him. He picked it up and returned it to LAUREEN. Four years later, JACK wore a red TSHIRT and met with ENNIS.
When JACK's wife LAUREEN was talking on the phone with ENNIS, the camera deliberately gave her fake red nails. In English, FAKE NAILS=FAKE STORY is a false story. Therefore, she said that the cause of JACK's death should be fabricated for herself.
Attentive audiences can see that at the beginning of the movie, a truck was driving from right to left in the dark, and finally ENNIS got out of the car with a yellow paper bag in his hand, which contained all his valuable belongings. At the end of the movie, ENNIS put the two shirts together in the yellow paper bag and left JACK's house. Then again, a truck disappeared into the night, the difference is that this time the direction is from left to right.
Joe Aguirre farmer, a symbol of power and authority-government, society. If BROKEBACK MOUTAIN symbolizes JACK and ENNIS’s Eden (EDEN), then JOE AGUIRRE symbolizes the Judging Supervision (JUDGEMENT). At the beginning, the farmer listed a series of rules, such as NO FIRE, etc., and Jack said he didn’t. Right lets us do things that violate the laws of nature (He's got no business making us to do sth against the rules). In the end, they not only burned the fire, but also made the love in their hearts intensified.
When JACK said that we should be together and we should not be separated, it was against the law of love and fate (AGAINST THE RULES OF LOVE AND FATE), ENNIS did not answer. He looked far away and he was educated to respect power and authority. ENNIS's father played a very important role in his life, especially after his death. ENNIS has always treated him as a god and a dogma. Although ENNIS also understands Jack’s love, just like his “STICKING TO THE BEANS” attitude towards life, he obeys a series of dogmas listed-God, society, father, farmer of. Until he killed an elk, he finally found a way to make JACK face the physical and psychological hunger. But then, the farmer discovered their secret and disrupted their utopian love.
The boss knew they were GAY: When Jack went back the next year, he said: "you two are not getting paid to let dog babysit the sheep while you" "were stemming the rose" and stem the rose, rose refers to the anus penis.
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