Thanks, many thanks, to all who were a part of reviving this thread. It is, for me, one of the most interesting topics there could be. I need to study the previous posts carefully; and, of course, I've already run into the hurt of seeing Tammy listed as a guest, and I can't yet bring myself to read her posts, I miss her so much.
But a couple of thoughts:
- AP's description of how she came up with the idea of Ennis is a part of BBM folklore that I greatly respect. But I am one of those who believe the story jumped past her, and took over on its own. And she did herself say she felt her hand, at times, was guided by some force above. So where she began, a glimpse of a lonely old man in a bar, would not necessarily have to be where the evolving, unravelling, (or real, if you will) Ennis did actually end up.
- there is a lot of prompting for us, from those last scenes, and the view from Ennis' trailer, as to how things turned out, and there've been some very good posts, on many threads about this. Am on other forums, myself, but have never seen any of them match the insights found here. That may be due to Thomas' perserverance in encouraging all of us to develop our thoughts, as he has done, all these years. But I did come across something sad, not long ago, whereby someone had written about those golden fields, that they were flat, and Brokeback Mountain was......gone.
I hope this thread keeps going, and, thanks again to all who have posted.
