Author Topic: BBM Recital (Read 2153960 times)

min · « **Reply #11610 on:** Dec 28, 2009, 08:12 PM »

Alma Jr smiles at this, clinks her glass with Ennis' glass and they both have a sip.

New scene: outside the trailer, Ennis watches as his daughter drives off in a cloud of dust, alone once again. He goes inside the trailer, hangs his hat up, notices that Alma Jr has left her jacket. He picks it up and hurries to the door, sees that Jr is long gone. He folds the jacket up, sniffs it briefly, goes to the closet. He opens the door and places the jacket on the top shelf.

There on the back of the closet door, we see the 2 shirts on a wire hanger suspended from a nail, but now Jack's shirt is tucked inside Ennis'. Next to them is a postcard of Brokeback Mountain, tacked to the closet door.

jackster · « **Reply #11611 on:** Dec 28, 2009, 09:52 PM »

Ennis carefully buttons the top snap of Jack's denim shirt.
Stands back, looks at the ensemble, gives a little nod and through some stinging tears whispers:

Jack, I swear.

Ennis carefully straightens the postcard of Brokeback Mountain, closes the closet door.
We're left looking out the trailer window at the broad northern plains.

the epilogue from the SS:
Around that time Jack began to appear in his dreams, Jack as he had
first seen him, curly headed and smiling and buck toothed, talking about
getting up off his pockets and into the control zone, but the can of beans
with the spoon handle jutting out and balanced on the log was there as well,
in a cartoon shape and lurid colors that gave the dreams a flavor of comic
obscenity. The spoon handle was the kind that could be used as a tire iron.
And he would wake sometimes in grief, sometimes with the old sense of joy
and release; the pillow sometimes wet, sometimes the sheets.

There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to
believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you've
got to stand it.

tpe · « **Reply #11612 on:** Dec 29, 2009, 10:29 PM »

(Bob Dylan - He Was A Friend Of Mine)

He was a friend of mine
He was a friend of mine
Every time I think about him now
Lord I just can't keep from cryin'
'Cause he was a friend of mine

He died on the road
He died on the road
He never had enough money
To pay his room or board
And he was a friend of mine

I stole away and cried
I stole away and cried
'Cause I never had too much money
And I never been quite satisfied
And he was a friend of mine

He never done no wrong
He never done no wrong
A thousand miles from home
And he never harmed no one
And he was a friend of mine

He was a friend of mine
He was a friend of mine
Every time I hear his name
Lord I just can't keep from cryin'
'Cause he was a friend of mine.

(Rufus Wainwright - Maker Makes)

One more chain I break
To get me closer to you
One more chain does the maker make
To keep me from bustin' through

One more notch I scratch
To keep me thinkin' of you
One more notch does the maker make
Upon my face so blue

Get along, little doggies
Get along, little doggies

One more smile I fake
And try my best to be glad
One more smile does the maker make
Because he knows I'm sad

Oh Lord, how I know
Oh Lord, how I see
That only can the maker make
A happy man of me

Get along little doggies
Get along little doggies
Get along

min · « **Reply #11613 on:** Dec 30, 2009, 03:20 PM »

Replay from the start:

It's near dawn, a truck comes barrelling along the highway. As it get lighter, we see the truck coming into Signal. It comes to a screeching halt, Ennis jumps out of the cab, and the truck moves on. Ennis puts his jacket on, looks back to where the truck has driven off, and starts walking toward Aguirre's trailer.

tpe · « **Reply #11614 on:** Dec 30, 2009, 07:46 PM »

Ennis pauses just beside the entrance to the trailer and makes himself comfortable, leaning on the outer wall and pulling the hat down on his eyes. we see him in this static pose as a train passes by. The big sky seems to dwarf everything else... Clouds drift solemnly in procession, marking the passing of time.

jackster · « **Reply #11615 on:** Dec 31, 2009, 09:36 PM »

Ennis carefully takes half the cigarette he's been smoking, flicks the ash off the end, pinches-off the stub, and puts the remainder back in his pocket, saving it for later.

We hear an old pickup truck coming down the road, motor stumbling, sputtering, and backfiring. Ennis watches as the truck pulls into Aguirre's lot, comes to choked halt, tires spin against the brake, motor dies. Driver gets out, slams the door, kicks the fender, looks at the beast in desperation, mutters:

Shit!

tpe · « **Reply #11616 on:** Dec 31, 2009, 09:55 PM »

Jack then spies Ennis watching him. Their eyes momentarily meet. Jack's gaze is transfixed, and he is about to make a move in the direction of Ennis. But Ennis quickly lowers his gaze, and Jack reads this as a kind of withdrawal/pulling back. Uncertain, Jack draws back, looks sideways, assumes a classic provocative pose beside his truck, takes one more intense look at Ennis before lowering his head...

hpv · « **Reply #11617 on:** Jan 01, 2010, 05:46 AM »

Jack is shaving and gazing at Ennis through the rear-view mirror ...
Sound of a truck approaching, old station wagon stops about two feet from the steps of the trailer, Ennis jumps up to get out of the way.

Aguire: If you pair of deuces are lookin' for a job, I suggest you get your scrawny asses here, pronto.

tpe · « **Reply #11618 on:** Jan 01, 2010, 09:45 AM »

Ennis and Jack hurriedly enter the trailer.

New scene. Inside Aguirre's office trailer. Aguirre positions himself beforehis desk, saying all the while:

Aguirre: Now up on Brokeback, the Forest Service got designated camp sites on the allotments. Them camps can be three-four miles from where we pasture the woollies... bad predator loss if there's nobody lookin' after them at night...

(He looks at Ennis and Jack before continuing.)

Aguirre: Now what I want (looking at Ennis) is the camp tender to stay in the main camp where the Forest Service says...but the herder (looks pointedly at Jack)... he's gonna pitch a pup tent on the QT with the sheep, and he's gonna sleep there... you eat your supper and breakfast in camp... but you sleep with the sheep, 100 percent! No fire, don't leave no sign... you roll up that tent every mornin' case Forest Service snoops around...

jackster · « **Reply #11619 on:** Jan 01, 2010, 12:00 PM »

Aguirre's desk phone rings, he picks it up, snarls:

Yeah. . . . . No. . . . . No! . . . . Not on your fu**in' life!!

Meanwhile we watch the boys waitin', nervously standing in front of Aguirre. First Ennis takes a casual, quick peep over his shoulder at Jack who's standing behind him shufflin' around, selfconsciously lookin' at his feet. Jack doesn't see this (at least directly), but he then takes another much longer look at Ennis who's turned back around by now.

Aguirre's finished his call now, slams down the phone.

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11620 on:** Jan 01, 2010, 01:32 PM »

-Aguiire(to Jack):-You got your dogs, your thirty-thirty, you sleep there. Last summer I had goddamn near 25% loss, I don't want that again.
(to Ennis,throwing a watch):-You. Fridays at noon be down at the bridge with your grocery list and mules... and somebody with supplies will be there at the pick-up. Tomorrow morning we'll truck you up to the jump-off.

tpe · « **Reply #11621 on:** Jan 01, 2010, 01:48 PM »

Aguirre moves on to make a call. Right before he dials, he looks up and glares at both Ennis and Jack. The latter pair wakes up as if in a dream, and hurridly gets out of the trailer office.

New Scene. Outside the trailer office. Jacks makes his move. He introduces himself to Ennis.

Jack (offers his hand): Jack Twist.

Ennis (curtly): Ennis.

Jack (smiling): Your folks just stop at Ennis?

Ennis (avoiding Jack's stare): Del Mar.

Jack: Nice to know you, Ennis Del Mar.

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11622 on:** Jan 02, 2010, 04:52 PM »

While he's saying these words,Jack addresses a meaningful glance to Ennis,from head to toe...

Next scene.We see both boys walking on the streets in a way that reflexs their respective way of being and seeing life;Jack walks before Ennis in an almost bold,careless way,while his new fellow walks looking at the floor shyly grasping a bag where he carries everything he owns.Later we see them in a tavern;Jack is drinking in a bottle of beer and begins to talk:

-My second year up here. Last year, one storm, the lightning killed 42 sheep. I thought I'd asphyxiate from the smell.

min · « **Reply #11623 on:** Jan 03, 2010, 05:50 PM »

Jack continues: Aguirre got all over my ass like I was supposed to control the weather. But beats workin' for my old man. Can't please my old man, no way. That's why I took to rodeoin'. You ever rodeo?

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11624 on:** Jan 04, 2010, 10:08 AM »

-Ennis : -You know...I mean once in a while. When I got the entry fee in my pocket.

-Jack : -Yeah. Are you from ranch people?

-Ennis : -Yeah, I was.

-Jack : -Your folks run you off?

hpv · « **Reply #11625 on:** Jan 04, 2010, 01:48 PM »

Ennis gives a summary of his life story:
No, they run themselves off. There wus, ah, one curve in the road in fortythree miles an' they missed it. So uh, bank took the ranch, an' brother an' sister they raised me mostly.

min · « **Reply #11626 on:** Jan 04, 2010, 06:15 PM »

Jack: Shit...that's hard.

jackster · « **Reply #11627 on:** Jan 05, 2010, 01:16 PM »

Ennis pulls out the half stub of a cigarette he earlier put in his coat pocket, turns to Jack, motions towards Jack's lighter and says:

ENNIS: Can I?

Jack, who's been staring off into space thinkin' of Ennis's revelation, suddenly stirs, hands him the lighter. Ennis fires up the stub.

tpe · « **Reply #11628 on:** Jan 05, 2010, 08:26 PM »

New Scene. At the jump-off point. BBM looms in the background. The flock is being rounded up. Ennis talks with a basque about supplies...

Basque: Don't let them stray... Joe'll have your ass if you do. One thing... don't never order soup. Them soup boxes are hard to pack!

ENNIS Well, I don't eat soup...

hpv · « **Reply #11629 on:** Jan 06, 2010, 02:30 AM »

Ennis, sees' that Jack is trying a new horse : You wanna watch it there! That horse has a low startle point.

min · « **Reply #11630 on:** Jan 06, 2010, 04:02 PM »

Jack: I doubt there's a filly that can throw me. Let's git unless you wanna stand around tyin' knots all day.

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11631 on:** Jan 06, 2010, 04:13 PM »

Ennis remains with a face that seems to be thinking:-"Well,we're going to have a funny time...".

Next scene:We see Ennis and Jack driving the sheep to the mountain and after doing some "homeworks",like cutting some trunks,taking water buckets,cleanig sheep's hoof,etc.

tpe · « **Reply #11632 on:** Jan 06, 2010, 08:36 PM »

*A moment of silence as we take in the beautiful music and the beautiful scenery*

Scene: Jack goes up to the sheep in the beaufiful fading light of sunset.

Scene. We see jack guarding the sheep in the dead of night. He peers down where the camp is located and sees the light from the campfire. He smiles and is comforted.

New Scene. In camp. Ennis is cooking breakfast -- heating cans of beans and frying stuff -- Jack has just arrived after a long night with the sheep.

Jack: Oh sh*t! Can't wait till I got my own spread and I won't have to put up with Joe Aguirre's crap no more!

min · « **Reply #11633 on:** Jan 06, 2010, 10:41 PM »

Ennis: I'm savin' for a place myself...Alma and me...we'll be gettin' married when I come down off this mountain.

Jack continuing his complaining: That sleep with the sheep no fire bullsh*t...Aguirre's got no right makin' us do somethin' against the rules..

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11634 on:** Jan 07, 2010, 11:49 AM »

Next scene:Jack is going up the mountain on a horse that is a little nervous and makes some turns before he's away.Ennis remains looking at Jack as he's moving away and,even,he leans a little to see him better.Is he caring for Jack's integrity or maybe for anything else?...

tpe · « **Reply #11635 on:** Jan 08, 2010, 09:11 PM »

A sequence of beautiful scenes with music. Jack asleep and a storm approaches. Ennis carving a figurine inside the tent during the rainstorm. Ennis washings the utensils and deliberately looks up to where Jack is tending the sheep.

Scene in camp. Jack is about to leave. He yells back at Ennis, who is cleaning up.

Jack: No more beans!

Scene with the sheep. Jack aims and fires at a cayote. He misses.

Jack: Dammit! Sh*t!

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11636 on:** Jan 09, 2010, 02:45 PM »

Next scene: Ennis is reuniting with the Basque shepard,a man of Aguirre,to gather the meal's command and charge the next one.He's looking for something.

-Ennis:-I don't know.

-Basque : -Something wrong?

-Ennis : -Yeah, so what... Why didn't we get the powdered milk and the spuds?

-Basque : -That's all we got!

min · « **Reply #11637 on:** Jan 09, 2010, 07:00 PM »

Ennis: Well...here's next week's...he gives the list to the Basque

Basque, after looking at the list: Thought you didn't eat soup...

Ennis: Yeah, well, I'm sick of beans.

Basque: Too early in the summer to be sick of beans.

Ennis does not reply to the Basque.

Ennis starts leading the mules away: Come on...

tpe · « **Reply #11638 on:** Jan 09, 2010, 08:51 PM »

We see Ennis heading backto camp with supplies. We hear music ("Sreets of Laredo") in the background.

New scene. Ennis is by a stream. He is confronted by a bear. The horse rears in alarm and throws Ennis off his saddle. The horse and the mules go off. Supplies scatter in all directions. Ennis, momentarily stunned and injured by the fall, vainly tries to get the mules to come back and collect the scattered supplies.

Ennis: Hold it... Whoa.. Sh*t! ... Come back here! ...

jackster · « **Reply #11639 on:** Jan 11, 2010, 05:20 AM »

Next scene, we see Jack ride into camp late in the day, expecting dinner, he looks around for Ennis but sees him nowhere. Eventually sits down, builds a fire, does a little drinkin'.

As he sits in front of the fire, he hears the approach of a horse, turns and sees Ennis's arrival in the dark.

ENNIS: Whoa there, whoa! (as he dismounts) Argh, f**k it.

Jack, angrily tosses down the whiskey, gets up, approaches Ennis:

JACK: Where the hell you been? Been up with the sheep all day, get down here hungry as hell and all I find is beans.

Ennis storms past Jack muttering in disgust, Jack sees the bleeding injury on Ennis's head and is startled. Turns to Ennis:

JACK: What in the hell happened Ennis?