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Post by MagdaFR on Jan 24, 2020 23:39:01 GMT
I searched to compare with the set pictures. You commented that the house didn't look at all as a ranch in Montana. I think they're putting wood planks on the walls?
There are people commenting on the video who lived there or their grandparents own the ranch. One said it remained more or less the same when he was there from 1946 to 1965 if I remember right.
Did you watch The Piano? They took a piano to New Zealand! That was in the mid-19th century.
1925 is not so far ago. The children of who were born at the beginning of the century (1900) may still be alive.
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Post by sgev1977 on Jan 25, 2020 2:06:06 GMT
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Post by MagdaFR on Feb 1, 2020 18:41:54 GMT
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Post by MagdaFR on Feb 1, 2020 18:47:32 GMT
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Post by queenzod on Feb 1, 2020 21:16:33 GMT
I searched to compare with the set pictures. You commented that the house didn't look at all as a ranch in Montana. I think they're putting wood planks on the walls? There are people commenting on the video who lived there or their grandparents own the ranch. One said it remained more or less the same when he was there from 1946 to 1965 if I remember right. Did you watch The Piano? They took a piano to New Zealand! That was in the mid-19th century. 1925 is not so far ago. The children of who were born at the beginning of the century (1900) may still be alive. Sorry, Magda, I didn’t see your response. No, I meant *in my head* a ranch house is always pretty rustic, so this was an eye opener for me in the book. I just equate the West & cowboys with bunkhouses, and the big house with nice but not fancy or wealthy furnishings. Of course, I’m not rich, nor do I have servants to attend to all the packing & shipping so it’s fairly unimaginable to me. It’s difficult to pack & haul that stuff across great distances, in horse drawn carts. Think of the breakage! I’m also reminded how “Karen Blixen” carted all her finery halfway across the world so she could eat off bone china in Africa, lol. Or the American pioneers carrying their pianos with them in their covered wagons. Although I do have half a dozen Psyanky (Polish dyed & decorated Easter eggs) that came with my great grandmother from Poland over 120 years ago and were passed down to me through my matriarchs. They’re pretty special to me. They were made from raw eggs, and you can still hear the dried yoke rattling around inside them. Amazing, isn’t it, what people deem as special and will hang onto. I have eggs that were laid in Poland in the 19th century. 😁
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Post by onebluestocking on Feb 2, 2020 3:21:35 GMT
Off topic, but your great grandmother's eggs reminded me of my grandfather from Switzerland, who immigrated as a very young boy. He dropped one shoe (from his only pair) over the side of the ship on the way over, and arrived in the US half barefoot!
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Post by mllemass on Feb 2, 2020 4:01:19 GMT
My father tells the story of our voyage by ship to Canada from Italy when I was a baby. He says that he wasn’t used to the central heating on board (it was December), so his feet swelled up and his only pair of shoes no longer fit him. When the ship stopped at Portugal, he got off and asked someone for directions to a shoe store, where he bought himself a new pair. He still says that they were the most beautiful shoes he ever had.
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Post by sgev1977 on Feb 3, 2020 21:14:54 GMT
Should post this in "Cast and Crew"?
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Post by sgev1977 on Feb 4, 2020 11:08:27 GMT
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Post by sgev1977 on Feb 4, 2020 13:58:38 GMT
So it seems the big building is indeed brothers Burbank's house. The one that seems to be still in construction should be the bunkhouse. There are a few small ones. Probably one of them is the cook's room. I think it's mentioned she lives in a cabin behind the main house.
About the polemic about if it is the right kind of Montana ranch house. In the book, the family is not just very rich but also snobs. They aren't from Montana but from Boston (I think it's Boston!). They are kind of aristocratic compared to the other rich ranchers. It's suggested the parents bought the ranch and were there as an adventure but they never fit in. The sons are the ones who later take the work as ranchers very seriously. Probably thanks to Phil's input and his influence over his little brother but there is still always a fake feeling about them. George clearly doesn't fit neither and Phil is kind of exaggerating to the extreme his role as cowboy.
Maybe that's why it doesn't seems like your typical Montana ranch. Also the other day re-read a few pages of the book and it's said that the house has indeed a huge number of rooms so yes, it is an imposing building. It's a whole psychoanalysis case that it is shared just by the two adult brothers and that they sleep together in the kid's room!
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