And did you notice that in some films the names of the characters that the authors gave them carry their meaning in themselves? Yes, these names can be called "speaking." And if you immediately unravel the puzzle put by the authors in the name, then you can see a hidden spoiler in it, if not to the film itself, then at least to its hero. The loudest example is John Connor from The Terminator by James Cameron.
John Connor. What's in his name like that? The initials JC coincide with the initials of Jesus Christ (Jesus Christ). John Connor is the savior. And this coincidence, in principle, is stated in the second film.
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And Darth Vader from the Lucas 'Star Wars'. Darth Vader. Many in our country associate this name with Efremov Dar Darom. But I do not think that Lucas borrowed the name of the main villain from the Andromeda Nebula. Although who knows. He admitted that the creation of Star Wars was inspired by the science fiction Klushantsev. But the fans explain the origin of the name of the dark lord as follows: Darth is a modified English dark (dark). And Vader is, again, a modified German word vater, translated as father. Dark Dad - not a spoiler for puzzle lovers. By the way, Lucas himself confirms precisely this version of the origin of the name
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Let's remember another great fantastic film - "Butterfly Effect" by Eric Bresse. The main character in his name is Evan Treborn (Evan Treborn). If you rearrange only one letter in this name (which is not noticeable at all in pronunciation), then Event Reborn comes out, which can be translated as "Reviving events"
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The next film is “The Hunger Games” by Gary Ross. In it, the main character is called Katniss Everdeen (Katniss Everdeen). Katniss is a arrowhead plant. The heroine of the film even uses the roots of this plant for food. But here another is interesting. The Latin name of this plant is saggitaria, which is very consonant with Sagittarius - the Latin name of the zodiac constellation Sagittarius. As you, I think, remember, Katniss very well shot from a bow
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Do you remember the name of the seers in Steven Spielberg, the fantastic detective story "Minority Report"? Agatha, Arthur, and Deshil . Think random names? And if you remember those who always knew the names of the criminals - the authors of popular detective works? Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle and Deshil Hammett. I do not know about you, but it puts everything in its place for me
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Another example is "The Beginning" by Christopher Nolan. Remember the names of the main characters of the film - Dom, Robert, Eames, Ariadne, Mal and Saito . And now try to put the first letters of the names in the word - DREAMS . Dreams from English translated as "dreams." Very clear, is not it?
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Here, by the way, it is appropriate to recall another movie with a whole team of "speaking" names. Remember the movie "The Cube" by Vincenzo Natalie from the 90s? In which a group of people tried to get out of an incomprehensible trap. And now let's try to remember the names of the heroes of the film. So: Holloway, Alderson, Rennes, Quentin, Kazan, Leaven, Worth . Now compare them with this list of interesting places. HM Prison Holloway is the largest women's prison in Western Europe, FPC Alderson is a federal prison in West Virginia, Prison des femmes de Rennes is the largest women's prison in Europe, San Quentin State Prison is a state prison at Cape San Quentin in California, Kazan Psychiatric hospital - mental hospital for the treatment and rehabilitation of mentally ill persons who have committed socially dangerous acts in a state of insanity, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth - federal prison in Kansas. That is, all the characters are named after prisons. Moreover, if you delve into the specifics of a particular prison, and compare it with the character of the corresponding hero ... However, this is a topic for a separate story, I will not get ahead of myself.
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Another film deserving a separate analysis of all hidden meanings is the "Matrix" of the Wachowski brothers (sisters). But since we have only names today, we’ll dwell only on them. Let's start, of course, with the main character. Neo (Neo). Translated from the Greek, this word means "new." In addition, it is an anagram of the English word "one". And in this name you can see a reference to Tim Kincaid's little-known 1986 film “The Catastrophe of Robots”, where the main character named Neo organized the resistance of people against the oppression of cars. Go ahead on the main character. His name in the world of the matrix was Thomas Anderson: Anderson - a reference to the Greek word "andros" - the son of man, and Thomas - the English equivalent of the name Thomas (Thomas is a non-believer). The remaining characters also have their references. Morpheus , for example, a reference to Morpheus - in Greek mythology, the god of dreams. The traitor Louis Cypher is very much in tune with Lucifer. In general, looking through the "Matrix" is to take into the hands of the Bible - a lot of references to an ancient book that can explain the actions of the characters. But this, as I said, is a topic for another conversation.
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By the way, Lucifer, sounded in another movie. "Angel Heart" by Alan Parker. The employing a private detective in the beginning of the film presented as Louis Cífer (Louis Cyphre), that at the very beginning of the film points out, who came to the angel Harry
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Can you still remember such examples of speaking names in other films
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Used footage from feature films
"Terminator 2: Judgment Day", dir. James Cameron, 1991
"Star Wars: Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back," dir. Irwin Kershner, 1980
"Butterfly Effect", dir. Eric Bresse, J. McKee Gruber, 2003
The Hunger Games, dir. Gary Ross, 2012
"Minority Report", dir. Steven Spielberg, 2002
Start, dir. Christopher Nolan, 2010
"Cube", dir. Vincenzo Natali, 1997
The Matrix, dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, 1999
Angel Heart, dir. Alan Parker, 1987
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