Promotional poster for "Fame and Fame" (please pay attention to the background painting behind everyone)
"Fame and Fame" is a suspense comedy movie of the "there is only one murderer" + "the murderer is among us" genre. Today is not to spoil the content of the movie (I never do this), but just to talk to you about the movie poster and the "foreign mystery" in the English name of the film.
The Death of Sadanapala
Did you see that? The painting is titled The Death of Sadanapala and is written by the French painter Delacroix. The painting depicts the protagonist, Sadanapala, who is "dying"—the emperor of the Assyrian Empire who orders all his favorite people and things to be burned in a house as the enemy is about to invade the palace. The man in white in the upper left of the painting is Sadanapala himself, the black man in the lower left is killing the BMW, the noblewoman lying naked in the middle is his wife Mira, and in the lower right corner is another spoiled concubine, who is killing her. When all the dust has settled, Sadanapala will burn down the whole house with a single fire, ending his life and ending everything.
Delacroix was not loved by the people of the time after creating this work, but the literary artist Victor Hugo was wise and discerning, and it seems that he was really "a hero who feels sorry for each other".
Poster of "Fame and Fame", please pay attention to the English name in the lower left corner
After talking about the background drawing of the poster, let's talk about the English name of the movie. The English name of "Fame and Fame" is "be somebody", you may ask, somebody means "someone", so "be somebody" means "to be someone"?
In fact, somebody has another meaning, that is, "a person of greater importance than others". The "be somebody" means "to be a big person", which is in line with the name of the movie "Fame and Fame".
The opposite of somebody is nobody. Similarly, the word, in addition to "no one," also means "insignificant."
Emily dickinson
American poetess Emily Dickinson wrote a poem called "I'm Nobody!" Who Are You?
(I'm a nameless person!) Who are you)?"
I’m Nobody! Who Are You?
I'm a nobody! Who are you?
—Emily Dickinson
I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you—Nobody—too?
I'm a nobody! Who are you? Are you also a nameless person?
Then there's a pair of us! Don't tell! they'd advertise—you know!
Then we are a couple! Stop! They'll spread the word – you know!
How dreary—to be—Somebody! How public—like a Frog
How boring – yes – so-and-so celebrity! Much ostentation – like a frog
To tell your name—the livelong June— To an admiring Bog!
Tell your name – the long month of June to a swamp of appreciation!
Finally, I hope that everyone who sees the article will become "somebody"!