Warning: Spoilers for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Answered some of the biggest questions and mysteries of the first movie, including those about the origins of Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), and there is a reason why this specific part of the movie was told in Italian. Over a decade after meeting the chaotic bio-exorcist in BeetlejuiceHe and Deetzes returned in the long-awaited sequel Beetlejuice BeetlejuiceWhere they are joined by new letters. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Taking viewers, Lydia (Winona Ryder), Delia (Katherine O’Hara), and Lydia’s daughter Astrid (Jena Ortega) back to Winter River after Charles’ death.
Once there, Astrid was tricked by a new acquaintance and taken to the netherworld, forcing Lydia to ask Beetlejuice for help – but once again, the bio-exorcist wanted to marry her in return. Part of the reason for wanting to marry Lydia (again) was to escape his late ex-wife, Delores (Monica Bellucci), who is looking for revenge against him. Thanks to Delores’ presence, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Featured a flashback telling Beetlejuice’s origin storyWhich was told in black and white and in Italian (narrated by Beetlejuice), and this was not a random stylistic and narrative decision.
Tim Burton decided to tell Betelgeuse’s origin story in Italian
Beetlejuice’s origin story in Italian shows one of Burton’s biggest influences
When Beetlejuice learned that Delores had returned and was looking for him, he opened up to his employees and told them his love story with Delores. Beetlejuice took out a microphone and told his story in Italian, and the flashback sequence is in black and white. As it turns out, Beetlejuice was Italian and lived in the 14th century. Beetlejuice survived the Black Death and was a “humble grave robber”, but one day he meets Delores, and he is instantly bewitched by her. On their wedding night, Delores poisoned Beetlejuice, but before he died, he killed her with an axe.
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The story of Beetlejuice being told in Italian is part of the comedy of the movie, but it’s not made just for laughs. spoke to Variety, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Writers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar shared this The decision to tell Betelgeuse’s origin story in Italian was Burton’s, as he was inspired by the work of Federico Fellini. Millar added that Burton said that the story of Beetlejuice was like the prologue to a Fellini movie, so it had to be told in black and white and Italian and with an overall visual style like that of Fellini’s movies. .
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Michael Keaton did not tell the story of Beetlejuice in Italian
One thing that adds to the comedy of Beetlejuice’s origin story in Italian is that it is very obvious that Michael Keaton doesn’t tell the story. The voice in Italian is deeper (again in the style of an old Italian movie) and lacks the sarcastic tone of Beetlejuice’s, but it makes the whole sequence much more funny and memorable. The Italian narrator in Beetlejuice’s origin story was Stefano MarchettiWho is best known for his work in the sound and music department of various projects, most recently Netflix Chaoswhere he served as a re-recording mixer and sound supervisor.
The sequence has also been compared to the work of Italian horror master Mario Brava.
Beetlejuice’s origin story in black and white and narrated in Italian is one of many homages Burton pays to his biggest influences. The sequence has also been compared to the work of Italian horror master Mario Brava, which is referenced in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice When Astrid finds a photo of Lydia pregnant outside a cinema where Mario Brava’s movies are shown. Through Beetlejuice’s backstory sequence, Tim Burton not only paid tribute to some of the greatest Italian filmmakers, but also left the audience with an unforgettable and funny sequence.