Warning: spoilers for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuiceanswered some of the first movie’s biggest questions and mysteries, including those about Beetlejuice’s (Michael Keaton) origins, and there’s a reason why that specific part of the movie was told in Italian. Over a decade after meeting the chaotic bio-exorcist inBeetlejuice, he and Deetzes returned in the long-awaited sequelBeetlejuice Beetlejuice, where they were joined by new characters.Beetlejuice Beetlejuicetook viewers, Lydia (Winona Ryder), Delia (Catherine O’Hara), and Lydia’s daughter Astrid (Jenna Ortega) back to Winter River after Charles’ death.
Once there, Astrid was tricked by a new acquaintance and taken to the Neitherworld, forcing Lydia to ask Beetlejuice for help – but once more, the bio-exorcist wanted to marry her in return. Part of the reason for wanting to marry Lydia (again) was to escape from his deceased ex-wife, Delores (Monica Bellucci), who was looking for revenge against him. Thanks to Delores’ presence,Beetlejuice Beetlejuicefeatured a flashback tellingBeetlejuice’s origin story, which was told in black and white and in Italian (narrated by Beetlejuice), and that wasn’t a random stylistic and narrative decision.
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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 was alive in the 14th century. Beetlejuice survived the Black Plague and was a “humble grave robber”, but one day he met Delores, and he was 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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Beetlejuice’s origin story being told in Italian is part of the movie’s comedy, but it wasn’t made like that just for the laughs. Speaking toVariety,Beetlejuice Beetlejuicewriters Alfred Gough and Miles Millar sharedthatthe decision to tell Betelgeuse’s origin story in Italian was Burton’s, as he was inspired by the works of Federico Fellini. Millar added that Burton said Beetlejuice’s origin story 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 those in Fellini’s movies.
In addition to that, Monica Bellucci is Italian, so it was fitting that Delores was also Italian.
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One thing that adds to the comedy of Beetlejuice’s origin story in Italian is that it’s very obvious thatMichael Keaton isn’t telling the story. The voice in Italian is deeper (once again in the style of an old Italian movie) and lacks the raspy tone of Beetlejuice’s, but that makes the whole sequence a lot funnier and memorable.The Italian narrator in Beetlejuice’s origin story was Stefano Marchetti, who is best known for his work in the sound and music department of various projects, most recently Netflix’sKaos, where he served as re-recording mixer and sound supervisor.
The sequence has also been compared to the works of Italian horror master Mario Brava.
Beetlejuice’s origin story in black and white and narrated in Italian is one of many homages Burton paid to his biggest influences. The sequence has also been compared to the works of Italian horror master Mario Brava, who is referenced inBeetlejuice Beetlejuicewhen Astrid finds a photo of Lydia pregnant outside a cinema where Mario Brava’s movies were being 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.
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