How do you interperate this title?

Spiritual_Chaos

So, I've made a short animated film here in Sweden.

And the producer is worried about the translated english title of the film.

So my questions are:

1) Is there something wrong (grammatical or whatever) about this title

2) How do you interpret the title, as in - what is the film about?


The Man Who Went Down a Hole

EdsonNascimento

I think it's fine, but it could be read as a porn film title. Bit of a stretch (no pun intended), but I imagine that's what he's thinking.

Good luck.

2010 Watch It Go To Fire

Glad to see you made it home from Philly. The title is fine. I would not worry.

brianlux

It's an interesting title that I think could be interpreted in at least a few ways. It's similar to "going down a rabbit hole" which comes from "Alice in Wonderland" and is sometimes used to mean "to have an adventure into the unknown", or "to enter a period of chaos and confusion" or "to have a psychedelic experience".

Some may interpret it in a more pedestrian or banal sense as the word "hole" in contemporary English usage is often seen as referring to something anal or sexual. (Not that that is a bad thing in of itself except it would be a misinterpretation because a part of a man can go into that kind of hole, not the whole man. :wtf: )

How it is looked at will depend on your audience. My own personal reaction to the title, based on my own past experience, is that is about someone going into seclusion, trying to take shelter.

hedonist

Reminds me of the AIC song.

"losing control"

FrankieG

Spiritual_Chaos wrote:

1) Is there something wrong (grammatical or whatever) about this title

2) How do you interpret the title, as in - what is the film about?


The Man Who Went Down a Hole

1) Grammatical, no, but it sounds like the name of a children's book/movie.. Kinda simple? Don't know if thats what you are going for or not.

2. I interpret it as a man falling into a drinking water-well.

JonnyPistachio

brianlux wrote:

It's an interesting title that I think could be interpreted in at least a few ways. It's similar to "going down a rabbit hole" which comes from "Alice in Wonderland" and is sometimes used to mean "to have an adventure into the unknown", or "to enter a period of chaos and confusion" or "to have a psychedelic experience".

Some may interpret it in a more pedestrian or banal sense as the word "hole" in contemporary English usage is often seen as referring to something anal or sexual. (Not that that is a bad thing in of itself except it would be a misinterpretation because a part of a man can go into that kind of hole, not the whole man. :wtf: )

How it is looked at will depend on your audience. My own personal reaction to the title, based on my own past experience, is that is about someone going into seclusion, trying to take shelter.

This is exactly what I was thinking.
Also, it could also portray the feeling of a man getting into some sort of trouble or causing himself grief by participating in questionable behavior such as excessive drinking or drugs. but thats a bit of a stretch. I'd say what Brian said is most likely.

Spiritual_Chaos

Thank you all for your answers. Yes, they idea of it being interpretated as "dirty" or a port title is the worry.

It's for a short film version of this music video (4-5 minutes longer) that will have the title.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9HCQwsgljs


If anyone has any more opinions of the title working and it being correct etc