Why four?
Why is there four clones, four sisters, four trucks in front of the thief, four planes, four dolls, etc... If you have some explanations about this very strange but remarkable film, let me know
shareMaybe it is like the musician said in the bar - four because it is not a holy number in any culture.
shareyet in japanese the word for "four" is the same word for "death" - namely "shi" - this is why planes flying into and out of japan have no row 4 in the passenger seats
shareAs far as I remember and read about the film, the director told that the film chetyre "four" took four years to accomplish it and that is the reason for the title.
During the production, according to director, they had some difficulties with production that long four years being some sort meaningful aspect and that's why the title ended up being 4.
The screenplay was written by Vladimir Sorokin, one of Russia's greatest contemporary novelists. He said he intended his screenplay to be a metaphysical meditation on the number 4.
Finally, something interesting about this movie. Marina says, "she she," in the bar (subs say sese but are wrong) which is Chinese for thank you. Interesting this word means death in Japanese, given their tension historically.
share@as_the_night_is_long.
Actually, the Chinese say 'xiexie', which is pronounced as syesye. The Chinese word for four is 'si' and the Chinese word for death is also 'si'
My guess is that the Japanese borrowed both words and changed the pronuciation to 'shi'
So there is no connection between thanks and death.