Talk:The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

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Name[edit]

Does anyone know why Guillermo Arriaga chose the name Melquiades? Is this name the spanish version of Melchizedek from the bible? There are many mysteries around his name and origin in the bible? I was just pondering why he chose such a name?

Melquiades is the name of the gypsy who wrote a hundred year history of Maconda before it happened, in One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It also has a Biblical reference, as you pointed out. From a translated source: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://members.aol.com/alicianfa/melquiades.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=5&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DMelquiades%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26hs%3DsZZ%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official_s%26sa%3DG

ek suffix (“* 0 H), (Tibón, 360). Many of the critical associate the name with Melquisedec, the old priest-king of Jerusalem in the Bible. In the Letter to the Hebrews, they describe to him thus: “There am is without to father or to mother or genealogy, and you have to neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Are of God I have you continue to priest to forever.” It is possible to be seen the similtudes with Melquíades: “their eternal life, their omnisciente wisdom, their perennial presence, their supernatural powers indicate their divine character,” (Mena, 152).

I don't know for certain if this is the source of the name, but considering the other surreal nods in the film, I suspect it is. Aaronwinborn 12:09, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Spanish form of Melchisedek is Melquisedec, not Melquiades. Melquiades is the Spanish form of Melchiades, which is the name of a saint in the Catholic calendar. --Polylerus (talk) 21:05, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Ending section seems like the unverified speculation of a single individual.

Shouldn’t it be Melquíades? — Chameleon 13:32, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Analyses[edit]

There is a strong similarity between killer and the killed. At the beginning of the film Melquiades and Norton appear different. The former a soletary illegal immegrant, the latter a married, salaried WASP. Melquiades has a fantasy wife and home on the other side of the border, where he wants to return. By the end of the film the audience comes to realise that Norton too has only a fantasy that he wants to go back to. His wife having left him as "irredeemable," Norton's home is an empty trailer on a mobile home park. His dreams are made up of soap operas, that he cries when he views, and the pages of Hustler, which seem to hold more attraction than his wife. Each have sort of interpenetrated the other. Melquiades has seen, tasted the reality of Norton's fantasy and had an affair - perhaps more genuine that the marriage they are cheating on - with Norton's wife. And Norton has seen and even dug a pit into the reality of Melquiades' dream of home. Only the "oracle" and, by the end of the film, Jones, are aware that there is no elsewhere called home to go to. Thanks to Jone's efforts, by the end Norton may also have realised just how much he and his victim are alike.--Timtak 06:42, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Synopsis[edit]

The synopsis as of now, while correct, seems to lack structure. I'd say it should be rewritten. --81.244.224.194 17:38, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cameos[edit]

Can anyone identify the actors who play the hunters that discover Melquiades' body? They don't seem to be in the credits, at least not with a recognizable character name. One looks like Chris Cooper (to me), which uncredited would fit as a cameo. Unfortunately, since I was focused on IDing him, I don't remember anything about the other. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.197.31.27 (talk) 02:28, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neither is Chris Cooper, though one bears a striking resemblance to GW Bush... --69.76.145.144 21:26, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In this synopsis, the animal Melquides shoots at is called a coyote. But if you look at the animal as it runs away, it appears to be red, indicating a fox over a coyote. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.249.9.74 (talk) 03:52, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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