When coming up with a title for the film opening, we decided to go with a generally classic feel, in order to match the atmosphere of the opening and the genre of the film overall. We decided in the end to go with the title...
'Guy de Vere'
Based on a character from one of Edgar Allan Poe's more famous poems 'Lenore', Guy de Vere is the fiance of the deceased Lenore who believes that someone shouldn't mourn the dead, but celebrate their passing instead. Overall, I think this fits rather nicely with the attitude of the main character, who seems to have no qualms with murder.
To get to this title however, we went through several names mainly derived from either Biblical quotes or poetry by Poe. These are the ones we were considering:
- Stygian River - Again, based on 'Lenore', it references the river in Greek mythology that the dead must pass over in order to reach the Underworld.
- "The Happiest Day" - Taken from a direct title of one of Poe's poems, we thought one of the lines in the poem were rather appropriate for the idea of the film ("The visions of my youth have been - but let them pass")
- Generation of Vipers - A Biblical quote, it relates to the characters opinions on the people he kills (who are all a part of his past in some way), as well as linking to potential religious undertones of him
- And various other titles that were just thought up out of the blue, and were more working titles than anything, such as Dirty Past, Blank Slate and The Killing (the last one being more of a reference to The Shining).
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