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And some linguists have speculated his professional name may have been more about dialectical slang rather than direct intention, that among his friends Jean would be called “Django” the way that one might casually call their friend Edward “Ted” or Margaret “Peggy.” Guitarist Dennis Chang, who has conducted exhaustive research into Sinti history in general, and the differences in speaking and writing Romanes from one country to another in particular, presented his findings in 2015, and stated, “ there is a word for ‘I awake’ that is indeed ‘Django’ (keeping in mind that proper pronunciation is important), but does Django Reinhardt’s name really come from this word? Based on my research, the answer is inconclusive! The only one who probably really knew this was Django himself and his immediate family. Myth is embedded into the very name of “Django.” It has long been cited as being a Romani term meaning, “I rise,” or “I awake,” and made world-famous by legendary musician Django Reinhardt, who was of a Romani family background, but whose Belgian birth certificate registered him as Jean Reinhardt. All three films are enriched by the influence of real-world elements, and their observation and contribution to the very core of creating myth.
There is a particularly serendipitous and inspirational through-line of this caliber that makes such a trajectory from Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 breakout western Django, through the film that boosted its profile beyond the oater demographic, Perry Henzell’s 1972 debut film The Harder They Come, and blossoming further in its most famous non-canonical offshoot, Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 Django Unchained. Many others, as so expansively fantasized in the 2004 David Mitchell book Cloud Atlas (and its equally daring 2012 film adaptation), may go to their graves unaware that one deed or moment in their time on earth could have impact decades, even centuries, later.
Most individuals, through the choices and actions they exercise, will get that first question answered while they’re alive. When millions of people find themselves stymied by the idea of being the hero of their own life’s story, it is understandable if they might also have no concept of potentially being the hero of someone else’s.
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