Latin can be found anywhere, especially in the movies! Hearing and being able to recognize a Latin phrase makes all those years of learning Latin worth it. Don’t you think?
The first clip is funny and comes from the movie Life of Brian. In this clip Brian gets ‘schooled’ in Latin grammar!
This next clip comes from the movie Tombstone. The dialogue is as follows:
In vino veritas. (In wine there is truth) Age quod agis. (Do what you do, which in English is better translated as “be careful of what you do) Credat Judaeus Apella, non ego. (Let Apella the Jew believe, not me) Iuventus stultorum magister. (Youth is the teacher of fools) In pace requiescat. (May he rest in peace)
This next clip is from the scary movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose. There is a bit of Latin mixed in with other languages, but let’s just focus on the Latin. First she starts to count to six in Latin:
uno duo tres quatuor quinque sex
Then she says, “Ego sum quis habitavit in Nerone” or “I am the one who inhabited/dwelled within Nero”.
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