Nameless characters, anathema to critics, lend some fun irony when they get tagged from the get-go:
"When a nameless man (Siffredi) prevents a nameless woman (Casar) from committing suicide, she pays him to visit her at her deserted house and watch her 'where she's unwatchable.'" [
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"Romantic rumblings start when a nameless man (Aaron Eckhart) meets a nameless woman (Bonham Carter) at his sister's wedding." [
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"After his wife dies, the rough-cut and intentionally nameless 'man' (Jozsef Madaras) eventually coerces the 'woman' (Julianna Nyako) into doing his housework for a small remuneration." [
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"We follow a nameless man (Nayef Fahoum Daher), content with his coffee and cigarettes, who tries to keep order in a rancorous neighborhood." [
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"A nameless man (Alejandro Ferretis) travels from the city deep into the Mexican countryside, looking for a place to die." [
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"One evening she meets a nameless man (Sam Neill) who, after coming back to her place, takes her hostage on his yacht." [
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"A nameless woman (Kim Novak) plays a Madeleine Elster possessed by her ancestor." [
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"This time, the action – well, inaction: our hero is at his most animated when rolling cigarettes – centres on a nameless man (Markku Peltola) who, having been beaten senseless, wakes up and finds himself among the homeless in Helsinki harbour." [
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Fight Club starts out, interestingly enough, about a nameless man (the Narrator, played by Edward Norton) who is a relatively successful employee of 'a major automobile manufacturer.'" [
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"The film's opening credits flash with a frantic, dramatic score, and we are introduced to a nameless woman (Vanessa Redgrave) unable to sleep in a dingy third-world hotel." [
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"This nameless man is played by Jean-Pierre Léaud." [
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"Hope (Nadja Brand) and her young daughter are abducted and brought to a remote, terrifying forest by a mysterious and nameless man (Eric Colvin)." [
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"So Laure lets a nameless man (Vincent Lindon) into her car to give him a lift." [
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When an actor's name is unavailable, it's tempting to fill in the blank with a famous name ...
"At the door is a guy who shall remain nameless, so I will call him KEITH RICHARDS for the sake of naming him something other than 'nameless man.'" [
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... or a deliberately mundane one:
"The Narrator is a nameless man in the story (so let’s call him Jack)" [
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Even when a nameless character is named "Nameless," naming him is still irresistible:
"The movie begins with a nameless man (named Nameless — played by Jet Li) being delivered to a meeting with the king who is going to reward our hero for successfully killing the three people in his land who have been trying to assassinate the king for the length of his reign." [
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Sometimes, even a scriptwriter can't resist naming a nameless character:
"Tuco and the nameless man, who is called 'Blondie' throughout the film, are two con artists in cahoots." [
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Jonathan wrote:
This brings to mind that hard-cussing French film star, Nom de Nom.
