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An Anachronism is a time displaced theme, item, or concept. Those pictures above are perfect examples and explain the notion without being overtly wordy.
Because pictures are the best way to explain literally EVERYTHING, let’s review a few more:
As you can see, those are intentional Photoshops of existing photos made to add in modern elements, in the first two examples, time displaced people in relation to sci-fi franchises, and in the third, a piece of technology that wasn’t about when photography still came in overpowering shades of brown.
In the world of film, anachronism happens unintentionally more often than not. Outside of Moulin Rouge and A Knight’s Tale, which were both anachronistic for the sake of expression and spectacle, most films set in the days of yore contain at least one stuff-up in the laws of causality. Observe:
Forrest Gump: The above seen letter is dated 21 September 1975 (which was a Sunday for starters).
Apple didn’t go public and open for investment until 12th December 1980.
Titanic was riddled with anachronisms. The film was set in 1912 and contained the following causality issues:
- Jack talks about ice fishing on Lake Wissota, Wisconsin, a man-made lake created five years later in 1917
- Rose likes the painting “The Nymphs” by Monet. Which was painted three years in the future (1915)
- There’s a map in the radio room that looks kinda right for the time, however, all of the countries have 1997 names and borders
Braveheart: Kilts weren’t around when the real William Wallace was soldiering his way around the UK. They came about 400 years later.
When Oliver Stone made The Doors in 1991, you’d think that working with a mere 20 year timeframe would have meant you’re less likely to make continuity errors.
However, within the film we see a billboard for the 1991 film Another 48 Hours in a scene set in 1971 and a reference to Janis Joplin’s October 1970 death during a scene set in mid 1969.
But that was back in a time when Val Kilmer could play the roles of Maverick, Jim Morrison, and of course, Batman (with nurps).
Now days… (SIGH)
To wrap this up, we’re going to look at anachronisms done to make it look like older video games were around in the late 1800’s:
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