Post by Salzmank on Mar 27, 2017 16:58:37 GMT
Mar 27, 2017 3:33:23 GMT @eriknight said:
Murder on the Orient Express (1934)The movie with Albert Finney is almost as frustrating as the 'Big Sleep' have been meaning to read the novel and sort this thing out for awhile.
Kenneth Branagh is working on a new film version of it, scheduled to be released on November 22, 2017. I will make a point of reading the book before seeing it.
Those are some really great lists, I just copied them for future reference- thanks for posting them.
I too cannot wait to see Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation; Branagh is one of my favorite (modern) directors, and if he puts the same craftsmanship into it that he put into Shakespeare, Cinderella, and Jack Ryder: Shadow Recruit...
Do you mean that the movie is difficult to figure out? I mean, Christie's plotting in Murder on the Orient Express is nowhere near as convoluted as Chandler's in The Big Sleep (ironic, because Chandler wrote a famous essay, "The Simple Art of Murder," criticizing Christie's plotting in MotOE), where Raymond forgets to reveal who the murderer is! (Cf. that famous story where Hawks, when filming the movie, can't figure out who killed the chauffeur, so he sends a telegram to Chandler, who just responds, "Damned if I know"!) To some degree, though, I can understand, because I've always felt the '74 picture is just a little too dull--grand, even grandiloquent, yes, but ultimately bogged down in interminable interviewing and waning interest. I prefer the less grand but more fun follow-up, Death on the Nile (also helps that it was scripted by Anthony Shaffer, one of my favorite writers).
I hope you enjoy the book. I find it one of AC's best, as you know from the list. Thanks again!