The author of this article is @Ghost Foot Seven of the Xiaowan family
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Two weeks after the Spring Festival, the cinema was lively again.
Tomorrow will usher in the first post-holiday Hollywood blockbuster , "Queen of Reasoning" Agatha Christie's famous adaptation of the ancient masterpiece "Massacre on the Nile".
Speaking of this name, many people may have heard of it, as one of the masterpieces of Agatha Christie, the queen of detective fiction, "Massacre on the Nile" can be said to be an enduring classic in the history of speculative fiction.
The original novel was first published in 1937, more than 80 years ago. It was also remade after a gap of 18 years after the 1978 film version and the 2004 TV movie version.
1978 film version and 2004 TV movie version
Xiao Wan came to talk to the friends who are not familiar with the original work today, where is the enduring charm of this story.
As the title suggests, "Massacre on the Nile" is of course taking place on the Nile in Egypt, and to be precise, the place where the case took place was a cruise ship on the Nile.
But the story begins long before that — young girl Jacqueline introduces her engaged boyfriend, Simon, to her girlfriend Lynnette. Unexpectedly, the boyfriend and girlfriend actually fell in love at first sight and secretly felt affection, and directly kicked her away to become a newlywed couple.
Negative boyfriend sees different thoughts, and the heart of the girlfriend crosses the knife to seize love, this can still be endured?
So the disgruntled Jacqueline has been stalking and harassing during the honeymoon trip between the two, not willing to accept her own failure and obstructing the pair of negative men and women, almost haunting the pair of men and women to exhaustion. In the end, they all boarded this luxurious ship to visit Egypt.
The first half of the story is more like a thriller about love revenge, and the love triangle of dog blood and the undercurrent of jealousy lead the story to the climax - The Linnaeus characteristics immersed in the honeymoon are doomed.
One of the major features of the layout of "Massacre on the Nile" is that the murder cases do not occur until halfway through the length, and there are three consecutive cases, and the story develops quite rapidly.
In comparison, the previous intrigue is really a bit delayed.
Is it really procrastinating? Of course not.
Like "Murder on the Orient Express", "Massacre on the Nile" is also a group drama work, in addition to the three parties involved in the case, there is also a group of people who are inextricably related to Linette, both lightly and secretly.
Some people hold a grudge against her father because she was forced to go bankrupt, some people covet Lynette's jewelry and want to take it for themselves, a writer is warned for slandering Lynette in the book, Lynette's maid is indignant because of money, german doctors want to block Lynette's mouth because of a medical scandal...
Under the classic layout of "everyone has a motive" common in this speculative novel, once Linette dies, no one can get rid of the relationship, and as the great detective Poirot deduces the truth of the incident, the conspiracy and calculation under the case are even more stunning...
In 2017, Kenneth Branagh self-directed and starred in Murder on the Orient Express, also based on Agatha's speculative novel, playing detective Poirot himself, while gathering an ultra-luxurious star cast.
After five years, can this belated sequel, "Massacre on the Nile", once again become a new film worth paying attention to?
From the perspective of Cass, Gal Gaido may be the reason why many people choose to buy tickets, she plays the victim Linette in the film, this casting can be said to be quite appropriate, beautiful, elegant, innocent but also not pitiful, Gaido's performance is still quite worth looking forward to.
In addition, playing the obsessive ex-girlfriend is Emma McKee in "Sex Self-Study Room", and the temperament of the small family Jasper is quite in line with the identity of the character.
In the 1978 version, Jacqueline, played by Mia Farrow, is a classic, and the pathological image of being constantly tormented by jealousy and possessiveness to the point of near madness is one of the highlights of the film.
In addition, Ruth Leslie in Downton Abbey and Game of Thrones plays Lynette's maid Louise, the old version is played by Jane Birkin; Marvel Universe's "Su Rui" Litishia Wright plays the daughter of an alcoholic writer, corresponding to the old version of the actor Olivia Hessey.
1978 Cass
For viewers who have seen the 1978 version, the new version of the lineup may be a bit "not enough", after all, the old version also has Maggie Smith, Angela Lansbury and Betty Davis and other classic Hollywood big stars.
Maggie Smith and Betty Davis in the 1978 edition
However, since the new version is remade, we also look forward to a new interpretation of the times and the spirit of the times.
At the heart of Murder on the Orient Express is "collective crime," a question about whether lynching is justified in the face of legal uselessness, and Poirot, though not answering, chose to let the participants accept their fate.
In this "Massacre on the Nile", the core of the story is to let everyone in the story reflect on their inner desires after the tragedy. It encourages us to rob, fight, and even commit crimes, is it that we win, or do we win?
The original novel was written in the 1930s, when the most classic old film was shot in the 1970s, while a new version was born in this day and age.
For nearly a hundred years, this story has been remade and accepted, perhaps precisely because people are swayed by different desires and needs regardless of the era.
At the same time, lead actor and director Kenneth Branagh once said in an interview that he hopes to make a new version of Poirot's detective story into a series and create a new narrative universe.
After "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Massacre on the Nile", will the last part of Poirot's "Overseas Detective Trilogy" also be on the agenda, and can the so-called "Poirot Universe" really take shape?
In recent years, whether it is Hollywood's "Sharp Blade Out of the Sheath" or the domestic "Detective Chinatown" series and "Manslaughter" series, detective reasoning has ushered in a new boom.
From original stories to adaptations of classics, luxurious casts and elaborate productions, as well as a mixture of elements of multiple genres, push traditional speculative works from niche enthusiast circles to a larger audience.
For the audience, it is the happiest and satisfying to see a tense, suspenseful and brain-burning good story on the big screen.
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